BAFTA 2015: Nominations

 

Ladies and gents, it’s that time of the year again! The BAFTA awards are here to honour (yes, that’s British spelling) the best film and television accomplishments of the past year.

Personally I’m glad to see The Grand Budapest Hotel with so many nominations; I believe it was one of the best films of 2014. Below I’ve highlighted my predictions for the winner in each category in RED.

Let me know what you think of the nominations and my predictions in the comments below.

BEST FILM

BIRDMAN

BOYHOOD

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

THE IMITATION GAME

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

’71

THE IMITATION GAME

PADDINGTON

PRIDE

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

UNDER THE SKIN

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

ELAINE CONSTANTINE (Writer/Director) Northern Soul

GREGORY BURKE (Writer), YANN DEMANGE (Director), ’71

HONG KHAOU (Writer/Director), Lilting

PAUL KATIS (Director/Producer), ANDREW DE LOTBINIÈRE (Producer), Kajaki: The True Story

STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer), Pride

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IDA

LEVIATHAN

THE LUNCHBOX

TRASH

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT

DOCUMENTARY

20 FEET FROM STARDOM

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

CITIZENFOUR

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER

VIRUNGA

ANIMATED FILM

BIG HERO 6

THE BOXTROLLS

THE LEGO MOVIE

DIRECTOR

BIRDMAN, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

BOYHOOD, Richard Linklater

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wes Anderson

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, James Marsh

WHIPLASH, Damien Chazelle

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

AMERICAN SNIPER, Jason Hall

GONE GIRL, Gillian Flynn

THE IMITATION GAME, Graham Moore

PADDINGTON, Paul King

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Anthony McCarten

LEADING ACTOR

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, The Imitation Game

EDDIE REDMAYNE, The Theory of Everything

JAKE GYLLENHAAL, Nightcrawler

MICHAEL KEATON, Birdman

RALPH FIENNES, The Grand Budapest Hotel 

LEADING ACTRESS

AMY ADAMS, Big Eyes

FELICITY JONES, The Theory of Everything

JULIANNE MOORE, Still Alice

REESE WITHERSPOON, Wild

ROSAMUND PIKE, Gone Girl 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

EDWARD NORTON, Birdman

ETHAN HAWKE, Boyhood

J.K. SIMMONS, Whiplash

MARK RUFFALO, Foxcatcher

STEVE CARELL, Foxcatcher 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

EMMA STONE, Birdman

IMELDA STAUNTON, Pride

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, The Imitation Game

PATRICIA ARQUETTE, Boyhood

RENE RUSSO, Nightcrawler

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BIRDMAN, Emmanuel Lubezki

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Robert Yeoman

IDA Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski

INTERSTELLAR, Hoyte van Hoytem

MR. TURNER, Dick Pope

EDITING

BIRDMAN, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Barney Pilling

THE IMITATION GAME, William Goldenberg

NIGHTCRAWLER, John Gilroy

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Jinx Godfrey

WHIPLASH, Tom Cross

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BIG EYES, Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

THE IMITATION GAME, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald

INTERSTELLAR, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

MR. TURNER, Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

COSTUME DESIGN

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Milena Canonero

THE IMITATION GAME, Sammy Sheldon Differ

INTO THE WOODS, Colleen Atwood

MR. TURNER, Jacqueline Durran

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Steven Noble

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Frances Hannon

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

INTO THE WOODS, Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland

MR. TURNER, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Jan Sewell

SOUND

AMERICAN SNIPER, Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

BIRDMAN, Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak

THE IMITATION GAME, John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen

WHIPLASH, Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

INTERSTELLAR, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

THE BIGGER PICTURE

MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS

MY DAD

BRITISH SHORT FILM

BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM

EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX

THE KÁRMÁN LINE

SLAP

THREE BROTHERS

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD

GUGU MBATHA-RAW

JACK O’CONNELL

MARGOT ROBBIE

MILES TELLER

SHAILENE WOODLEY

 About the Author: Stephen is co-founder of BTG Lifestyle; filmmaker and critic who loves a good story.