With less than a week to go until the Oscar nominations are announced, the British have once again chipped in with their choices for the 2015 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
Wes Anderson’s quirky caper The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the way with a dominant eleven nominations, including Best Film and a Best Director mention for Anderson. Central star Ralph Fiennes is also recognised in the Leading Actor category, while the film also received multiple nods in the technical categories.
The Broadway-based satire Birdman and the biopic drama The Theory of Everything share joint second with ten mentions each, and are joined in the Best Film category by the indie drama Boyhood and the factual drama The Imitation Game.
Once again, Birdman scored another Leading Actor nod for Oscar favourite Michael Keaton, while co-stars Edward Norton and Emma Stone are up for the supporting awards.
Keaton faces stern competition in his category from homegrown actors Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) who find themselves in contention for their portrayals of real-life figures Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking.
From those films, filmmakers Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) are shortlisted for Best Director, though Morten Tyldum is surprisingly ignored for his work on The Imitation Game.
However, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything are also included in the Outstanding British Film category which is rounded off by the war thriller ’71, the fact-based comedy drama Pride, the sci-fi drama Under the Skin and in a welcoming surprise, the family adventure Paddington.
To the disappointment of some, Mike Leigh’s factual drama Mr. Turner failed to make the list, while Timothy Spall was also snubbed despite winning the Best Actor award at Cannes last year.
Elsewhere, British stars Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) go head-to-head in the Leading Actress line-up along with Amy Adams (Big Eyes), Reese Witherspoon (Wild) and Oscar frontrunner Julianne Moore (Still Alice).
In the supporting fields, J. K. Simmons lands another Supporting Actor nod for his performance in Whiplash, with Foxcatcher duo Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo among his rival nominees.
Meanwhile, the Supporting Actress line-up sees Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) square off against Oscar favourite Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) and shock contenders Rene Russo (Nightcrawler) and Imelda Staunton (Pride).
Elsewhere, the Lego Movie competes against Big Hero 6 and The Boxtrolls in the Best Animated Film category while Ida, Leviathan and Two Days, One Night are among the foreign films in contention for Best Film Not in the English Language.
As previously announced, the EE Rising Star award sees British duo Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jack O’Connell shortlisted alongside Margot Robbie, Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley.
Once again, BAFTA made some notable omissions with the factual drama Selma controversially ignored in all categories. Additionally, the high-profile acting snubs included Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year), Robert Duvall (The Judge), David Oyelowo (Selma) and Meryl Streep (Into the Woods).
The 68th EE BAFTA Film Awards will take place at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 8 February, with Sir Stephen Fry hosting for the tenth time.
The full list of film nominations are below (winner predictions in blue):
BEST FILM
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE IMITATION GAME
PADDINGTON
PRIDE
’71
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
UNDER THE SKIN
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Damien Chazelle, WHIPLASH
Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIRDMAN
Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD
James Marsh, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, BIG EYES
Felicity Jones, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Julianne Moore, STILL ALICE
Rosamund Pike, GONE GIRL
Reese Witherspoon, WILD
BEST 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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, BOYHOOD
Keira Knightley, THE IMITATION GAME
Rene Russo, NIGHTCRAWLER
Imelda Staunton, PRIDE
Emma Stone, BIRDMAN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Carell, FOXCATCHER
Ethan Hawke, BOYHOOD
Edward Norton, BIRDMAN
Mark Ruffalo, FOXCATCHER
J. K. Simmons, WHIPLASH
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN SNIPER (Jason Hall)
GONE GIRL (Gillian Flynn)
THE IMITATION GAME (Graham Moore)
PADDINGTON (Paul King)
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Anthony McCarten)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BIRDMAN (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr & Armando Bo)
BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson)
NIGHTCRAWLER (Dan Gilroy)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
BEST EDITING
BIRDMAN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
NIGHTCRAWLER
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WHIPLASH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BIRDMAN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
IDA
INTERSTELLAR
MR. TURNER
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BIG EYES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
INTERSTELLAR
MR. TURNER
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
INTO THE WOODS
MR. TURNER
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
INTO THE WOODS
MR. TURNER
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
BEST SOUND
AMERICAN SNIPER
BIRDMAN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
WHIPLASH
BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
INTERSTELLAR
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BIRDMAN (Antonio Sanchez)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Alexandre Desplat)
INTERSTELLAR (Hans Zimmer)
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
UNDER THE SKIN (Mica Levi)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BIG HERO 6
THE BOXTROLLS
THE LEGO MOVIE
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IDA
LEVIATHAN
THE LUNCHBOX
TRASH
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
BEST DOCUMENTARY
CITIZENFOUR
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
VIRUNGA
BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM
EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX
THE KARMAN LINE
SLAP
THREE BROTHERS
BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE BIGGER PICTURE
MONEY LOVES EXPERIMENTS
MY DAD
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
KAJAKI: THE TRUE STORY, Paul Katis (Director/Producer) & Andrew De Lotbiniere (Producer)
LILTING, Hong Khaou (Writer/Director)
NORTHERN SOUL, Elaine Constantine (Writer/Director)
PRIDE, Stephen Beresford (Writer) & David Livingstone (Producer)
’71, Gregory Burke (Writer) & Yann Demange (Director)
EE RISING STAR AWARD
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
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