It’s that time of year again where we celebrate the best in the film industry including the greatest in British Films as the BAFTAs have been announced. At an early morning event, Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper announced the latest awards that, again, brim excitement and just a little smudge of predictability.
In no surprise La La Land is the big heavyweights in the British Film Awards this year, scooping up a whopping 11 awards. But surprisingly, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival meets the second spot with Manchester by the Sea in third. Moonlight has a great collection of nominations too which is happily making all the correct waves. I Daniel Blake has also scooped up several nominations.
We’re shocked to see Emily Blunt in the Best Actress category for The Girl on the Train which, sadly, replaces Isabelle Huppert who misses out on a Best Actress nod due to the delay in the release of Elle. Dev Patel is surreally nominated for Best Supporting Actor despite leading Lion and Jeff Bridges is nominated for the same award where it should’ve been Ben Foster in Hell or High Water.Â
Laika is battling THREE Disney films in Best Animation with Kubo & The Two Strings and we hope, finally, it beats out but the success of Zootopia tells us otherwise.
However, this is a fine, if somewhat expected collection of nominations following from the American nominations.
What do you think?
Here are the full list of nominations:
Best FilmÂ
ArrivalÂ
I, Daniel BlakeÂ
La La LandÂ
Manchester by the SeaÂ
Moonlight
Best British FilmÂ
Under the ShadowÂ
I Daniel Blake
American HoneyÂ
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemÂ
Notes on BlindnessÂ
Denial
Best Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires – I Daniel Blake
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Viola Davis – Fences
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Best Supporting ActorÂ
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel – Lion
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Best Leading ActressÂ
Emma Stone – La La LandÂ
Emily Blunt – The Girl on the TrainÂ
Amy Adams – ArrivalÂ
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Leading ActorÂ
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the SeaÂ
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal AnimalsÂ
Ryan Gosling – La La LandÂ
Viggo Mortensen – Captain FantasticÂ
Outstading Debut by British Writer, Director, or Producer
Mike Carey & Camille Gatin – The Girl With All The Gifts
George Amponsah & Dionne Walker – The Hard StopÂ
Peter Middleton, James Spinney, and Jo-Jo Ellison – Notes on BlindnessÂ
John Donnelly & Ben A. WIlliams – The Pass
Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, and Lucan Toh – Under the ShadowÂ
Film Not in the English Language Â
DheepanÂ
JulietaÂ
MustangÂ
Son of SaulÂ
Toni Erdmann
DocumentaryÂ
13thÂ
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring YearsÂ
The Eagle HuntressÂ
Notes on BlindnessÂ
WeinerÂ
Animated FilmÂ
Finding DoryÂ
Kubo and the Two StringsÂ
MoanaÂ
ZootropolisÂ
DirectorÂ
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Kenneth Longergan – Manchester by the Sea
Tom Ford – Nocturnal AnimalsÂ
Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High WaterÂ
Paul Laverty – I, Daniel BlakeÂ
Damien Chazelle – La La LandÂ
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – MoonlightÂ
Adapted ScreenplayÂ
Eric Heisserer – ArrivalÂ
Robert Schenkkan & Andrew Knight – Hacksaw Ridge
Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder – Hidden FiguresÂ
Luke Davies – LionÂ
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Best Original MusicÂ
Jjohan Johannsson – ArrivalÂ
Mica Levi – JackieÂ
Justin Hurwitz – La La LandÂ
Dustin O’Halloran, Huschka – LionÂ
Abel Korzeniowski – Nocturnal Animals
CinematographyÂ
Bradford Young – Arrival
Giles Nuttgens – Hell or High WaterÂ
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
Greig Fraser – LionÂ
Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal AnimalsÂ
EditingÂ
Joe Walker – ArrivalÂ
John Gilbert – Hacksaw RidgeÂ
Tom Cross – La La Land
Jennifer Lame – Manchester by the SeaÂ
Joan Sobel – Nocturnal Animals
Production DesignÂ
John Bush & Charles Wood – Doctor StrangeÂ
Stuart Craig & Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemÂ
Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh – Hail, Caeser!Â
Sandy REynoldss-Wasco & David Wasco – ArrivalÂ
Shane Valentino & Meg Everist – Nocturnal Animals
Costume DesignÂ
Joanna Johnston – AlliedÂ
Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine – JackieÂ
Mary Zophres – La La landÂ
Make Up & HairÂ
Jeremy Woodhead – Doctor StrangeÂ
J. Roy Helland & Daniel Phillips – Florence Foster JenkinsÂ
Shame Thomas – Hacksaw RidgeÂ
Donald Mowat & Yolanda Toussieng – Nocturnal AnimalsÂ
TBA – Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryÂ
SoundÂ
Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare – Arrival
Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman – Deepwater Horizon
Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright – Hacksaw RidgeÂ
Mildren Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Marrow, Andy Nelson – La La Land
Special Visual EffectsÂ
Louis Morin – ArrivalÂ
Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathon Fawkner – Doctor StrangeÂ
Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemÂ
Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez – The Jungle BookÂ
Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Summer – Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryÂ
British Short Animation
The Alan Dimension
A Love Story
Tough
Best Short Film
ConsumedÂ
HomeÂ
Mouth of HellÂ
The PartyÂ
StandbyÂ
The EE Rising Star AwardÂ
Tom Holland
Ruth Negga
Lucas Hedges
Laia Costa
Anya Taylor-Joy
EE British Academy Film Awards airs live on February 12thÂ
Totally agree with you about being shocked with Blunt’s nomination, it was an awful film and nothing special about her performance at all. I don’t understand the love around Nocturnal Animals and the thing I am most disappointed about is Dave Johns not receiving a nomination for his heartbreaking performance in I, Daniel Blake!
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