BAFTA Nominations

The Grand Budapest Hotel leads with 11 BAFTA nominations

FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

BRITISH FILM
'71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild 

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Emma Stone, Birdman
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas, Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Boyhood- Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
Whiplash- Damien Chazelle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper- Jason Hall
Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
Paddington- Paul King
The Theory of Everything- Anthony McCarten

BAFTA Nominations

Gravity leads the pack, with 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle (which earned four acting nominations-- one for each category) coming up very strong and a very Oscar-y (and Philomena-y field.)  Here are the 2013 British Academy of Film & Television Awards nominations.

BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
The Selfish Giant 

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave     
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkahd Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler  

BAFTA Rising Star Nominees

The BAFTA (British Academy Awards) won't announce their nominations until Wednesday, but have unveiled their nominees for the their Rising Star Award.  Past recipients have included Kristen Stewart, Juno Temple, James McAvoy and Eva Green.  The award is voted on by the public.  This years line-up is:

DANE DeHAAN- The 26-year-old American actor made his first impression on the HBO drama In Treatment and has had a great last few years in films like Chronicle, Lawless and Lincoln.  2013 notched up his breakthrough status even higher with acclaimed roles in The Place Beyond the Pines and most especially Kill Your Darlings, the Beat generation drama in which he was the easily the best thing about.  He also appeared in Metallica Through the Never and the Toronto Film Fest entry Devil's Knot, the feature film about the West Memphis Three directed by Atom Egoyan and co-starring Reese Witherspoon.  This year, he tackle his first tentpole in The Amazing Spider-man 2 playing Harry Osborn.

GEORGE MacKAY- 22-year-old British actor who made his screen debut in P.J. Hogan's 2003 revamp of Peter Pan and co-starred in The Boys Are Back (opposite Clive Owen) and Defiance (opposite Daniel Craig) and this past year co-starred in three movies, most notably How I Live Now directed by Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) opposite Saoirse Ronan.  He will next appear in the films Pride and Bypass, which are scheduled for release some time this year.

LUPITA NYONG'O- The Mexican born, Kenyan-reared graduate of Yale Drama School is currently earning critics prizes galore, alongside Globe, SAG, Critics' Choice and Indie Spirit nominations for her galvanizing performance as Patsey in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, her film debut.  She will next appear in the film Non-Stop, a thriller starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.  Interestingly, she started as production assistant on the film The Constant Gardener, which netted a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Rachel Weisz.

WILL POULTER- 21-year-old British actor who began with roles on British television shows and made his feature debut with 2010's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  His big 2013 break came in his supporting role in the surprise summer sleeper We're the Millers opposite Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston-- he played the innocent teenage boy who had a memorably spider bite and was one of the film's brighter spots.  He's got a bunch of stuff in the pipeline including the enticing sounding human trafficking drama Glassland with Toni Collette.

LÉA SEYDOUX- 28-year-old French beauty, also known as the somewhat less heralded half of Blue is the Warmest Color.  Already pretty major in France, she made her English-language film debut with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood and was featured in plum supporting roles in films as varied as Midnight in Paris and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.  Already a co-winner from Blue is the Warmest Color's director/actress Palme D'Or prize at Cannes last spring, Seydoux looks to be one of the next major French/American crossovers, if she chooses so.  In March, she will have a supporting part in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.

BAFTA Award Winners

The Brits have spoken.  The winners of the British Academy of Film & Television Awards are:

FILM: Argo
DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck, Argo
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: Skyfall
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Argo- Chris Terrio
ANIMATED FEATURE: Brave
DOCUMENTARY: Searching for Sugar Man
FOREIGN FILM: Amour 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina- Jacqueline Durran
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Les Miserables- Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
FILM EDITING: Argo- William Goldenberg
ORIGINAL FILM SCORE: Skyfall- Thomas Newman
SOUND: Les Miserables
MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING: Les Miserables
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi


The Argo train keeps rolling right along winning in the top prize with the BAFTA, even while Les Miserables captured the most prizes of the evening with four wins. 

BAFTA Nominations

Lincoln leads the field at the British Academy of Arts of Television Awards with 10 nominations.

BEST FILM
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained 

Ben Affleck's Argo did well with the British Academy, and he himself earned a Best Director nod, and a near shock, a Best Actor nomination for his leading performance, knocking John Hawkes and Denzel Washington curbside.

BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master 

The less than glowing reception for Hitchcock has nonetheless netted Helen Mirren nominations from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and now BAFTA.

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Could Javier Bardem stand a chance to be the first Bond villain ever to get an Oscar nomination?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained 

While The Master failed to net a Best Picture nod, the actors were noticed-- Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams were all nominated by the British contingent.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour- Michael Haneke
Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino
The Master- Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom- Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty- Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo- Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild- Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi- David Magee
Lincoln- Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook- David O. Russell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Imposter
Marley
McMillin
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis 

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
The Intouchables
Rust & Bone


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina- Seamus McGarvey
Les Miserables- Danny Cohen
Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
Lincoln- Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall- Roger Deakins

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
Les Miserables- Eve Stewart & Anna-Lynch Robinson
Life of Pi- David Gropman & Anna Pinnock
Lincoln- Rick Carter & Jim Erickson
Skyfall- Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina- Jacqueline Durran
Great Expectations- Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Les Miserables- Paco Delgado
Lincoln- Joanna Johnston
Snow White & the Huntsmen- Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING
Argo- William Goldenberg
Django Unchained- Fred Raskin
Life of Pi- Tim Squyres
Skyfall- Stuart Baird
Zero Dark Thirty- Dylan Tichenor & William Goldenberg

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Anna Karenina- Dario Marianelli
Argo- Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi- Michael Danna
Lincoln- John Williams
Skyfall- Thomas Newman

BEST SOUND
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Skyfall 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus 

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
Anna Karenina
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln 

RISING STAR AWARD
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH FILMMAKER
Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis, The Imposter
David Morris, Jacqui Morris, McMillin
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King, Wild Bill
James Bobin, The Muppets
Tina Gharavi, I Am Nasrine   

British Academy of Film & Television Awards

FILM: The Artist
BRITISH FILM: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
ACTOR: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer, The Help
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Artist- Michel Hazanavicius
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy- Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
BRITISH DEBUT: Tyrannosaur- Paddy Considine
ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango
DOCUMENTARY: Senna
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: The Skin I Live In
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Hugo- Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Artist- Guillaume Schiffman
FILM EDITING: Senna- Gregers Sall & Chris King
ORIGINAL MUSIC: The Artist- Ludovic Bource
COSTUME DESIGN: The Artist- Mark Bridges
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: The Iron Lady
SOUND: Hugo
VISUAL EFFECTS: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH CINEMA: John Hurt

The Artist leads with 7 BAFTAs, while a too-little\too-late last minute bone is given to the homegrown Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

BAFTA Nominations

The British are coming!  The British are coming!

BEST FILM

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Help
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST BRITISH FILM

• My Week With Marilyn
• Senna
• Shame
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• We Need to Talk About Kevin

BEST DIRECTOR

• Tomas Alfredson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo

BEST ACTOR

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball
• Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ACTRESS

• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Jim Broadbent, The Iron Lady
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Judi Dench, My Week With Marilyn
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Carey Mulligan, Drive
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST 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

BEST 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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Rango

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• George Harrison: Living in a Material World
• Project Nim
• Senna

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• Incendies
• Pinna
• Potiche
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In

BEST 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

BEST 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

BEST FILM EDITING

• The Artist- Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius
• Drive- Mat Newman
• Hugo- Thelma Schoonmaker
• Senna- Gregers Sall & Chris King
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy- Dino Jonsater

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• The Artist- Laurence Bennett & Robert Gould
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2- Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillian
• Hugo- Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy- Maria Djurkovic & Tatiana MacDonald
• War Horse- Rick Carter & Lee Sandales

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

• The Artist- Ludovic Bource
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Hugo- Howard SHore
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy- Alberto Iglesieas
• War Horse- John Williams

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING

• The Artist
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• The Iron Lady
• My Week With Marilyn

BEST SOUND

• The Artist
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• War Horse

BEST DEBUT OF 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)

