Seeking to be less predictable, the BAFTAs this year decided to forego the longstanding 2-step nomination process with their famously fascinating long list that always preceded the final short list. Unpredictable means more room for unexpected surprises but it’s also less transparent. The Oscars and BAFTAs are both flying blind this year. You can achieve the same exciting sensation in your car if you fog up the windshield, drain your brake fluid, then take down all the road signs and guardrails on the highway. Who knows what unpredictable accidents might happen! Buckle up! The new ballot procedure throws all our prediction models into disarray as well. Since the voting is so radically different this year, all the trusty historical precedents have been thrown out the window.
BEST FILM
- ARGO Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
- LES MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
- LIFE OF PI Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
- LINCOLN Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
- ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard
- THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker
- LES MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
- SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
- SKYFALL Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter
- DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin
- DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill
- JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets
- TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- AMOUR Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
- HEADHUNTERS Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
- THE HUNT Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
- RUST AND BONE Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
- UNTOUCHABLE Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
DOCUMENTARY
- THE IMPOSTER Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis
- MARLEY Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel
- McCULLIN David Morris, Jacqui Morris
- SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
- WEST OF MEMPHIS Amy Berg
ANIMATED FILM
- BRAVE Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
- FRANKENWEENIE Tim Burton
- PARANORMAN Sam Fell, Chris Butler
DIRECTOR
- AMOUR Michael Haneke
- ARGO Ben Affleck
- DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
- LIFE OF PI Ang Lee
- ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- AMOUR Michael Haneke
- DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
- THE MASTER Paul Thomas Anderson
- MOONRISE KINGDOM Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
- ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ARGO Chris Terrio
- BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
- LIFE OF PI David Magee
- LINCOLN Tony Kushner
- SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK David O. Russell
LEADING ACTOR
- BEN AFFLECK Argo
- BRADLEY COOPER Silver Linings Playbook
- DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Lincoln
- HUGH JACKMAN Les Misérables
- JOAQUIN PHOENIX The Master
LEADING ACTRESS
- EMMANUELLE RIVA Amour
- HELEN MIRREN Hitchcock
- JENNIFER LAWRENCE Silver Linings Playbook
- JESSICA CHASTAIN Zero Dark Thirty
- MARION COTILLARD Rust and Bone
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- ALAN ARKIN Argo
- CHRISTOPH WALTZ Django Unchained
- JAVIER BARDEM Skyfall
- PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Master
- TOMMY LEE JONES Lincoln
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- AMY ADAMS The Master
- ANNE HATHAWAY Les Misérables
- HELEN HUNT The Sessions
- JUDI DENCH Skyfall
- SALLY FIELD Lincoln
- ANNA KARENINA Dario Marianelli
- ARGO Alexandre Desplat
- LIFE OF PI Mychael Danna
- LINCOLN John Williams
- SKYFALL Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ANNA KARENINA Seamus McGarvey
- LES MISÉRABLES Danny Cohen
- LIFE OF PI Claudio Miranda
- LINCOLN Janusz Kaminski
- SKYFALL Roger Deakins
EDITING
- ARGO William Goldenberg
- DJANGO UNCHAINED Fred Raskin
- LIFE OF PI Tim Squyres
- SKYFALL Stuart Baird
- ZERO DARK THIRTY Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ANNA KARENINA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- LES MISÉRABLES Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
- LIFE OF PI David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
- LINCOLN Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
- SKYFALL Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
COSTUME DESIGN
- ANNA KARENINA Jacqueline Durran
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
- LES MISÉRABLES Paco Delgado
- LINCOLN Joanna Johnston
- SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Colleen Atwood
MAKE UP & HAIR
- ANNA KARENINA Ivana Primorac
- HITCHCOCK Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
- THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
- LES MISÉRABLES Lisa Westcott
- LINCOLN Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou
SOUND
- DJANGO UNCHAINED Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
- THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
- LES MISÉRABLES Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
- LIFE OF PI Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
- SKYFALL Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
- THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
- LIFE OF PI Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
- MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Nominees TBC
- PROMETHEUS Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth
SHORT ANIMATION
- HERE TO FALL Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
- I’M FINE THANKS Eamonn O’Neill
- THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
SHORT FILM
- THE CURSE Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
- GOOD NIGHT Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
- SWIMMER Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
- TUMULT Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
- THE VOORMAN PROBLEM Mark Gill, Baldwin Li
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
- ELIZABETH OLSEN
- ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
- SURAJ SHARMA
- JUNO TEMPLE
- ALICIA VIKANDER
Actually, it’s more appropriate to title the movie like “Alfred and Alma” instead of just “Hitchcock”… Mirren overshadowed Hopkins which is dissappointing since he’s the title character… But the Lead Actor race is too crowded so it’s difficult for Hopkins to sneak in… Even the BAFTAs didn’t go for him…
i absolutely love mirren dont give me wrong but after seeing hitchcok the other day i can definitely SAY OVERRATED. she was cute, maybe worthy of a globe nom but thats it. it was nothing oscar worthy whatsoever. hell i would of nominated wallis instead of her. its just really frustrating. im sooo hoping she doesnt get nominated tomorrow because she doesnt deserve it. and im not being a hater at all. she was just ok. like barely passable. C- if anything lol.
