Gravity leads in BAFTA race

Full nominations list announced.

by Jennie Kermode

The nominations for this year's BAFTAs were revealed today, and present the first awards list in which Gravity has taken the lead. 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle have also done well and this year there's a particularly strong British section.

Those nominations in full:-

Best Film

  • 12 Years A Slave, Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
  • American Hustle, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
  • Captain Phillips, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
  • Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
  • Philomena, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward

Outstanding British Film

  • Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
  • Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
  • Philomena, Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
  • Rush, Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
  • Saving Mr. Banks, John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
  • The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Film not in the English Language

  • The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
  • The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima Metro Manila Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier Wadjda Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Best Documentary

Best Animated Film

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Leading Actor

Best Leading Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Music

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design

Best Make Up & Hair

Best Sound

  • All Is Lost, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
  • Captain Phillips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
  • Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
  • Inside Llewyn Davis, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
  • Rush, Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

Best Special Visual Effects

Best British Short Animation

  • Everything I Can See From Here, Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
  • I Am Tom Moody, Ainslie Henderson
  • Sleeping With The Fishes, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa

Best British Short Film

  • Island Queen, Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
  • Keeping Up With The Joneses, Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
  • Orbit Ever After, Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
  • Room 8, James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
  • Sea View, Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot

The EE Rising Star Award

  • Dane Dehaan
  • George Mackay
  • Lupita Nyong’o
  • Will Poulter
  • Léa Seydoux

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