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD

• Adam Deacon
• Chris Hemsworth
• Tom Hiddleston
• Chris O'Dowd
• Eddie Redmayne

The Artist continues its awards domination with 12 nominations from the British Academy of Film & Television Awards, as homegrown espionage tale Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy follows with 11 nods.  There's both a telling difference and similarity between the British equivalent and the Oscar itself-- message pictures (like The Help) transcends geography, as does star power-- look at the overwhelming effects of both the Clooney and the Streep-factor-- The Descendants, almost an epitome of American domesticity (despite it's tropical setting) managed a Best Picture nomination, and The Iron Lady, despite being fairly horrible (outside of Her Majesty's greatness) managed a few extra nods of her coattails, despite portraying a woman widely denounced in Great Britain.  I'm sorry but that Screenplay nod is absolute nonsense.  The BAFTA also cherishes their own-- with hometown pride sewn up with Tinker Tailor, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Senna and My Week With Marilyn, a screenplay nod for The Guard all making strong impressions and earning lofty mentions for it's lofty British cast members.  Then again, they also are strong risk-takers than the AMPAS, given the Drive popularity-- way to cool for the stodgy American film Academy...also Pedro Almodovar films are considered for Best Foreign Film-- Spain hasn't submitted a feature of his for Oscar consideration since All About My Mother (1999.)

Best mentions worthy of applause include nominations for Arthur Christmas in the animated feature category (the best animated feature of 2011, in my opinion), which has been ignored erroneously stateside, Best Film Editing for Senna is absolutely deserved...it's a masterwork of woven storytelling presented all through archival footage, the costume nod for Jane Eyre (by Michael O'Connor, who won the Oscar for The Duchess in 2008) and of course the richly deserved across the board continued success of The Artist.

Questionable mentions include the abundant love for My Week With Marilyn (Branagh and Dench are terrific actors, but they're coasting here...come please), as is Jim Broadbent in The Iron Lady and the aforementioned screenplay.  And with all the honoring of prime British work, why is there not one mention for one of the strongest British debuts in recent years: Weekend, the subtly soulful queer romance.

Snubbed completely: The Tree of Life

Helena Bonham Carter winning the BAFTA

BAFTA Winners

PICTURE: The King's Speech
BRITISH PICTURE: The King's Speech
DIRECTOR: David Fincher, The Social Network
ACTOR: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
ACTRESS: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The King's Speech- David Seidler
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Social Network- Aaron Sorkin
BRITISH DEBUT: Four Lions- Chris Morris
ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 3
FOREIGN FILM: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
CINEMATOGRAPHY: True Grit- Roger Deakins
FILM EDITING: The Social Network- Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Doug Mowat
COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland- Colleen Atwood
ORIGINAL SCORE: The King's Speech- Alexandre Desplat
SOUND: Inception
MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING: Alice in Wonderland
VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception

The greedy King's Speech tops the British Academy of Film & Television Awards with seven wins, including Picture and British Picture (which just shouldn't be allowed-- this isn't a judgment of the film, but just the unseemly amount of awards it's received here!)  Naturally, of course, it isn't surprising it would win top honors, the real surprises came in the fact that all three principals received prizes as well; Colin Firth was a given, but Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter weren't (especially her, whose countless nominations have yet to merit an actual prize this season.)  Does this portend to Oscar for Rush and Carter, a la the surprise BAFTA momentum that spurned about past Oscar winners like Marion Cotillard (2007 for La Vie en Rose) and Tilda Swinton (2007 for Michael Clayton) or just an indication that they really love this movie.  Both Cotillard and Swinton were arguably in the runner-up slot before the BAFTA bump.  The Social Network claimed three wins, for direction, screenplay and film editing.

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

British Academy of Film & Television Awards

And the BAFTA (Britain's equivalent of the Oscars) winners are:


PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
BRITISH PICTURE: Fish Tank
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
ACTOR: Colin Firth, A Single Man
ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan, An Education
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, Precious
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Hurt Locker- Mark Boal
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air- Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
ANIMATED FEATURE: Up
FOREIGN FILM: A Prophet
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Avatar- Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair
COSTUME DESIGN: The Young Victoria- Sandy Powell
MAKE-UP & HAIR: The Young Victoria- Jenny Shircore
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Hurt Locker- Barry Ackroyd
FILM EDITING: The Hurt Locker- Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
SCORE: Up- Michael Giacchino
SOUND: The Hurt Locker
VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar
BRITISH DEBUT: Duncan Jones, director of Moon
ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD: Kirsten Stewart

There's a surprise-- I wasn't expecting the British contingent to really go full force for The Hurt Locker, however with filmmaking that strong and vastly superior, I am delighted. I suppose you can sign me up for Team Bigelow.

