Actor Yura Borisov did not receive a British BAFTA award for his role in the movie "Anora"

Russian actor Yura Borisov, who played in the movie "Anora", did not receive the British BAFTA award for best supporting role, losing to the American Kieran Culkin. This was reported by The Guardian newspaper on February 16.

It is specified that the American actor received the award for his role in the movie "Real Pain". In addition to Borisov and Culkin for the award were also nominated Clarence Maclean ("Sing Sing"), Edward Northouse ("Bob Dylan: Nobody Knows"), Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice. The Rise of Trump") and Guy Pearce ("The Brutalist").

The 78th BAFTA Awards takes place on January 16, 2025 in London.

Yuri's day: why and for what Borisov was nominated for an Oscar

The main film Award of the world announced the nominees — one of the first on the list named a Russian actor.

On January 3, Yura Borisov was nominated for the main UK BAFTA film award for his film "Anora". Later, on January 23, it became known that he was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for the film "Anora." On January 24, Borisov told Izvestia about the congratulations after his nomination for the world's main film award.