FILM
BABEL - Alejandro González Iñárritu/Jon Kilik/Steve Golin
THE DEPARTED - Brad Pitt/Brad Grey/Graham King
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE*
THE QUEEN - Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
CASINO ROYALE - Michael G Wilson/Barbara Broccoli/Martin Campbell/Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Scott Rudin/Robert Fox/Richard Eyre/Patrick Marber
THE QUEEN - Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries/Stephen Frears/Peter Morgan
UNITED 93 - Tim Bevan/Lloyd Levin/Paul Greengrass

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
ANDREA ARNOLD (Director) - Red Road
JULIAN GILBEY (Director) - Rollin' with the Nines
CHRISTINE LANGAN (Producer) - Pierrepoint
GARY TARN (Director) - Black Sun
PAUL ANDREW WILLIAMS (Director) - London to Brighton

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
BABEL - Alejandro González Iñárritu
THE DEPARTED - Martin Scorsese
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris
THE QUEEN - Stephen Frears
UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BABEL - Guillermo Arriaga
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Michael Arndt
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Guillermo del Toro
THE QUEEN - Peter Morgan
UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CASINO ROYALE - Neal Purvis/Robert Wade/Paul Haggis
THE DEPARTED - William Monahan
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Aline Brosh McKenna
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Patrick Marber

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
APOCALYPTO - Mel Gibson/Bruce Davey
BLACK BOOK (ZWARTBOEK) - Teun Hilte/San Fu Maltha/Jens Meurer/Paul Verhoeven
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Alfonso Cuarón/Bertha Navarro/Frida Torresblanco/Guillermo del Toro
RANG DE BASANTI (PAINT IT YELLOW) - Ronnie Screwvala/Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
VOLVER - Agustín Almodóvar/Pedro Almodóvar

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
CARS - John Lasseter
FLUSHED AWAY - David Bowers/Sam Fell
HAPPY FEET - George Miller

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
DANIEL CRAIG - Casino Royale
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - The Departed
RICHARD GRIFFITHS - The History Boys
PETER O'TOOLE - Venus
FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
PENELOPE CRUZ - Volver
JUDI DENCH - Notes on a Scandal
HELEN MIRREN - The Queen
MERYL STREEP - The Devil Wears Prada
KATE WINSLET - Little Children

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
ALAN ARKIN - Little Miss Sunshine
JAMES MCAVOY - The Last King of Scotland
JACK NICHOLSON - The Departed
LESLIE PHILLIPS - Venus
MICHAEL SHEEN - The Queen

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
EMILY BLUNT - The Devil Wears Prada
ABIGAIL BRESLIN - Little Miss Sunshine
TONI COLETTE - Little Miss Sunshine
FRANCES DE LA TOUR - The History Boys
JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
BABEL - Gustavo Santaolalla
CASINO ROYALE - David Arnold
DREAMGIRLS - Henry Krieger
HAPPY FEET - John Powell
THE QUEEN - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
BABEL - Rodrigo Prieto
CASINO ROYALE - Phil Meheux
CHILDREN OF MEN - Emmanuel Lubezki
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Guillermo Navarro
UNITED 93 - Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
BABEL - Stephen Mirrione/Douglas Crise
CASINO ROYALE - Stuart Baird
THE DEPARTED - Thelma Schoonmaker
THE QUEEN - Lucia Zucchetti
UNITED 93 - Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson

PRODUCTION DESIGN
CASINO ROYALE - Peter Lamont/Simon Wakefield
CHILDREN OF MEN - Geoffrey Kirkland/Jim Clay/Jennifer Williams
MARIE ANTOINETTE - K K Barrett/Véronique Melery
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Eugenio Caballero/Pilar Revuelta
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Rick Heinrichs/Cheryl A Carasik

COSTUME DESIGN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Patricia Field
MARIE ANTOINETTE - Milena Canonero
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Lala Huete
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Penny Rose
THE QUEEN - Consolata Boyle

SOUND
BABEL - José García/Jon Taylor/Chris Minkler/Martín Hernández
CASINO ROYALE - Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Martín Hernández/Jamie Bashkt
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Christopher Boyes/George Watters II/ Paul Massey/Lee Orloff
UNITED 93 - Chris Munro/Mike Prestwood Smith/Douglas Cooper/Oliver Tarney/Eddy Joseph

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
CASINO ROYALE - Steve Begg/Chris Corbould
CHILDREN OF MEN - Frazer Churchill/Tim Webber/Michael Eames/Paul Corbould
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Edward Irastorza/Everett Burrell
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson
SUPERMAN RETURNS - Mark Stetson

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Nicki Ledermann/Angel De Angelis
MARIE ANTOINETTE - Jean-Luc Russier/Desiree Corridoni
PAN'S LABYRINTH*
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Ve Neill/Martin Samuel
THE QUEEN - Daniel Phillips

