BAFTA Nominations

The nominations have come out for the British Academy of Film & Television Awards.  The Brits have announced their equivalent to the Oscars.  They like ballerinas, dreams, royalty (of course), Facebook, and westerns (who knew?)  While the lists themselves are not bad, there's one thing about the BAFTA's that irritate me everytime: Why must they have a Best Picture category as well as a Best British Picture category; shouldn't the Best Picture awarded by a British governing body be the Best British Picture as well?  I always feels a certain inferiority complex by the BAFTAs, as if they must be relevant the Academy Awards, but why?  It's okay if you don't align with the forces of Hollywood.  British faves like 127 Hours, Made in Dagenham and Another Year aren't good enough for the big category, have some hometown pride, who cares if the Oscar disagree, this is your awards!!@!$!@$

Anyhow, for the most part, a fine list!

BEST PICTURE

• Black Swan
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• True Grit

BEST BRITISH FILM

• 127 Hours
• Another Year
• Four Lions
• The King's Speech
• Made in Dagenham

BEST DIRECTOR

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan, Inception

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• The Arbor- Clio Arnold, Tracy O'Riordan (producer)
• Exit Through the Gift Shop- Bansky, Jaimie D'Cruz (director\producer)
• Four Lions- Chris Morris (writer\director)
• Monsters- Gareth Edwards (writer\director)
• Skeletons- Nick Whitfield (writer\director)

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Noomi Rapace, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Pete Postlethwaite, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Barbara Hershey, Black Swan
Lesley Manville, Another Year
Miranda Richardson, Made in Dagenham

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Black Swan- Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin
• The Fighter- Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception- Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right- Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech- David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours- Simon Beaufoy & Danny Boyle
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel
• The Social Network- Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3- Michael Arndt
• True Grit- Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Toy Story 3

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• Biutiful
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• I Am Love
• Of Gods & Men
• The Secret in Their Eyes

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• 127 Hours- Anthony Dod Mantle & Enrique Chediak
• Black Swan- Matthew Libatique
• Inception- Wally Pfister
• The King's Speech- Danny Cohen
• True Grit- Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland- Colleen Atwood
• Black Swan- Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech- Jenny Beaven
• Made in Dagenham- Louise Stjernsward
• True Grit- Mary Zophres

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland- Robert Stromberg & Karen O'Hara
• Black Swan- Therese DePrez & Tora Peterson
• Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Doug Mowat
• The King's Speech- Eve Stewart & Judy Farr
• True Grit- Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh

BEST FILM EDITING

• 127 Hours- Jon Harris
• Black Swan- Andrew Weisblum
• Inception- Lee Smith
• The King's Speech- Tariq Anwar
• The Social Network- Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• 127 Hours- A.R. Rahman
• Alice in Wonderland- Danny Elfman
• How to Train Your Dragon- John Powell
• Inception- Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech- Alexandre Desplat

BEST SOUND

• 127 Hours
• Black Swsn
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alice in Wonderland
• Black Swan
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Inception
• Toy Story 3

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING

• Alice in Wonderland
• Black Swan
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• The King's Speech
• Made in Dagenham

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD

• Gemma Arterton
• Andrew Garfield
• Tom Hardy
• Aaron Johnson
• Emma Stone