HOPKINS on the other hand i thought was pretty decent and its a shame he isnt getting more recognition. whatever im so over this year lol.
Isn’t it astounding that “Les Miserables” can be nominated for both Best Film and Outstanding British Film, and yet its director goes unnominated. Has this ever happened before?
lol the beard not the bird
@dominik
they should’ve just nominated the bird, same for tommy lee jones, just nominate the wig!
Ben Affleck for Best Actor??? 🙂
Is this a joke? He was truly horrible, I counted exactly two impressions on his face, but the beard did cover his acting limits a little bit.
@ Odie. You mean an awards group giving awards for acting? What a concept. I long for the old days when there was no BFCA or SAG, and the Oscars didn’t just follow what everyone else did and BAFTAS gave out awards in June.
Oops ty Karl. I stated that in a post in another thread as well lol.
Would love to see the BAFTA director members in a room together. Who are these people?
Martin Scorsese was nominated for Hugo the last year on Bafta’s. But not Hugo as best film.
I’d posit that the Spielberg snub isn’t that surprising. I think it’s attributable just to the tastes of BAFTA voters. They often make unusual choices in the Director category. Last year, they snubbed Martin Scorsese, nominated Lynne Ramsay, Tomas Alfredson and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Great for Marion Cotillard, she really deserved this nomination and I hope she get nod of Academy Awards ’cause she gave a wonderful performance on Rust and Bone.
Well, Oscar may be come up with some major differences as opposed to the BAFTA and golden globes. Here’s hoping that they do. Too much of this has been based on all of the wrong things anyway. given the actors make up most of the votes, here’s hoping they will vote based on acting, and acting alone, and realize that a great subtle performance is probably more difficult that one that’s completely chewing up the scenery, for example.
We’ll see. Tomorrow will be here before we know it.
I agree Naomi Watts has a better choice of winning than Marion Cotillard.
I watched Jessica,Jennifer, Marion and Emanuelle Riva but the most strong,moving and natural was Naomi Watts,a real tour de force performance.
daveylow, Box Office Mojo reported yesterday that Life of Pi “could wind up close to $500 million by the end of its run.” It cost $120M.
It’s almost at 400 m now and hasn’t opened in Japan, yet. It had the 4th highest opening ever in Russia. I think it’s currently in second place in the UK, where it has only dropped 20% since it opened.
So, yes, I think it’s quietly well-liked just about everywhere.
RELAX! Wait for the nominations tally tomorrow!
Is it true that Life of Pi is popular in the UK?
You better think about british Hooper, rufus. your 2nd favourite.
🙂
“…forever destroys the credibility of the BAFTAS for me. As far as I am concerned, they do not exist.” (Spielberg snub)
My guess is that most of the voters ASSUMED he would be nominated and voted for another favorite to get them in the game. I’m sure it’s more of an anomaly than it is a conspiracy. Happens with wild card free hand voting (no prelims or long lists).
