The nominations for the 2015 BAFTA awards have finally arrived, adding more fuel to the Oscar fire, where fierce speculations will begin to surface as to who will take the awards at the most prestigious award ceremony that will happen later in the year.
As for the BAFTA awards, The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the pack with a total of eleven nominations including Best Film, Best Director and many others. The Theory of Everything and Birdman also appear to have critically succeeded with a total of ten nominations each. Pride collects four nominations and Nightcrawler has three. Boyhood, Still Alice and Gone Girl also get nods.
The ceremony will take place on the 8th February this year in London at the Royal Opera House.
Read the nominations of the main awards 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 Lotbiniere (Producer), Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford (Writer), David Livingstone (Producer), Pride
Best Film Not In The English Language
Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night
Best Documentary
20 Feet From Stardom
20,000 Days On Earth
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga
Best Animated Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory Of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Paul King, Paddington
Anthony McCarten, The Theory Of Everything
Best 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
Best Leading Actress
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress
Emma Stone, Birdman
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
The full list of awards and nominations can be found here.