SHORT ANIMATION FILM
DREAMS AND DESIRES - FAMILY TIES - Les Mills/Joanna Quinn
GUY 101 - Ian Gouldstone
PETER AND THE WOLF - Hugh Welchman/Alan Dewhurst/Suzie Templeton

SHORT FILM
CARE - Rachel Bailey/Corinna Faith
CUBS - Lisa Williams/Tom Harper
DO NOT ERASE - Asitha Ameresekere
HIKIKOMORI - Karley Duffy/Paul Wright
KISSING, TICKLING AND BEING BORED - David Smith/Jim McRoberts

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (nominees announced on 8 Jan 2007)
EMILY BLUNT
EVA GREEN
NAOMIE HARRIS
CILLIAN MURPHY
BEN WHISHAW

Films with multiple nominations:

The Queen* - 10
Casino Royale - 9
Pan's Labyrinth - 8
Babel* - 7 (no acting noms)
The Departed* - 6
Little Miss Sunshine* - 6
United 93 - 6
The Devil Wears Prada - 5
The Last King of Scotland* - 5
The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 5
Children of Men - 3
Marie Antoinette - 3
Notes on a Scandal - 3
Dreamgirls - 2
Happy Feet - 2
The History Boys - 2
Venus - 2
Volver - 2

No surprises here. Though their Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris nomination further cements as a lock (rather than another Being John Malkovich/Almost Famous) and their shot at a directorial Oscar nod is very realistic as well.

Meh... they're alright, a few snubs aside (Kikuchi ).

The noms for Collette and Directing further confirm that LMS has a very crazy cult leading the way to that Oscar nom. I wonder if it could even make Director there.

Lovin' the noms for Craig, Happy Feet in score and Blunt (Please get that Oscar nom!).

With no acting noms for Babel, it just goes to who you how much of a sheep all critics are. Half of these bozos probably haven't even seen Babel, but they vote for it anyway, because others did. What a joke.

Well this is gonna a fun Oscar season.

You can't tell me that Barraza and Kikuchi were not great in Babel. I will accept not wanting a nod for Pitt, who was average but still good, but those two women were amazing. It still received 7 nominations with no acting, that's pretty damn good.

I'll agree with you in one thing: How can they nominate Babel if the don't nominate the actors also? Not cool.

Predictions:

FILM - THE QUEEN

Outstanding British Film of the Year - UNITED 93

Achievement in Direction - MARTIN SCORESE, The Departed

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - THE QUEEN

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - THE DEPARTED

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - PAN'S LABYRINTH

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - CARS

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE - FOREST WHITAKER, The Last King of Scotland

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE - HELEN MIRREN, The Queen

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE - MICHAEL SHEEN, The Queen

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE - JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music - BABEL

CINEMATOGRAPHY - CHILDREN OF MEN

EDITING - THE DEPARTED

PRODUCTION DESIGN - PAN'S LABYRINTH

COSTUME DESIGN - THE QUEEN

SOUND - CASINO ROYALE

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - CHILDREN OF MEN

MAKE UP & HAIR - PAN'S LABYRINTH

Why would The Queen win Best Film, but not Best British Film?

My own predictions:

FILM
THE QUEEN - Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
UNITED 93 - Tim Bevan/Lloyd Levin/Paul Greengrass

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
ANDREA ARNOLD (Director) - Red Road

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
THE DEPARTED - Martin Scorsese

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE QUEEN - Peter Morgan

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DEPARTED - William Monahan

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Alfonso Cuarón/Bertha Navarro/Frida Torresblanco/Guillermo del Toro

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
HAPPY FEET - George Miller

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
PETER O'TOOLE - Venus

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
HELEN MIRREN - The Queen

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
MICHAEL SHEEN - The Queen

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
THE QUEEN - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHILDREN OF MEN - Emmanuel Lubezki

EDITING
CASINO ROYALE - Stuart Baird

PRODUCTION DESIGN
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Eugenio Caballero/Pilar Revuelta

COSTUME DESIGN
MARIE ANTOINETTE - Milena Canonero

SOUND
CASINO ROYALE - Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson

MAKE UP & HAIR
PAN'S LABYRINTH*

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (nominees announced on 8 Jan 2007)
EVA GREEN

Spreading the wealth, though I guess the same could be said for giving The Queen Best British Film. Still, I think The Queen has enough momentum to win Best Film. We'll see, I guess.

My predictions:


FILM

The Queen

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year

The Queen (can a film win both actually? If not, then I go for United 93)

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film

Andrea Arnold (Director) - Red Road

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction

Martin Scorsese (The Departed)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Queen

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Departed

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Pan's Labyrinth

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Flushed Away

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE

Peter O'Toole (Venus)

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE

Helen Mirren (The Queen)

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE

Michael Sheen (The Queen)

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music

The Queen

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Children of Men

EDITING
United 93

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Pan's Labyrinth

COSTUME DESIGN

Pan's Labyrinth

SOUND

Casino Royale

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

MAKE UP & HAIR

Pan's Labyrinth