Britain’s version of the Oscars presented its nominations of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on Wednesday. British actress Helen McCrory, best known for her roles in “The Queen” and the James Bond film “Skyfall,” made the announcement. This means the race to the Oscars is getting more fined tuned on who may become best picture contenders.
Leading the pack of BAFTAS is the space-age thriller “Gravity” starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney with 11 nominations including best film. Not far behind is the brutally honest film on slavery “12 Years a Slave” and a FBI sting operation set in the ’70s “American Hustle” with 10 nods each. Out of the five nominees for Best Film, four films have remained consistently nominated during the award season: “Captain Phillips,” “American Hustle,” “12 Years a Slave,” and “Gravity.”
“Behind the Candelabra,” the Liberace biopic, received noms in certain film categories, even though technically it was produced by HBO as a TV movie. It received those nominations for adapted screenplay, supporting actor for Matt Damon as Liberace’s lover, Scott Thorson, and other technical categories including costume design.
This award season has had its share of snubs, the BAFTAs are no exception. Meryl Streep was snubbed for leading actress in “August: Osage County,” yet her co-star Julia Roberts received a nomination for supporting actress. Other snubs included Jared Leto and Matthew MacConaughey for “Dallas Buyers Club,” and early favorite Robert Redford in “All is Lost.”
BAFTAs’ ceremonies will be held on Sunday, February 16 at the Royal Opera House in London. Here is a complete list of all the nominees.
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”‘
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Colin Carberry (writer), Glenn Patterson (writer) — “Good Vibrations”
Kelly Marcel (writer) — “Saving Mr. Banks”
Kieran Evans (director/writer) — “Kelly + Victor”
Paul Wright (director/writer), Polly Stokes (producer) — “For Those in Peril”
Scott Graham (director/writer) — “Shell”
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“The Act of Killing”
“Blue is the Warmest Color”
“The Great Beauty”
“Metro Manila”
“Wadjda”
DOCUMENTARY
“The Act of Killing”
“The Armstrong Lie”
“Blackfish”
“Tim’s Vermeer”
“We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks”
ANIMATED FILM
“Despicable Me 2”
“Frozen”
“Monster’s University”
DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen — “12 Years a Slave”
David O. Russell — “American Hustle”
Paul Greengrass — “Captain Phillips”
Alfonso Cuarón — “Gravity”
Martin Scorsese — “The Wolf of Wall Street”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell — “American Hustle”
Woody Allen — “Blue Jasmine”
Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón — “Gravity”
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen — “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Bob Nelson — “Nebraska”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley — “12 Years a Slave”
Richard LaGravenese — “Behind the Candelabra”
Billy Ray — “Captain Phillips”
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope — “Philomena”
Terence Winter — “The Wolf of Wall Street”
LEADING ACTOR
Bruce Dern — “Nebraska”
Chiwetel Ejiofor — “12 Years a Slave”
Christian Bale — “American Hustle”
Leonardo DiCaprio — “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Tom Hanks — “Captain Phillips”
LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams — “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett — “Blue Jasmine”
Emma Thompson — “Saving Mr. Banks”
Judi Dench — “Philomena”
Sandra Bullock — “Gravity”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi — “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper — “American Hustle”
Daniel Brühl — “Rush”
Matt Damon — “Behind the Candelabra”
Michael Fassbender — “12 Years a Slave”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence — “American Hustle”
Julia Roberts — “August: Osage County”
Lupita Nyong’o — “12 Years a Slave”
Oprah Winfrey — “The Butler”
Sally Hawkins — “Blue Jasmine”
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Hans Zimmer — “12 Years a Slave”
John Williams — “The Book Thief”
Henry Jackman — “Captain Phillips”
Steven Price — “Gravity”
Thomas Newman — “Saving Mr. Banks”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt — “12 Years a Slave”
Barry Ackroyd — “Captain Phillips”
Emmanuel Lubezki — “Gravity”
Bruno Delbonnel — “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Phedon Papamichael — “Nebraska”
EDITING
Joe Walker — “12 Years a Slave”
Christopher Rouse — “Captain Phillips”
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger — “Gravity”
Dan Hanley, Mike Hill — “Rush”
Thelma Schoonmaker — “The Wolf of Wall Street”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“12 Years a Slave” — Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
“American Hustle” — Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
“Behind the Candelabra” — Howard Cummings
“Gravity” — Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
“The Great Gatsby” — Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
COSTUME DESIGN
“American Hustle” — Michael Wilkinson
“Behind the Candelabra” — Ellen Mirojnick
“The Great Gatsby” — Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” — Michael O’Connor
“Saving Mr. Banks” — Daniel Orlandi
MAKE UP & HAIR
‘American Hustle’ — Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
‘Behind the Candelabra’ — Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
‘The Butler’ — Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
‘The Great Gatsby’ — Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ — Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
SOUND
“All Is Lost” — Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
“Captain Phillips” — Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” — Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
“Inside Llewyn Davis” — Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
“Rush” — Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Gravity” — Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” — Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
“Pacific Rim” — Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
“Star Trek Into Darkness” — Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Everything I Can See From Here” — Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
“I Am Tom Moody” — Ainslie Henderson
“Sleeping with the Fishes” — James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Island Queen” — Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
“Keeping Up with the Joneses” — Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
“Orbit Ever After” — Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
“Room 8” — James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
“Sea View” — Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux
