Last night the 2014 BAFTA Award nominations were announced and Alfonso Cuaron‘s Gravity led the way with 11 nominations, followed closely by 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle with ten and Captain Phillips with nine. This is no real surprise as I currently have Gravity taking nine nominations at the Oscars where it remains a player alongside American Hustle and, you guessed it, my Best Picture front-runner 12 Years a Slave.
There’s a lot of talk about the fact Dallas Buyers Club wasn’t nominated, but it hasn’t been released in the UK yet making it ineligible for this year’s awards.
Per BAFTA rules: “Films must be released theatrically in the UK, within the Academy awards year: 1 January to 31 December 2013. Films that open between 1 January and 14 February 2014 inclusive may be ‘qualified’ by Distributors by being screened to Academy Film Voting Members by 19 December 2013.” I have no idea if Dallas Buyers was screened, but I have to assume it wasn’t because ignoring both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto seems silly. Then again, the BAFTAs aren’t really a good barometer on how films will perform at the Oscars anyway.
The BAFTA Awards will take place on Sunday, February 16 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and will be hosted by Stephen Fry.
The complete list of nominees is directly below.
Best Film
- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Philomena
- 12 Years a Slave
Best Director
- David O. Russell (American Hustle)
- Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
- Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
- Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
- Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Best British Film
- Gravity
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Philomena
- Rush
- Saving Mr. Banks
- The Selfish Giant
Best Actor
- Christian Bale (American Hustle)
- Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
- Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Best Actress
- Amy Adams (American Hustle)
- Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
- Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
- Judi Dench (Philomena)
- Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Best Supporting Actor
- Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
- Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
- Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
- Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
- Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Best Supporting Actress
- Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
- Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
- Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
- Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
- Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
- Blue Jasmine
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Nebraska
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Behind the Candelabra
- Captain Phillips
- Philomena
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Act of Killing
- Blue is the Warmest Colore
- The Great Beauty
- Metro Manila
- Wadjda
Best Documentary
- The Act of Killing
- The Armstrong Lie
- Blackfish
- Tim’s Vermeer
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Best Animated Film
- Despicable Me 2
- Frozen
- Monsters University
Best Cinematography
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Nebraska
- 12 Years a Slave
Best Production Design
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- Gravity
- The Great Gatsby
- 12 Years a Slave
Best Costume Design
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- The Great Gatsby
- The Invisible Woman
- Saving Mr. Banks
Best Film Editing
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Rush
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Makeup and Hair
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- The Great Gatsby
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Best Music
- The Book Thief
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Saving Mr. Banks
- 12 Years a Slave
Best Sound
- All is Lost
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Rush
Best Visual Effects
- Gravity
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Iron Man 3
- Pacific Rim
- Stsar Trek Into Darkness
Best Debut by British Writer, Director or Producer
- Colin Caberry and Glenn Patterson (writers) (Good Vibrations)
- Kelly Msarcel (writer) (Saving Mr. Banks)
- Kieran Evasns (writer-director) (Kelly + Victor)
- Scott Graham (writer-director) (Shell)
- Paul Wright (writer-director) and Polly Stokes (producer) (For Those in Peril)
Best British Animated Short
- Everything I Can See from Her
- I Am Tom Moody
- Sleep With the Fishes
Best British Short
- Island Queen
- Keeping Up With the Joneses
- Orbit Ever After
- Room 8
- Sea View
Rising Star Award (previously announced)
- Dane DeHaan
- George Mackay
- Lupita Nyong’o
- Will Poulter
- Lea Seydoux
CORRECTION: This post originally stated Inside Llewyn Davis wasn’t nominated, when it actually has been.
