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:

spotlight copyBEST FILM

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

The Revenant

Carol (review)

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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 DIRECTORspielgergbafta

The Big Short – Adam McKay

Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg

Carol – Todd Haynes

The Martian – Ridley Scott

The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu

 

BEST ACTRESSCourtesy of bafta.org

Brie Larson – Room

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn (review)

Cate Blanchett – Carol

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Maggie Smith – Lady in the Van

 

BEST ACTORCourtesy of bafta.org

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Matt Damon – The Martian

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

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