The nominations for this year’s awards were announced this morning at Bafta HQ in the West End with the hotly-tipped silent film The Artist remaining the one to beat this awards season as it collected, amongst others, nominations for Best Film, Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Leading Actor for Jean Dujardin and Leading Actress for Berenice Bejo.
Tinker, Tailor, which was resolutely ignored at the Golden Globes (it has been embraced in the UK as a fine piece of filmmaking but the US has not taken to it as much) picked up 11 nominations, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Tomas Alfredson for Director and Gary Oldman for Leading Actor.
The Artist and Tinker, Tailor will fight for the coveted Best Film category with the likes of The Descendants, Drive and The Help, with Outstanding British Film contested by My Week With Marilyn, Senna, Shame, Tinker, Tailor and We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Gary Oldman and Jean Dujardin are joined by the likes of Brad Pitt (Moneyball), George Clooney (The Descendants) and Michael Fassbender (Shame) in the Leading Actor category. Berenice Bejo is joined by Golden Globe winner and frontrunner Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin) and Viola Davis (The Help) in the Leading Actress nominations.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, hosted by Stephen Fry, at the Royal Opera House on Feb 12.
A full list of nominees can be seen below:
Best film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Outstanding British film
My Week With Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best actor
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Best actress
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis – The Help
Best supporting actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
Best supporting actress
Carey Mulligan – Drive
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Judi Dench – My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Attack The Block – Joe Cornish (director/writer)
Black Pond – Will Sharpe (director/writer), Tom Kingsley (director), Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)
Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (director)
Submarine – Richard Ayoade (director/writer)
Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)
Best foreign language film
Incendies (Canada)
Pina (Germany)
Potiche (France)
A Separation (Iran)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Best animated feature film
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango
Best original screenplay
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
The Guard – John Michael McDonagh
The Iron Lady – Abi Morgan
Midnight In Paris – Woody Allen
Best adapted screenplay
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Help – Tate Taylor
The Ides Of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Best original score
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo – Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
War Horse – John Williams
Cinematography
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo – Robert Richardson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Hoyte van Hoytema
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski
Editing
The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
Drive – Mat Newman
Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
Senna – Gregers Sall, Chris King
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Dino Jonsater
Production design
The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Costume design
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week With Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sound
The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Special Visual Effects
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
War Horse
Make-up and hair
The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week With Marilyn
Short animation
Abuelas
Bobby Yeah Robert Morgan
A Morning Stroll
Short film
Chalk
Mwansa The Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two And Two
Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Chris O’Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Hiddleston
