Gravity leads the way at BAFTA nominations with 11 nods including Best Actress for Sandra Bullock… as 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle follow closely behind
|
- Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Emma Thompson and Dame Judi Dench are all up for Leading Actress
- Chiwetel Ejifor, Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio nominated for Leading Actor
- Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong'o feature in Best Supporting Actress category
- Steve McQueen and Martin Scorsese will compete for Best Director gong
- Mandela's Idris Elba and Naomie Harris snubbed by Bafta
This year's BAFTA nominations were announced on Wednesday morning by Harry Potter's Helen McCrory and Hobbit star, Luke Evans.
Top movie, Gravity has topped the board with an impressive eleven nominations. Sandra Bullock received a nod for Leading Actress for her role as astronaut Ryan Stone in the space-themed movie.
The epic film, which also stars George Clooney, is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Special Visual Effects.
Scroll down for video...
Sandra Bullock has been nominated for Leading Actress for her role in Gravity
12 Years a Slave and American Hustle follow closely behind and are each nominated in ten categories while Captain Phillips has nine.
Behind the Candelabra and Saving Mr. Banks are each nominated five times.
Philomena, Rush and The Wolf of Wall Street have four nominations. Blue Jasmine, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska have each been nominated three times. The Act of Killing, The Butler and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have two nominations apiece.
Leading Actress: Sandra Bullock (left) and Emma Thompson (right) have both received BAFTA nominations
12 Years a Slave is nominated for Best Film, Director for Steve McQueen, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing and Production Design.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery in America's deep south in the movie is nominated for Leading Actor.
Ejiofor, who grew up in London, said: 'I continue to be immensely proud of the recognition this film is getting around the world.
Well-received: Emma Thompson is up for Leading Actress for her role as Mary Poppins author P.L Travers
It's his year: Chiwetel Ejiofor is nominated for Leading Actor for his role in 12 Years A Slave
Nominees British director Steve McQueen and his leading man Chiwetel Ejiofor seen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala are both nominated for Bafta Awards for 12 Years A Slave
'There is, of course, something particularly special about receiving a Bafta nomination from home.'
William Hill made the film and Chiwetel Ejiofor, huge odds on favourites to win awards. 12 Years A Slave is 2/5 to win best film at the annual ceremony, while British actor, Ejiofor is 1/4.
Michael Fassbender is nominated for Supporting Actor and Lupita Nyong’o is nominated for Supporting Actress.
American Hustle receives nominations for Best Film, Director for David O. Russell, Original Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.
Breaking news: Helen McCory and Luke Evans announced the nominations at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London on Wednesday morning
Christian Bale is nominated for Leading Actor and Amy Adams is nominated for Leading Actress, whilst Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.
Captain Phillips is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Director for Paul Greengrass, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing and Sound. Tom Hanks is nominated for Leading Actor and Barkhad Abdi is nominated for Supporting Actor.
Philomena completes the Best Film line-up, with three further nominations in Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actress for Judi Dench.
Is that a perm? Bradley Cooper (left) is up for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Richie DiMaso in American Hustle
Every day is a hustle: Bradley Cooper is one of Bafta's supporting actor nominees
Behind the Candelabra is nominated in Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Matt Damon is nominated for Supporting Actor.
Saving Mr. Banks receives nominations for Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Original Music and Costume Design. Emma Thompson is nominated for Leading Actress.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is nominated for Outstanding British Film, alongside Gravity, Philomena, Rush, Saving Mr. Banks and The Selfish Giant.
Double act: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio seen at the 2014 National Board Of Review Awards Gala on Tuesday night
Cheers! Leonardo DiCaprio is up for Leading Actor for his role as Jordan Belfort in Wolf Of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio is nominated in Leading Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street, which is also nominated in Director for Martin Scorsese, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.
Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins are nominated as Leading Actress and Supporting Actress for Blue Jasmine, for which Woody Allen also receives a nomination for Original Screenplay.
Blanchett has been winning rave reviews for her performance in the movie and is 2/7 to win Best Actress, according to William Hill.
Bruce Dern is nominated as Leading Actor for Nebraska. The film receives two further nominations for Original Screenplay and Cinematography.
Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey complete the Supporting Actress line-up for August: Osage County and The Butler respectively. The Butler receives one further nomination for Make Up & Hair.
Daniel Brühl completes the Supporting Actor category for Rush, which also receives nominations for Outstanding British Film, Editing and Sound.
Joel and Ethan Coen receive an Original Screenplay nomination for Inside Llewyn Davis, which is also nominated for Cinematography and Sound. All Is Lost completes the nominations for Sound.
