The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for its 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced 13 February. BAFTA’s mission is to “support, develop, and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public.”
This year’s nominees are:
Best Film:
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Outstanding British Film:
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’s Speech
Made in Dagenham
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer:
Bansky and Jaimie D’Cruz, directors and producers of Exit Through the Gift Shop
Clio Barnard and Tracy O’Riordan, directors and producers of The Arbor
Gareth Edwards, writer and director of Monsters
Chris Morris, writer and director of Four Lions
Nick Whitfield, writer and director of Skeletons
Director:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Danny Boyle for 127 HoursDavid Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Original Screenplay:
Black Swan written by Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, and John McLaughlin
The Fighter written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson
Inception written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids are All Right written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech written by David Seidler
Adapted Screenplay:
127 Hours written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo written by Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel
The Social Network written by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 written by Michael Arndt
True Grit written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Film Not in the English Language:
Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I am Love
Of Gods and Men
The Secret in Their Eyes
Animated Film:
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3
Leading Actor:
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours
Leading Actress:
Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right
Julianne Moore in The Kids are All Right
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale in The Fighter
Andrew Garfield in The Social Network
Pete Postlethwaite in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech
Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech
Barbara Hershey in Black Swan
Lesley Manville in Another Year
Miranda Richardson in Made in Dagenham
Original Music:
127 Hours, AR Rahman
Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography:
127 Hours, Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
True Grit, Roger Deakins
Editing:
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
Inception, Lee Smith
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Production Design:
Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara
Black Swan, Thérèse DePrez and Tora Peterson
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart and Judy Farr
True Grit, Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh
Costume Design:
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Black Swan, Amy Westcott
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beavan
Made in Dagenham, Louise Stjernsward
True Grit, Mary Zophres
Sound:
127 Hours, Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C. Laneri, and Douglas Cameron
Black Swan, Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, and Dominick Tavella
Inception, Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, John Midgley, Lee Walpole, and Paul Hamblin
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland, and Douglas Axtell
Special Visual Effects:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan, Dan Schrecker
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait’Hadi, and Christian Manz
Inception, Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb
Toy Story 3
Make Up & Hair:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan, Judy Chin and Geordie Sheffer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
The King’s Speech, Frances Hannon
Made in Dagenham, Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Short Animation:
The Eagleman Stag
Matter Fisher
Thursday
Short Film:
Connect
Lin
Rite
Turning
Until the River Runs Red
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted by the public):
Gemma Arterton
Andrew Garfield
Tom Hardy
Aaron Johnson
Emma Stone