BAFTA Nominations

The nominees for the British Academy of Film & Television Awards are:

BEST PICTURE

• Avatar
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
• Up in the Air

No surprises here as An Education was the biggest British picture of the year for American terms-- of course if the Oscars were doing a tradition top 5 this year, it would be substituted for Inglourious Basterds.



BEST BRITISH FILM

• An Education
• Fish Tank
• In the Loop
• Moon
• Nowhere Boy

Eclectic mix of British films this year-- 60s period piece, coming of age drama, sci fi oddity, political satire, and John Lennon nostalga film. Of the five only An Education, In the Loop and Moon have been released stateside. Should be an easy win for An Education.

BEST DIRECTOR

• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
  
• Neill Blomkamp, District 9
  
• James Cameron, Avatar
• Lone Scherfig, An Education
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Nice mix of directors here-- two women, a South African native and two American giants.



BEST ACTOR

• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
• Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

The Brits weren't fans of Invictus I gather evidenced by the zero nominees and the lack of an easy one for Morgan Freeman...that's okay be me, it's nice that they substituted him for the homespun Serkis, even cooler would have been a nomination for Sam Rockwell (Moon) or Sharlto Copely (District 9.)

BEST ACTRESS

• Carey Mulligan, An Education
• Saorsie Ronan, The Lovely Bones
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
• Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Surprised about Tautou, and the general admiration for Coco Before Chanel, since it's been long forgotten over here-- shockingly no Bullock, but maybe not so-- The Blind Side wears it's red, white and blue stronger than any film of 2009.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Alec Baldwin, It's Complicated
• Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles
• Alfred Molina, An Education
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

I still think McKay stands a shot at an Oscar nod, because he's playing Orson Welles- the AMPAS loves mimickry-- shocked it took this long for Molina to get acknowledged. I'm guessing The Messenger didn't open in Britian to qualify for this, but still there has to be a better nod than Alec Baldwin, right? Doesn't really matter since it's Christoph Waltz's to lose.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Anna-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
• Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique, Precious
• Kristen Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

Again digging the local British pride this year-- the last couple of years it just seems the BAFTA's have been gunning for Oscar prognisticators, lacking any sort of an original voice...I like that it's come back a lot more this year.


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Hangover- John Lucas & Scott Moore
• The Hurt Locker- Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds- Quentin Tarantino
• A Serious Man- Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
  
• Up- Bob Peterson & Pete Doctor

The Hangover over (500) Days of Summer--- please! I realize the film was a huge hit, and even admit to laughing a couple of times, but it's not an awards worthy film-- it's sophomoric filmmaking at best-- the dialouge and structure could have been written in any frat house around the world. It's a hit, but not an artistic triumph! Damn you, BAFTA why must you make me sound like this....


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• District 9- Neill Blomkamp & Terri Thatchell
• An Education- Nick Hornby
• In the Loop- Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci & Tony Roche
• Precious- Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air- Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

I suppose I should actually watch In the Loop.


BEST FOREIGN FILM

• Broken Embraces
• Coco Before Chanel
• Let the Right One In
• A Prophet
• The White Ribbon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Up

BEST MUSIC

• Avatar- James Horner
  
• Crazy Heart- T-Bone Burnett & Steven Bruton
• Fantastic Mr. Fox- Alexandre Desplat
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll- Chaz Jankel
• Up- Michael Giacchino

Am I the only one who felt the score to Avatar was annoying and derivivative, am I? If so I'll shut up, but if not, why does it keep popping up on best score lists-- is it lazyness? Lack of proper hearing on voting bodies? Just curious...


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Avatar- Mauro Fiore
• District 9- Trent Opaloch
• The Hurt Locker- Barry Aykroyd
• Inglourious Basterds- Robert Richardson
• The Road- Javier Aguirresarobe

BEST FILM EDITING

• Avatar- Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua & James Cameron
• District 9- Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker- Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
• Inglourious Basterds- Sally Menke
• Up in the Air- Dana E. Glauberman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Avatar- Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair
• District 9- Phillip Ivey & Guy Poltgieter
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince- Stuart Craig & Stephanie McMillan
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus- TBA
• Inglourious Basterds- David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds Wasco

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Bright Star- Janet Patterson
• Coco Before Chanel- Catherine Lettierer
• An Education- Odile Dicks-Mireaux
• A Single Man- Arriane Phillips
• The Young Victoria- Sandy Powell