Or, maybe, and more simply, they didn’t think Spielberg deserved a nomination.
I say: Affleck can get a nom for best actor.
Like Costner, Eastwood (twice), Beatty ( several times).
Finally Bafta did it.
I think Academy will do the same.
@pinkWC
the Baftas are now voting by branches so it means directors didn’t feel the need to nominate Spielberg (or they omitted him bc they assumed he was a shoo-in) but the rest of the Academy liked Lincoln, that’s what happens when different branches have different opinions. But again methinks they screwed up and assumed that bc Spielberg was a lock they could lend their votes to an outsider.
AMPS gave Speilberg 11 nominations for The Color Purple but snubbed him for best Director nomination.
‘life of pi ‘ is a major threat of ‘argo’ !
To give “Lincoln” 10 nominations and not nominate Steven Spielberg as Best Director is appalling, and forever destroys the credibility of the BAFTAS for me. As far as I am concerned, they do not exist.
@NikG
Not sure about this… I hear there is a substantial amount of voters who are reluctant to vote for either Lawrence or Chastain. Those voters are looking for a safe 3rd horse to bid on. The key to the result is will those voters be split between the 3 other contenders or will they rally behind one. Methinks they could go for Watts, but if Riva gets in, she’ll steal her thunder and none will get the win.
But neither Watts or Cotillard are winning soo…
OMG I’m laughing so hard at people desperately trying to convince everybody that Watts is in the third spot after Chastain & Lawrence!
Cotillard is way ahead of her, you don’t need to be a genius to see that she hit every precursors like Chastain & Lawrence (Critics/sag/gg/bafta) I hope Riva will take her spot, the fifth one.
No, you don’t. However, it takes some amount of intelligence, experience and intuition to see that Naomi Watts has a better shot at winning the Oscar than Marion Cotillard. Naomi has a lot of very vocal support from high-profile actors, is in a stronger film (stronger in its chances, rather than in its quality), has been in the industry for longer than Marion (at least, visibly, from most people’s perspectives) and, crucially, hasn’t won before.
“Tomorrow anything can happen.. And I mean ANYTHING!”
This is an undeniable truth for almost anything in life. Unfortunately, these nominations already confirm what the DGA did. The Best Picture race is a done deal as far as nominations are concerned. You can throw in a couple of surprises due to the new system, but Argo, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty are now locked. The rest follows suit with the exception of actors and a couple of tech noms.
If Spielberg had chopped off that ending, Lincoln would have led with 12 nominations.
Yep. The ending will be a thorn in that film, forever.
Best thing is that Tarantino got in, instead of Hooper. Makes me smile. But no Leonardo DiCaprio love and the most random best actor nomination for Ben Affleck. They do like to mix things up don’t they.
At least they nominated both Riva and Cotillard and not little Wallis – worried about that for tomorrow.
I hope next time DiCaprio sees Weinstein he kicks him in the b$(($&)!
Let’s get real, Lincoln is not the masterpiece that some people think it is, if fact none of this year contenders is really a great film, well maybe “Amour” is. Argo is winning the Oscar this year, no doubt about it.
What really worries me is when will we get the results for the AD Oscar simulation? Now would be the perfect time, anticipation is building after the DGA and Bafta noms, and we need them to entertain ourselves before the big announcement. It would become pointless to get them after the battle since we’ll all be talking about the actual results…
Argo has zero chance of winning an Oscar for Best Picture. Perhaps I should say zero – thirty
Saying Lincoln’s direction is unshowy isn’t also answer since Amour’s direction doesn’t has any chance near its.
@Claire And I’m going to laugh sooo hard when Marion fails to be nominated and HELEN MIRREN of all people takes her spot!
There are so so few great british directors alive that I fear they are starting to forget what is a good directing. The Spielberg/Scorsese combo from the last two years sells the deal. Effect of this in BP race? Zero worried about that.
No Hopper. Yes yes yes.
“Oscars have a similar system.”
