Award season is starting to heat up intensively after BAFTA (British Academy Awards) announced their full line-up of nominees for 2016.

Sharing the lead this time around are Steven Spielberg’s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies, and Todd Haynes‘s romantic drama Carol, both of which have nine nominations each, including Best Film and Best Director. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s vengeance thriller The Revenant follows both films with eight mentions, including another Leading Actor nod for Oscar favourite Leonardo DiCaprio.

The trio are all competing in the Best Film category alongside Oscar frontrunners The Big Short (five nods) and Spotlight (three nods), the latter of which failed to land a Best Director nomination for Tom McCarthy. Instead, his spot was taken by British helmer Ridley Scott for the sci-fi blockbuster The Martian.

Despite that film being overlooked in the main category, The Martian picked up six nominations overall, including a Leading Actor nod for Matt Damon.

Another key absentee in the main categories was George Miller’s post-Apocalyptic flick Mad Max: Fury Road, which missed out on Film and Director though it did receive several technical nominations.

Current box-office juggernaut Star Wars: The Force Awakens also did well with the techs, as well as garnering another Original Music nod for veteran composer John Williams.

Meanwhile, the Outstanding British Film accolade is contested by six contenders, which include the Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, the romantic drama Brooklyn and the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina.

In the acting fields, Hollywood heavyweights Damon and DiCaprio are up for Leading Actor along with Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and last year’s category winner Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl).

Leading Actress sees experienced names like Cate Blanchett (Carol) and Dame Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) up against starlets Brie Larson (Room), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) and Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).

The latter star also received a mention in Supporting Actress for her role in Ex Machina. Her competition in that category includes Rooney Mara (Carol), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and British duo Julie Walters (Brooklyn) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs).

Finally, Supporting Actor sees home-grown trio Christian Bale (The Big Short), Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) and Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) battling it out with Benicio del Toro (Sicario) and Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight).

In terms of significant snubs, there were no mentions at all for British productions like Legend, Sunset Song or Suffragette while the James Bond blockbuster Spectre was shut out completely!

Significant actors to be overlooked included Johnny Depp (Black Mass), Tom Hardy (Legend and The Revenant), Will Smith (Concussion), Carey Mulligan (Suffragette), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Dame Helen Mirren (Trumbo) and Sylvester Stallone (Creed).

The 2016 EE BAFTAs will take place on Sunday 14 February (Valentine’s Day) at London’s Royal Opera House, with Stephen Fry hosting for the eleventh time.

The full list of nominations are below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST FILM
THE BIG SHORT
BRIDGE OF SPIES
CAROL
THE REVENANT
SPOTLIGHT

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AMY
BROOKLYN
THE DANISH GIRL
EX MACHINA
45 YEARS
THE LOBSTER

 

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, CAROL
Alejandro González Iñárritu, THE REVENANT
Adam McKay, THE BIG SHORT
Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN
Steven Spielberg, BRIDGE OF SPIES

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, CAROL
Brie Larson, ROOM
Saoirse Ronan, BROOKLYN
Maggie Smith, THE LADY IN THE VAN
Alicia Vikander, THE DANISH GIRL

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, TRUMBO
Matt Damon, THE MARTIAN
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Michael Fassbender, STEVE JOBS
Eddie Redmayne, THE DANISH GIRL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Rooney Mara, CAROL
Alicia Vikander, EX MACHINA
Julie Walters, BROOKLYN
Kate Winslet, STEVE JOBS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT
Benicio del Toro, SICARIO
Idris Elba, BEASTS OF NO NATION
Mark Ruffalo, SPOTLIGHT
Mark Rylance, BRIDGE OF SPIES

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BRIDGE OF SPIES (Matt Charman, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
EX MACHINA (Alex Garland)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Quentin Tarantino)
INSIDE OUT (Josh Cooley, Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve)
SPOTLIGHT (Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer)

 

BEST EDITING
THE BIG SHORT
BRIDGE OF SPIES
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BRIDGE OF SPIES
CAROL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT
SICARIO

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BRIDGE OF SPIES
CAROL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BROOKLYN
CAROL
CINDERELLA
THE DANISH GIRL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
BROOKLYN
CAROL
THE DANISH GIRL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT

BEST SOUND
BRIDGE OF SPIES
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ANT-MAN
EX MACHINA
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BRIDGE OF SPIES (Thomas Newman)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Ennio Morricone)
THE REVENANT (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Carsten Nicolaim)
SICARIO (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (John Williams)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
INSIDE OUT
MINIONS
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ASSASSIN
FORCE MAJEURE
THEEB
TIMBUKTU
WILD TALES

BEST DOCUMENTARY
AMY
CARTEL LAND
HE NAMED ME MALALA
LISTEN TO ME MARLON
SHERPA

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
ELEPHANT
MINING POEMS OR ODES
OPERATOR
OVER
SAMUEL-613

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EDMOND
MANOMAN
PROLOGUE

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
EX MACHINA, Alex Garland (Director)
SECOND COMING, Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director)
THE SURVIVALIST, Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director)
A SYRIAN LOVE STORY, Sean McAllister (Director) & Elhum Shakerifar (Producer)
THEEB, Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) & Rupert Lloyd (Producer)

EE RISING STAR AWARD
John Boyega
Taron Egerton
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson
Bel Powley