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BAFTA Nominations

BAFTA TrophyThe BAFTA nominations have been announced and here are all the categories.

The films with the most nominations are Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which both have 11.

The following pack include The Dark Knight (9), Changeling (8), Frost/Nixon (6), The Reader (5) and In Bruges, Milk and Revolutionary Road all on 4.

The Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 8th February. 

BEST FILM

  • The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Kathleen Kennedy / Frank Marshall / Ceán Chaffin
  • Frost/Nixon, Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard
  • Milk, Dan Jinks / Bruce Cohen
  • The Reader, Anthony Minghella / Sydney Pollack / Donna Gigliotti / Redmond Morris
  • Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colso

DIRECTOR

  • Clint Eastwood, Changeling
  • David Fincher, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
  • Stephen Daldry, The Reader
  • Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Joel Coen / Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading  
  • J. Michael Straczynski, Changeling
  • Philippe Claudel, I’ve Loved You So Long
  • Martin Mcdonagh, In Bruges 
  • Dustin Lance Black, Milk

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Eric Roth, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
  • David Hare, The Reader
  • Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road
  • Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex, Bernard Eichinger / Uli Edel
  • Gomorrah, Domenico Procacci / Matteo Garrone
  • I’ve Loved You So Long, Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel
  • Persepolis, Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
  • Waltz With Bashir, Serge Lalou / Gerhard Meixner / Yael Nahl Ieli / Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM

  • Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
  • Wall•E, Andrew Stanton
  • Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman

BEST ACTOR

  • Frank Langella,  Frost/Nixon
  • Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Sean Penn,  Milk
  • Brad Pitt, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke,  The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS

  • Angelina Jolie, Changeling
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
  • Meryl Streep, Doubt
  • Kate Winslet, The Reader
  • Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
  • Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
  • Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Amy Adams, Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST MUSIC

  • Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 
  • Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard, The Dark Knight 
  • Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia!
  • A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Thomas Newman, Wall•E

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Tom Stern, Changeling
  • Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
  • Chris Menges / Roger Deakins, The Reader
  • Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

EDITING

  • Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach, Changeling
  • Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
  • Mike Hill / Dan Hanley, Frost/Nixon
  • Jon Gregory, In Bruges
  • Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • James J. Murakami / Gary Fettis, Changeling
  • Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
  • Kristi Zea / Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road
  • Mark Digby / Michelle Day, Slumdog Millionaire

COSTUME DESIGN

  • Deborah Hopper, Changeling
  • Jacqueline West, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Lindy Hemming, The Dark Knight
  • Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
  • Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road

SOUND

  • Walt Martin / Alan Robert Murray / John Reitz / Gregg Rudloff, Changeling
  • Lora Hirschberg / Richard King / Ed Novick / Gary Rizzo, The Dark Knight
  • Eddy Joseph / Chris Munro / Mike Prestwood Smith / Mark Taylor, Quantum Of Solace
  • Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp, Slumdog Millionare
  • Ben Burtt / Tom Myers / Michael Semanick / Matthew Wood, Wall•E

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Eric Barba / Craig Barron /  Nathan Mcguinness / Edson Williams, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Chris Corbould / Nick Davis / Paul Franklin / Tim Webber, The Dark Knight
  • Pablo Helman, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
  • Shane Patrick Mahan / John Nelson / Ben Snow, Iron Man
  • Chris Corbould / Kevin Tod Haug, Quantum Of Solace

MAKE UP & HAIR

  • Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button  
  • Peter Robb-King, The Dark Knight
  • Daniel Phillips / Jan Archibald, The Duchess
  • Edouard Henriques / Kim Santantonio, Frost/Nixon
  • Steven E. Anderson / Michael White, Milk

SHORT ANIMATION

  • Codswallop, Greg Mcleod / Myles Mcleod
  • Varmints,  Sue Goffe / Marc Craste
  • Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death, Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker

SHORT FILM

  • Kingsland #1 The Dreamer, Kate Ogborn / Tony Grisoni
  • Love You More, Adrian Sturges / Sam Taylor-Wood / Patrick Marber
  • Ralph,  Olivier Kaempfer / Alex Winckler
  • September,  Stewart Le Maréchal / Esther May Campbell
  • Voyages D’affaires (The Business Trip), Celine Quideau / Sean Ellis

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

  • Hunger, Laura Hastings-Smith / Robin Gutch / Steve Mcqueen / Enda Walsh
  • In Bruges,  Graham Broadbent / Pete Czernin / Martin Mcdonagh
  • Mamma Mia!, Judy Craymer / Gary Goetzman / Phyllida Lloyd / Catherine Johnson
  • Man On Wire, Simon Chinn / James Marsh
  • Slumdog Millionaire,  Christian Colson / Danny Boyle / Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD (For Special Achievement By A British Director, Writer Or Producer For Their First Feature Film)

  • Simon Chinn,  Producer – Man On Wire
  • Judy Craymer,  Producer – Mamma Mia!
  • Garth Jennings, Writer – Son Of Rambow
  • Steve Mcqueen, Director/Writer – Hunger
  • Solon Papadopoulos / Roy Boulter, Producers – Of Time And The City

THE ORANGE RISING STAR (Voted For By The Public)

  • Michael Cera
  • Noel Clarke
  • Michael Fassbender
  • Rebecca Hall
  • Toby Kebbell

NOMINATION TOTALS

  • Slumdog Millionaire: 11
  • The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button: 11
  • The Dark Knight: 9
  • Changeling: 8
  • Frost/Nixon: 6
  • The Reader: 5
  • In Bruges: 4
  • Milk: 4
  • Revolutionary Road: 4
  • Burn After Reading: 3
  • Doubt: 3
  • The I’ve Loved You So Long: 3
  • Mamma Mia!: 3
  • Wall-E: 3
  • Duchess: 2
  • Hunger: 2
  • Man On Wire: 2
  • Persepolis: 2
  • Quantum Of Solace: 2
  • Waltz With Bashir: 2
  • The Wrestler: 2
  • The Baader Meinhof Complex: 1
  • Gomorrah: 1
  • Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: 1
  • Iron Man: 1
  • Of Time And The City: 1
  • Son Of Rambow: 1
  • Tropic Thunder: 1
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona: 1

> Official BAFTA site
> The original longlist