BEST SOUND

• Avatar
• District 9
  
• The Hurt Locker
• Star Trek
• Up

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar
• District 9
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Star Trek

BEST MAKE-UP\HAIRSTYLING

• Coco Before Chanel
• An Education
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria
  

BAFTA Winners

And the British Academy honored:

PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BRITISH FILM: Man on Wire
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
ACTOR: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (link to his great speech here.)
ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: In Bruges- Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire- Simon Beaufoy
ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E
FOREIGN FILM: I've Loved You So Long
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire- Anthony Dod Mantle
SCORE: Slumdog Millionaire- A.R. Rahman
FILM EDITING: Slumdog Millionaire- Chris Dickens
COSTUME DESIGN: The Duchess
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
SOUND: Slumdog Millionaire
MAKEUP & HAIR: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
CARL FOREMAN AWARD: Steve McQueen, Hunger

BAFTA Nominations

The nominees for the British Academy of Film & Television Awards are:

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST BRITISH PICTURE
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Man on Wire
Slumdog Millionaire

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

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

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
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
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading- Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Changeling- J. Michael Straczynski
I've Loved You So Long- Phillippe Claudel
In Bruges- Martin McDonagh
Milk- Dustin Lance Black

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon- Peter Morgan
The Reader- David Hare
Revolutionary Road- Justin Haythe
Slumdog Millionaire- Simon Beaufoy

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Baader Meinof Complex
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling- Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight- Wally Pfister
The Reader- Chris Menges & Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire- Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling- James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight- Nathan Crowley & Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road- Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire- Mark Digby & Michelle Day

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling- Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight- Lindy Hemming
The Duchess- Michael O'Connor
Revolutionary Road- Albert Wolsky

BEST FILM EDITING
Changeling- Joel Cox & Gary D. Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
The Dark Knight- Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon- Mike Hill & Dan Hanley
In Bruges- Jon Gregory
Slumdog Millionaire- Chris Dickens

BEST MUSIC
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight- Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia!- Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
Slumdog Millionaire- A.R. Rahman
WALL-E- Thomas Newman

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Frost/Nixon
Milk

BEST SOUND
Changeling
The Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Michael Cera
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell

Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the way with 11 nominations each, while Kate Winlset added further confusion by being nominated twice for leading actress...plus some really crazy acting nods (Dev Patel- lead actor?, Freida Pinto?, Tilda Swinton?) Hmmmm.

BAFTA

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts announced:

PICTURE
Atonement

BRITISH FILM
This is England

CARL FOREMAN (BRITISH BREAKTROUGH)
Matt Greenhalgh (writer), Control

DIRECTOR
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno- Diablo Cody

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Ronald Harwood

ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

FOREIGN FILM
The Lives of Others

MUSIC
La Vie en Rose- Christopher Gunning

CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country For Old Men- Roger Deakins

FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum- Christopher Rousse

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Atonement- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer

COSTUME DESIGN
La Vie en Rose- Marit Allen

SOUND
The Bourne Ultimatum

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass

MAKE-UP & HAIR
La Vie en Rose

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Shia LeBeouf

Some surprises (not many) were Marion Cotillard besting Julie Christie and the shocking win for Tilda Swinton-- maybe she has a legitimate shot at Oscar (where else could Michael Clayton really be honored.) The win for Atonement was probably expected, but likely won't make too much of a difference with the Oscar. Past Best Film BAFTA winners include:

2006: The Queen
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2004: The Aviator
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002: The Pianist
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000: Gladiator

BAFTA

The final nominations for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards are:

FILM

American Gangster

Atonement

The Lives of Others

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

BRITISH FILM

Atonement

The Bourne Ultimatum

Control

Eastern Promises

This is England

DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Ultimatum

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others

Joe Wright, Atonement

LEAD ACTOR

George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

James McAvoy, Atonement

Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Ulrich Muhe, The Lives of Others

LEAD ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Julie Christie, Away From Her

Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Keira Knightley, Atonement

Ellen Page, Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood

Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War

Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Kelly MacDonald, No Country For Old Men

Samantha Morton, Control

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

American Gangster- Steven Zailian

Juno- Diablo Cody

The Lives of Others- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Michael Clayton- Tony Gilroy

This is England- Shane Meadows

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Atonement- Christopher Hampton

