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2011 BAFTA nominations revealed

The King's Speech faces off against Black Swan

by Jennie Kermode

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

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