No, they don’t. He said FINAL ballot. Only a few categories are done this way to the end, but most categories are voted by everyone in the final ballot.
It’s pretty clear: only Affleck can beat Bigelow. I hope he will.
OMG I’m laughing so hard at people desperately trying to convince everybody that Watts is in the third spot after Chastain & Lawrence!
Cotillard is way ahead of her, you don’t need to be a genius to see that she hit every precursors like Chastain & Lawrence (Critics/sag/gg/bafta) I hope Riva will take her spot, the fifth one.
And Tom Holland should have been in the rising star category.
Yeah Skyfall! Hopefully Bardem and Dench can pull through at the Oscars too. That would make my week. With these kind of nominations I’m actually surprised that BAFTA didn’t nominate Skyfall for Best Film as well.
And what’s Affleck doing in the acting category? His directing nomination is more than deserved, but honestly his performance is what kept Argo a very good movie instead of an extraordinary one.
@Daveylo
They try too hard to predict the Oscars, which is the best way for a voting body to lose its credibility. They should insist on their Britishness and support outsiders like they did last yr with tinker tailor… and gary oldman, otherwise they’ll become completely irrelevant.
“The reason BAFTA has more splits in Director/Picture is because the branches vote for their own category on their final ballot in stead of everyone voting for everything. So unlike Oscars, the makeup artist don’t get to say who did the best Sound Mixing et al.”
Oscars have a similar system.
Christophe, a record-breaking 15, for sure.
It puzzles me that the acting branch couldn’t nominated Jude Law and Tom Wilkinson or Ewan McGregor over Alan Arkin. Talk about not appreciating your fellow countrymen.
“And years after Jaws snub is one of the worst ever.”
Well, at least he got a BAFTA nod for that.
TMI
@rufus & tero
Now the real question is: if Spielberg had chopped off Lincoln’s dick, how many noms???
Sad for naomi watts and leonardo di caprio. I want to see Watts, Leo and Kidman make it tomorrow on oscar nominations… watts and leo can both make an upset win if they both get nominated.
If I chopped your dick off, I would lead you with 6,5 inches.
And years after Jaws snub is one of the worst ever.
If Spielberg had chopped off that ending, Lincoln would have led with 12 nominations.
“BAFTA proved that Lincoln film directed itself, no?”
That’s the same what the AMPAS said about Jaws.
Yes, Freddy Ardanza. BAFTA proved that Lincoln film directed itself, no?
Ben Affleck for best actor is a nice surprise but nothing more will come of it. It just shows that BAFTA really loved Argo. I’m very surprised that they snubbed The Master in the techs but most of all in music since they liked Greenwood last time. Spielberg’s snub isn’t as bad as Hooper’s though, he needed this from his homeland. I can’t say I’m ecstatic but it’s one of those “1 bad nomination along with 2 little surprises”.
Affleck for Actor in Argo is the biggest joke nomination in any award in recent years.
But his nomination confirms my idea that Argo is the favorite.
66th British Academy Film Awards Nominations:
Lincoln – 10
Life of Pi – 9+1
Les Miserables – 9
Skyfall – 8
Argo – 7
Anna Karenina – 6
Django Unchained – 5
Zero Dark Thirty – 4
The Master – 4
Amour – 4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 3
Silver Linings Playbook – 3
Hitchcock – 2
The Imposter – 2
Biggest snub: Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs!! :p
No Smith. So weird.
I’m feeling a win for Ang Lee as Best Director with the BAFTA.
Affkeck, actor for Argo. Finally!!!!!!!
But, where’s Tom Holland??????
Not that I need to, but I’ma join in with this mass criticism of the Naomi Watts snub. Boo hiss. Bastards.
I want to make it clear that I thought Spielberg should have been nominated. I would have left off Tarentino.
Though Tom Hooper didn’t win the BAFTA for director for The King’s Speech, he did accept the BAFTA for Best British Film for that film. So they hate him, but not a full-blown hate.
I’m glad Lincoln is snubbed in Directing and Film Editing, Lincoln is good because of the screenplay and the actors.