The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Ronald Harwood

The Kite Runner- David Benioff

No Country For Old Men- Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

There Will Be Blood- Paul Thomas Anderson

FOREIGN FILM

The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

The Kite Runner

The Lives of Others

Lust, Caution

La Vie en Rose

ANIMATED FEATURE

Ratatouille

Shrek the Third

The Simpsons Movie

MUSIC

American Gangster- Marc Streitenfeld

Atonement- Dario Marianelli

The Kite Runner- Alberto Iglesias

There Will Be Blood- Jonny Greenwood

La Vie en Rose- Christopher Gunning

CINEMATOGRAPHY

American Gangster- Harris Savides

Atonement- Seamus McGarvey

The Bourne Ultimatum- Oliver Wood

No Country For Old Men- Roger Deakins

There Will Be Blood- Robert Elswit

FILM EDITING

American Gangster- Pietro Scalia

Atonement- Paul Tothill

The Bourne Ultimatum- Christopher Rouse

Michael Clayton- John Gilroy

No Country For Old Men- Roderick Jaynes

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Atonement- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer

Elizabeth: The Golden Age- Guy Hendrix Dyas & Richard Roberts

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix- Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMilan

There Will Be Blood- Jack Fisk & Jim Erickson

La Vie en Rose- Oliver Raoux

COSTUME DESIGN

Atonement- Jacqueline Durran

Elizabeth: The Golden Age- Alexandra Byrne

Lust, Caution- Pan Lai

Sweeney Todd- Colleen Atwood

La Vie en Rose- Marit Allen

SOUND

Atonement

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

La Vie en Rose

VISUAL EFFECTS

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Golden Compass

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Spider-man 3

MAKE UP & HAIR

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Hairspray

Sweeney Todd

La Vie en Rose

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

Shia LeBeouf

Sienna Miller

Ellen Page

Sam Riley

Tang Wei

The British Are Coming

The first stage of voting for the British Academy of Film & Television Award were announced today-- the next and final round will be revealed on January 14th. The big news-- none really, but they love Atonement.


PICTURE
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Charlie Wilson's War
Control
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Anton Corbijn (Control)
David Croenberg (Eastern Promises)
Marc Forster (The Kite Runner)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Ang Lee (Lust, Caution)
James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma)
Sean Penn (Into the Wild)
Jason Reitman (Juno)
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell & the Butterfly)
Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others)
Joe Wright (Atonement)

ACTOR
Christian Bale (3:10 to Yuma)
Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma)
Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War)
Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Ulrich Muhe (The Lives of Others)
Sam Riley (Control)
Denzel Washington (American Gangster)

ACTRESS
Halle Berry (Things We Lost in the Fire)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)
Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others)
Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Marketa Irglova (Once)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Charlize Theron (In the Valley of Elah)
Naomi Watts (Eastern Promises)
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises)
Russell Crowe (American Gangster)
Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men)
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (The Kite Runner)
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eastern Promises)
Clive Owen (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Geoffrey Rush (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
John Travolta (Hairspray)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Allen (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Brenda Blethyn (Atonement)
Romola Garai (Atonement)
Allison Janney (Juno)
Catherine Keener (Into the Wild)
Kelly MacDonald (No Country For Old Men)
Samantha Morton (Control)
Samantha Morton (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Stardust)
Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Gangster
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hot Fuzz
In the Valley of Elah
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
Once
Ratatouille
Things We Lost in the Fire
This is England
La Vie en Rose

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Brick Lane
Charlie Wilson's War
Control
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
Letters From Iwo Jima
Lust, Caution
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

ANIMATED FILM
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Ratatouille
Shrek the Third
The Simpsons Movie

CINEMATOGRAPHY
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose

PRODUCTION DESIGN
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose

COSTUME DESIGN
3:10 the Yuma
American Gangster
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Charlie Wilson's War
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Lust, Caution
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Stardust
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose

FILM EDITING
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
The Lives of Others
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

MUSIC
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
No Country For Old Men
Once
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose

SOUND
300
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Control
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
No Country For Old Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose

VISUAL EFFECTS
300
Atonement
Beowulf
The Bourne Ultimatum
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Spider-man 3
Stardust
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

MAKE-UP & HAIR
American Gangster
Atonement
Charlie Wilson's War
Control
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Lust, Caution
No Country For Old Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Stardust
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
La Vie en Rose