'Rocks,' 'Nomadland' lead race for COVID-curbed BAFTA awards

London: British teen drama "Rocks” and American gig-economy Western "Nomadland” lead the race for the British Academy Film Awards, which are being handed out Sunday during a pandemic-curbed ceremony.

Hugh Grant, Tom Hiddleston and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are among the presenters who will announce the winners from the stage of London’s Royal Albert Hall, but award recipients will accept their honors remotely, and there will be no black-tie audience to cheer them on. Prince William, who had been due to attend and make a speech in his role as president of Britain’s film academy, also will be absent following the death of his grandfather, Prince Philip, on Friday.