Will he win? Tom Hanks receives a nod for Leading Actor for Captain Phillips
The Great Gatsby is nominated for Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Also nominated for Make Up & Hair is The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which receives one further nomination for Special Visual Effects. The Invisible Woman receives a nomination for Costume Design.
John Williams receives an Original Music nomination for The Book Thief. Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim and Star Trek Into Darkness join Gravity and The Hobbit: The Desolation in the Special Visual Effects category.
The Act of Killing receives two nominations for Film Not in the English Language and Documentary. Also nominated in the Documentary category are: The Armstrong Lie, Blackfish, Tim’s Vermeer, and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
In second place: 12 Years A Slave is up for ten BAFTA nominations
Writer/Director Paul Wright and Producer Polly Stokes are nominated for Outstanding Debut for For Those in Peril.
They are joined by Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson (Writers) for Good Vibrations, Kieran Evans (Writer/Director) for Kelly + Victor, Scott Graham (Writer/Director) for Shell and Kelly Marcel (Writer), who is due to write the script for the forthcoming 50 Shades Of Grey film, for Saving Mr. Banks.
Blue is the Warmest Colour, The Great Beauty, Metro Manila and Wadjda are nominated alongside The Act of Killing to complete for Film Not in the English Language.
The Animated Film nominees are Despicable Me 2, Frozen and Monsters University.
Leading actor: Matt Damon has been recognised for his role in Behind The Candelbra
The British Short Animation nominations are Everything I Can See From Here, I Am Tom Moody and Sleeping With the Fishes and the British Short Film nominations are Island Queen, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Orbit Ever After, Room 8 and Sea View.
The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award, announced earlier this week, are Dane DeHaan, George MacKay, Lupita Nyong’o, Will Poulter and Léa Seydoux.
This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to an actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and promise.
Flower power: Sally Hawkins has been nominated for Leading Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine
Film critic Mark Kermode said he expected Gravity to provide the main competition to 12 Years A Slave for prizes.
He said: 'The nice surprise has been, in the case of 12 Years A Slave, not only has it been nominated for best film and best director, you've got a best supporting actor nomination for Lupita Nyong'o, who's terrific.
'And just a couple of days ago got a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star award so that's two nominations for her.
She's got a chance: Blanchett has been winning rave reviews for her performance in Blue Jasmine and is 2/7 to win Best Actress
'Great to see Chiwetel Ejiofor nominated for best actor, his performance is absolutely outstanding, although he's up against Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips - that's going to be a pretty tough title fight.
'When it comes to wins you're looking at 12 Years A Slave and Gravity. American Hustle has done well numerically in the nominations, I'd be surprised if it did as well when it comes to the awards themselves.'
The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 16 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD, preceded by a red carpet show on BBC Three. The ceremony is also broadcast in all major territories around the world.
The BAFTAs are considered an indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards two weeks later.
FULL LIST OF BAFTA 2014 NOMINATIONS
Best Film
Gravity
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Philips
Philomena
Leading Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Tom Hanks, Captain Philips
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Matt Damon, Behind The Candelabra
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Leading Actress
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Outstanding British Film
Gravity
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Rush
Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Paul Greengrass, Captain Philips
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf Of Wall Street
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Writer/Director Paul Wright and Producer Polly Stokes, For Those in Peril
Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson (Writers), Good Vibrations
Kieran Evans (Writer/Director), Kelly + Victor
Scott Graham (Writer/Director), Shell
Kelly Marcel (Writer), Saving Mr. Banks.
Original Screenplay
Gravity
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
Original Music
Gravity
Captain Philips
Saving Mr. Banks
The Book Thief
Editing
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Captain Philips
Rush
Production Design
Production Design
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
Costume Design
Costume Design
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
Saving Mr. Banks
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Make Up & Hair
Make Up & Hair
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Sound
Sound
Gravity
Captain Philips
All Is Lost
Rush
Inside Llewyn Davis
Special Visual Effects
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Gravity
Film Not in the English Language
Blue is the Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila
Wadjda
The Act of Killing
Animated Film
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University.
The British Short Animation
Everything I Can See From Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping With the Fishes
British Short Film
Island Queen
Keeping Up With the Joneses,
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View
EE Rising Star Award
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux
Adapted Screenplay
12 Years A Slave
Captain Philips
Philomena
Behind The Candelabra
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Cinematography
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Captain Philips
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2535690/Gravity-leads-nominations-11-nods-12-Years-A-Slave-American-Hustle-follow.html#ixzz2po2iEzJ0
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
