by Luke Rajczuk
BAFTA nominations for 2016
68th Annual Bafta Awards nominees were annouced by Stephen Fry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in a live stream from London on Friday January 8 at 7.35am. The evant takes place on the 14th of January with Mr Fry hosting the celebration. Bridge of Spies and Carol lead the crowd attaining nine nominations each. Mad Max: Fury Road with seven nominations, while Brooklyn and The Martian slightly behind with six nominations. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina secured five nominations whereas Star Wars: The Force Awakens got four nominations.
This year’s nomineed are as follows:
BEST FILM
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
The Revenant
Carol (review)
Spotlight
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land -Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin
He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Listen to Me Marlon – Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler
Sherpa Jennifer – Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out – Pete Docter (review)
Minions – Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
BEST DIRECTOR
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg
Carol – Todd Haynes
The Martian – Ridley Scott
The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn (review)
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Maggie Smith – Lady in the Van
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Matt Damon – The Martian
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo