BAFTA Nominations – Preview and Predictions
Awards season is getting into full swing as the BAFTA awards nominations have been announced! With just a couple of weeks to go before the ceremony, we thought it would be an opportune time to look at the nominations and list our predictions.
Even with Gravity leading the pack with 11 nominations, with 8 of our predictions, we believe Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave will be the big winner on the night, followed by Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity with 4 predicted wins. The technical awards (sounds, special effects) are sure to be won by Gravity but 12 Years a Slave has the advantage of a number of nominated acting performances and an award typical narrative. Yet, individual predictions have proven difficult this year; it is a fantastic selection of films, even if there are some questionable emissions. Spike Jonze not getting a best original screenplay nomination for the fabulous Her stands out and the lack of love for the Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis is very surprising. But of what has been nominated, nothing too surprising, or unwelcoming, has turned up in any of the categories. The most glaring element in the nominations has been the lacking quality and quantity in the animation department this year.
The BAFTA award ceremony is set to take place on Sunday, 16 February. Scroll down for the full list of nominations and our predicted winners.
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Our Prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Who should win?: 12 Years a Slave or Gravity (difficult to choose)
Best British Film:
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Our prediction: Gravity
Who should win?: Gravity
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O’Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Our prediction: Steve McQueen
Who should win?: Alfonso Cuaron or Steve McQueen (again, too difficult to choose)
Best Actor:
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leondardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Our prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Who should win?: Tom Hanks
Best Actress:
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr Banks
Our prediction: Cate Blanchett
Who should win?: Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Our prediction: Barkhad Abdi
Who should win?: Barkhad Abdi
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’0, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Our prediction: Lupita Nyong’o
Who should win?: Lupita Nyong’o
Best Original Screenplay:
American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron
Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Our prediction: The Coen Brothers
Who should win?: The Coen Brothers
Best Adapted Screenplay:
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Behind the Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
Our prediction: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Who should win?: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Film Not in the English Language:
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Blue is the Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
Metro Manila, Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
Wadjda, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Pau
Our prediction: The Great Beauty
Who should win?: The Act of Killing
Best Documentary:
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney
Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Tim’s Vermerr, Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
We Steal Secret’s: The Story of Wikileaks, Alex Gibney
Our prediction: The Act of Killing
Who should win?: The Act of Killing
Best Animation:
Despicable Me 2, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Monsters University, Dan Scanlon
Our prediction: Frozen
Who should win?: Frozen
Best Cinematography:
12 Years a Slave, Sean Bobbitt
Captain Phillips, Barry Ackroyd
Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska, Phedon Papamichael
Our prediction: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
Who should win?: Captain Phillips, Barry Ackroyd
Best Editing:
12 Years a Slave, Joe Walker
Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
Rush, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
The Wolf of Wall Street, Thelma Schoonmaker
Our prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Who should win?: The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Production Design:
12 Years a Slave, Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
American Hustle, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Behind the Candelabra, Howard Cummings
Gravity, Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
Our prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Who should win?: 12 Years a Slave
Best Costume Design:
American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
Behind the Candelabra, Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
The Great Gatsby, Michael O’Connor
The Invisible Woman, Michael O’Connor
Saving Mr Banks, Daniel Orlandi
Our prediction: American Hustle
Who should win?: American Hustle
Best make up and hair:
American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
Behind the Candelabra, Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
The Butler, Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
The Great Gatsby, Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Our prediction: American Hustle
Who should win?: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Best Sound:
All is Lost, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
Captain Phillips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
Inside Llewyn Davis, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
Rush, Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
Our prediction: Gravity
Who should win?: Gravity
Best Original Music:
12 Years a Slave, Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief, John Williams
Captain Phillips, Henry Jackman
Gravity, Stephen Price
Saving Mr Banks, Thomas Newman
Our prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Who should win?: Gravity
Best special visual effects:
Gravity, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3, Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim, Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
Our prediction: Gravity
Who should win?: Gravity
The EE Rising Star award:
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux
Our prediction: Lupita Nyong’o
Who should win: Dane DeHaan
Academy Fellowship Award: Dame Helen Mirren
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