Here are the nominations for this years BAFTA awards with my views and predictions. I really have a feeling that The King’s Speech will sweep the awards! My favorite two films within the nominations have to be “Inception” and “Black Swan” both incredible thought-provoking films. So I shall be rooting for them. Excellent to see “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” getting some recognition!
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 |
If “The King’s Speech” does not take this award, which I think it will do. I would love to see Inception get some recognition in awards terms as it really has been one of the most talked about films in recent times.
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 |
Again I am going to go for “The King’s Speech” just to cover myself incase it does not win the best film award.
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 |
Again I am going for “The King’s Speech” director Tom Hooper for this award. I couldn’t really complain with who wins this award really. Only film I haven’t seen is “The Social Network” the rest of them are fantastic films. But I think BAFTA will stay British.
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 |
Personally I am torn between “Black Swan” and “Inception” for this one as they are both incredible ideas and screenplays are just amazing. So I would love to see either of those two films walking away with the award. Still another for “The King’s Speech” I reckon.
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 |
I think this one will go to “127 Hours” as getting the story onto the big screen is a massive achievement.
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, Pascal Cauchetuex, Etienne Comar |
| THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES – Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella |
Other than “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” I have only heard of “Biutiful” as well. Would love to see GWDT pick up an award!
ANIMATED FILM |
| DESPICABLE ME – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin |
| HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois |
| TOY STORY 3 – Lee Unkrich |
No contest here, it has to be “Toy Story 3”.
LEADING ACTOR |
| JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful |
| JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit |
| JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network |
| COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech |
| JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours |
Colin Firth will definitely be adding another best actor award to his ever growing collection for his fantastic performance in “The King’s Speech”.
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 |
Now this one will be interesting as Natalie Portman has been picking up lots of awards (and rightly so) but Annette Bening has picked up her share too. Great to see Noomi Rapace nominated too. I still think Portman will get this one.
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 |
I have not seen “The Fighter” yet due to UK release dates, but I think another award for Christian Bale looks likely. Unless the late Pete Postlethwaite picks up the award.
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 |
I find this cateorgy very interesting as BAFTA have given credit to some actresses which have not been recognisted too much over the awards season. I would love to see Barbara Hersey pick it up for “Black Swan” as she was so creepy in the role as Nina’s mother! I still think BAFTA will give Helena Bonham Carter the award.
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 |
The King’s Speech
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 |
Inception
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 |
Alice in Wonderland
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, Martin Jensen |
| TRUE GRIT – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell |
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS |
| ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas |
| BLACK SWAN – Dan Schrecker |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Christian Manz |
| INCEPTION – Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb |
| TOY STORY 3 – Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong, David Ryu |
Harry Potter
MAKE UP & HAIR |
| ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch |
| BLACK SWAN – Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 – Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman |
| THE KING’S SPEECH – Frances Hannon |
| MADE IN DAGENHAM – Lizzie Yianni Georgiou |
Harry Potter
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, Paul Welsh |
| TURNING – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown |
| UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis |
ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD |
| GEMMA ARTERTON |
| ANDREW GARFIELD |
| TOM HARDY |
| AARON JOHNSON |
| EMMA STONE |
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