The 2011 BAFTA nominations were revealed this morning, and though there are no big surprises, competition is stiff in what has been an interesting year. Heading the home-grown pack is The King's Speech, with 12 nominations including Best Film, while Black Swan is in the same position. Colin Firth, who just took the Golden Globe for Best Actor in the former film, has the opportunity to repeat his triumph, but only if he can outshine impressive work by Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network and Javier Bardem in Biutiful. Meanwhile Globe winner Natalie Portman faces off against Annette Bening (The Kids Are Alright) and Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) for the Best Actress gong.
As with the Golden Globes, Toy Story 3 is the leading contender in the animation category, but elsewhere the slate is more diverse. There are five nominations for the Coen brothers' reworking of True Grit and three for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Dark comedy Four Lions is up against feminist celebration Made In Dagenham in the Outstanding British Film category while the Outstanding Debut category - always one to watch - includes nominations for Gareth Edwards (Monsters) and Nick Whitfield (Skeletons). There are also an impressive eight nominations for Danny Boyle thriller 127 Hours.
Those nominations in full:-
Best Film
- Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
- Inception - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
- The King’s Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
- The Social Network - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
- True Grit - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Outstanding British Film
- 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
- Another Year - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
- Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
- The King’s Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
- Made In Dagenham - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- The Arbor - director, producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - director, producer – Banksy, Jaimie d’Cruz
- Four Lions - director/writer - Chris Morris
- Monsters - director/writer – Gareth Edwards
- Skeletons - director/writer – Nick Whitfield
Director
- 127 Hours - Danny Boyle
- Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
- Inception - Christopher Nolan
- The King’s Speech - Tom Hooper
- The Social Network - David Fincher
Original Screenplay
- Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
- The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
- Inception - Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
- The King’s Speech - David Seidler
Adapted Screenplay
- 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
- The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
- Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
- True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Film not in the English Language
- Biutiful - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
- I Am Love - Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante
- Of Gods And Men - Xavier Beauvois
- The Secret In Their Eyes - Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella
Animated Film
- Despicable Me - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
- How To Train Your Dragon - Chris Sanders, Dean Deblois
- Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich
Leading Actor
- Javier Bardem - Biutiful
- Jeff Bridges - True Grit
- Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
- Colin Firth - The King’s Speech
- James Franco - 127 Hours
Leading Actress
- Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
- Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
- Natalie Portman - Black Swan
- Noomi Rapace - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Supporting Actor
- Christian Bale - The Fighter
- Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
- Pete Postlethwaite - The Town
- Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
- Geoffrey Rush - The King’s Speech
Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams - The Fighter
- Helena Bonham Carter - The King’s Speech
- Barbara Hershey - Black Swan
- Lesley Manville - Another Year
- Miranda Richardson - 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, 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, Kirk Baxter
Production Design
- Alice In Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
- Black Swan - Thérèse Deprez, Tora Peterson
- Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
- The King’s Speech - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
- True Grit - Jess Gonchor, 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, Douglas Cameron
- Black Swan - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
- Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
- The King’s Speech - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin
- True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell
Special Visual Effects
- Alice In Wonderland - nominees tbc
- Black Swan - Dan Schrecker
- Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait'Hadi, Christian Manz
- Inception - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
- Toy Story 3 - nominees tbc
Make Up & Hair
- Alice In Wonderland - nominees tbc
- Black Swan - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
- Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
- The King’s Speech - Frances Hannon
- Made In Dagenham - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Short Animation
- The Eagleman Stag - Michael Please
- Matter Fisher - David Prosser
- Thursday - Matthias Hoegg
Short Film
- Connect - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
- Lin - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
- Rite - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie
- Turning - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
- Until The River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
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