Bridge Of Spies, Carol Lead The 2016 BAFTA Film Awards Nominees
Awards season is in full swing. The Golden Globes will be held in Hollywood on Sunday evening. The Critics Choice Awards are scheduled to honor the best and brightest in film and television on January 17. And the Academy will announce its nominations to the world on Thursday, January 14. We’re in the thick of things. Across the pond, the BAFTAs revealed its top picks for the best on film, and much like what’s happening over here, their nominations spread across a diverse field to include a number of wide-reaching titles.
The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Revenant and Spotlight will compete for the title of Best Film at the BAFTAs this year, according to a release on the group’s official site. That’s a different category than Outstanding British Film, in which the nominees are 45 Years, the documentary Amy, the immigrant song Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, Alex Garland’s Ex Machina and The Lobster.
Overall, Carol and Bridge of Spies received the most nominations, while Alicia Vikander made waves by picking up BAFTA nominations for Best Actress and Bets Supporting Actress. The full film nominations are below. The BAFTA awards ceremony will take place on February 14.
BEST FILM
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
The Revenant
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Carol
Spotlight
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson - Room
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Maggie Smith - Lady in the Van
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Rooney Mara - Carol
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters - Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro - Sicario
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
45 Years
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster
DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa
ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep Movie
DIRECTOR
The Big Short, Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg
Carol, Todd Haynes
The Martian, Ridley Scott
The Revenant, Alejandro G. Inarritu
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bridge of Spies, Janusz Kaminski
Carol, Ed Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale
The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario, Roger Deakins
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies, Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina, Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short, Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Brooklyn, Nick Hornby
Carol, Phyllis Nagy
Room, Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin
EDITING
The Big Short, Hank Corwin
Bridge of Spies, Michael Kahn
Mad Max: Fury Road, Margaret Sixel
The Martian, Pietro Scalia
The Revenant, Stephen Mirrione
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies, Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Carol, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Mad Max: Fury Road, Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
The Martian, Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn, Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol, Sandy Powell
Cinderella, Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan
MAKE UP & HAIR
Brooklyn, Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Carol, Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
The Danish Girl, Jan Sewell
Mad Max: Fury Road, Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
The Revenant, Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini
SOUND
Bridge of Spies, Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Mad Max: Fury Road, Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
The Martian, Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
The Revenant, Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Ant-Man, Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina, Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road, Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian, Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan
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