Best film

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena

Outstanding British film

Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant

Best actor

Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

Best actress

Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)

Best supporting actor

Barkhad Adbi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Best supporting actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)

Best director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
David O Russell (American Hustle)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best adapted screenplay

12 Years a Slave
Behind the Candelabra
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best original screenplay

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best documentary

The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer
We Steal Secrets

Best animated film

Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University

Rising Star award

Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong'o
Will Poulter
Lea Seydoux

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25648930

Pretty much the same handful of films being nominated for everything.

This is what should win:

Best film
American Hustle

Outstanding British film
Rush

Best actor
Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Best actress
Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Best supporting actor
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best director
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best adapted screenplay
Philomena

Best original screenplay
American Hustle

Best documentary
We Steal Secrets

Best animated film
Despicable Me 2

Rising Star award
Lea Seydoux

Gravity and Saving Mr Banks are british films?

On a financial level. Gravity is produced by the British company Heyday films, and BBC Films have a hand in Saving Mr. Banks.

The Redford snub =

Not a great day for Dallas Buyers Club, Her, and Inside Llewyn Davis.

American Hustle is an awards-season monster.

Her and Dallas Buyers Club were eligible and for the latter even some screeners have been sent out. But I just have to assume that still not enough have seen them.

I am a tad surprised they nominated Oprah.

Come on, though, nobody in their right mind should really classify Gravity and Saving Mr. Banks as British films. All I can say is that it must have been a bad year for British movies to include those clearly American productions.

Oh, I don't disagree. It is a bit absurd to see Gravity competing against The Selfish Giant.

With any luck, I think Philomena will win Outstanding British Film anyway.

I notice Stories We Tell was snubbed in Best Documentary. I am presuming it was eligible.

I am surprised they nominated both Alex Gibney films in this category.

I'm assuming Gravity will win a lot of these.

The total snubbage of Her and Dallas Buyers Club is sorta baffling. I really want Amy Adams to get that Oscar nom next week, tho. Make it happen!

So look like 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, American Hustle, and Captain Phillips are the pretty clear top 4 in the race.

Ahroo! Bring on da Wolf!

You know what really disappoints me? Not a single mention of Filth...

I do not like the ignoring of McConaughey.

I don't think it's as ridiculous as you make it out to be, particularly when we consider BAFTA's criteria. From over on Awards Daily:



When the producers are British, the film crew is British, and it was shot in Britain, it pretty easily qualifies as a British film in this case.

Peace,
Mike

I wasn't suggesting that it doesn't meet their criteria. But when you think of a British movie, you don't automatically think of the Alfonso Cuaron-directed, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock starrer, Gravity.

Exactly. Obviously it meets their financial/logistical criteria, which...fine. But on a common-sense level, it feels a bit absurd to say, "Gravity, oh, what a terrific British film!"

Totally agree.

Notable things for me:

- American Hustle missed out on an editing nomination

- Wolf of Wall Street continues to grow stronger, with Best Director and Best Actor noms for Marty and Leo, as well as a Best Editing nom for Thelma (totally didn't expect this).

- Gravity leads with the most nominations, and nabbed a Best Original Screenplay nomination - pretty impressive! I hope this is a sign to come for the Oscars.

- American Hustle was nominated in all four acting categories here - it may be able to pull off this feat at the Oscars, which would be really impressive. It would be two years in a row that a David O. Russell film has actors nominated in all four categories. This would be especially impressive since the last time a film accomplished this was in 1981 (the film "Reds").

Overall, man, this is a REALLY strong year for film! All the acting categories don't have enough room to recognize all of the talent this year - the categories are far from settled, and I could make lists far longer than 5 of performances deserving of attention. And a terrific year for film overall, in my opinion.

Peace,
Mike

12YAS wins film & actor. Gravity a shitload of everything else.

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/2014-baft ... -full-list

Have no idea what to make of those. 12YAS wins Best Film but Gravity gets British Film when Philomena was tailor made to win that category based on the history of it. And Philomena beats 12YAS in screenplay.

The biggest takeaways is that Picture is now 12YAS v Gravity, Actor is Ejiofor v McConaughey and Blanchett/Cuaron are locks

But we knew all that before.

I think basically the majority likes Gravity more than 12 Years a Slave, but not awarding it BP feels like being a racist asshole. It is the right choice to win and it will win BP. I also think Ejiofor will win Actor at the Oscars.