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

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

Matt Damon - The Martian 

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

 

Sean O'Connell
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