BAFTA Award Nominations

The nominees have just been announced for this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards, to be hosted Sunday 16th February by Stephen Fry. Judi Dench became the most nominated actress in BAFTA history, with her leading role in Philomena the 15th of her career. Behind the Candelabra also features among the nominees, offering a rare awards platform for the hugely under-acknowledged Liberace biopic.

Surprise nominations include Amy Adams as leading actress for American Hustle and Leonardo DiCaprio for Leading Actor in The Wolf of Wall Street. The former picked up nods in every acting category, while the latter also earned Scorsese a directing nomination, though it failed to appear for Best Film. Meanwhile Philomena picked up nominations for Best Film and Outstanding British Film, but director Stephen Frears was snubbed.

BAFTA nominations tend to reflect Oscar winners fairly well, but there is a very deliberate skew towards British films, so any fans of Philomena and Saving Mr. Banks shouldn’t get their hopes up. This is the stage for them. The full nominees are below, and for any more info just visit the BAFTA site.

 

Best Film

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Philomena

Gravity

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Outstanding British Film

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Saving Mr. Banks

Philomena

The Selfish Giant

Gravity

Rush

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Director

Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips

David O. Russell, American Hustle

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

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Leading Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Christian Bale, American Hustle

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

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Leading Actress

Amy Adams, American Hustle

Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Cate Blanchett, Bue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena

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Supporting Actor

Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Daniel Bruhl, Rush

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

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Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

Lupita Nyong’O, 12 Years a Slave

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

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Adapted Screenplay

Behind the Candelabra

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

Philomena

Captain Phillips

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Original Screenplay

American Hustle

Inside Llewyn Davis

Gravity

Blue Jasmine

Nebraska

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Animated Film

Despicable Me 2

Monsters University

Frozen

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British Short Animation

Everything I Can See From Here

Sleeping With the Fishes

I Am Tom Moody

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British Short Film

Keeping Up With the Joneses

Orbit Ever After

Island Queen

Room 8

Sea View

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Make Up and Hair

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Butler

Behind the Candelabra

American Hustle

The Great Gatsby

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Original Music

Captain Phillips

The Book Thief

12 Years a Slave

Gravity

Saving Mr. Banks

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Cinematography

Inside Llewyn Davis

Captain Phillips

Nebraska

Gravity

12 Years a Slave

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Costume Design

Behind the Candelabra

American Hustle

The Invisible Woman

The Great Gatsby

Saving Mr. Banks

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Production Design

The Great Gatsby

American Hustle

12 Years a Slave

Behind the Candelabra

Gravity

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Documentary

The Act of Killing

The Armstrong Lie

Tim’s Vermeer

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks

Blackfish

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Outstanding Debut by a British Director, Writer or Producer

Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations

Kelly Marcel, Saving Mr. Banks

Kieren Evans, Kelly + Victor

Paul Wright and Polly Stokes, For Those In Peril

Scott Graham, Shell

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Editing

Captain Phillips

Gravity

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

Rush

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Sound

All Is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Rush

Inside Llewyn Davis

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Visual Effects

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gravity

Iron Man 3

Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

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Film Not in the English Language

Blue Is the Warmest Colour

The Great Beauty

The Act of Killing

Wadjda

Metro Manila

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Rising Star in 2014

Dane Dehaan

Lupita Nyong’O

George Mackay

Will Poulter

Lea Seydoux