Wednesday, January 9, 2013

BAFTA nominations

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have revealed their nominees on the eve of the Oscars' announcement. The top nominee is Lincoln, nailing down 10 nods. Life of Pi and Les Mis follow with nine apiece.

Are there any clues to be heeded in these British tea leaves, or has the date shift rendered these nominations moot? I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Best Film
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best British Film
"Anna Karenina"
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Misérables"
"Seven Psychopaths"
"Skyfall"

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


Best Actor
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"

Best ActressJessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Judi Dench, "Skyfall"
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

Best Original Screenplay"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"The Intouchables"
"Rust and Bone"

Best Documentary
"The Imposter"
"Marley"
"McCullin"
"Searching for Sugar Man"
"West of Memphis"

Best Animated Film
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"

Best Cinematography
"Anna Karenina"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"

Best Production Design

"Anna Karenina"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"

Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Great Expectations"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Film Editing
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Makeup & Hair
"Anna Karenina"
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"

Best Original Music

"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

Best Sound
"Django Unchained"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"

Best Visual Effects

"The Avengers"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Prometheus"
Short Animation
Here to Fall”
I'm Fine Thanks”
The Making of Longbird”

Short Film
The Curse”
Good Night”
Swimmer”
Tumult”
The Voorman Problem”

Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Thina Garavi (writer/director), "I Am Nasrine"
Bart Layton (writer) and Dimitri Doganis (producer), "The Imposter"
David Morris (director) and Jacqui Morris (director/producer), "McCullin"
James Bobin (director), "The Muppets"
Dexter Fletcher (writer/director) and Danny King (writer), "Wild Bill"

Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander