The BAFTA nominations were announced earlier today and The Artist leads the field (12 nominations), closely followed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (11 nominations).
I think its a given already that George Clooney (The Descendants) and Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) are hot favourites in the actor category – although Dujardin and Bejo could surprise.
Like the Oscars I still think The Artist is the one to beat for Best Picture.
But the main talking points are:
- The absence of Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur
- The weird snub of Hugo from Best Film
- The surprise inclusion of Drive for Best Film and the absence of Albert Brooks in Best Supporting Actor
- The scandalous absence of The Tree of Life in both cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki) and visual effects (Dan Glass & his team)
- The love for The Help in Best Film and Screenplay which suggests it hits a comfort zone in voters of a certain age.
- Senna winning a (richly deserved) editing nomination, which is rare for a documentary.
- Carey Mulligan’s nomination for Drive instead of her (superior) work in Shame
- The absence of The Interrupters from Best Documentary
BEST FILM
- THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann
- THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
- THE HELP Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
DIRECTOR
- THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
- DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn
- HUGO Martin Scorsese
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
- BRIDESMAIDS Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
- THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh
- THE IRON LADY Abi Morgan
- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- THE HELP Tate Taylor
- THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
- MONEYBALL Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
LEADING ACTOR
- BRAD PITT Moneyball
- GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants
- JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist
- MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame
LEADING ACTRESS
- BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist
- MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady
- MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn
- TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin
- VIOLA DAVIS The Help
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners
- JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady
- JONAH HILL Moneyball
- KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn
- PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- CAREY MULLIGAN Drive
- JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help
- JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn
- MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids
- OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
- SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
- SHAME Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno and Rory Stewart Kinnear
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- ATTACK THE BLOCK Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
- BLACK POND Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst
- (Producer)
- CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes (Director)
- SUBMARINE Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
- TYRANNOSAUR Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- INCENDIES Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McGraw
- PINA Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
- POTICHE François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
- A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
DOCUMENTARY
- GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD Martin Scorsese
- PROJECT NIM James Marsh, Simon Chinn
- SENNA Asif Kapadia
ANIMATED FILM
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Steven Spielberg
- ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith
- RANGO Gore Verbinski
ORIGINAL MUSIC
- THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- HUGO Howard Shore
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias
- WAR HORSE John Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth
- HUGO Robert Richardson
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema
- WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski
EDITING
- THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
- DRIVE Mat Newman
- HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker
- SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King
- TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY Dino Jonsater
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- THE ARTIST Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
- HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
- WAR HORSE Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
- THE ARTIST Mark Bridges
- HUGO Sandy Powell
- JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran
MAKE UP & HAIR
- THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
- HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
- THE IRON LADY Marese Langan
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore
SOUND
- THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
- HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths and Andy Shelley
- WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Joe Letteri
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
- HUGO Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
- RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
- WAR HORSE Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
SHORT ANIMATION
- ABUELAS Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
- BOBBY YEAH Robert Morgan
- A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
SHORT FILM
- CHALK Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
- MWANSA THE GREAT Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
- ONLY SOUND REMAINS Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
- PITCH BLACK HEIST John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn
- TWO AND TWO Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
- ADAM DEACON
- CHRIS HEMSWORTH
- CHRIS O’DOWD
- EDDIE REDMAYNE
- TOM HIDDLESTON
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