2015 BAFTA Nominations

The BAFTA film awards are the British equivalent of the Oscars and the esteem that they represent tends to trend well as an Oscar indicator. Birdman, Boyhood, The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game have several nominations that continue to add to their Oscar buzz. The film with the most BAFTA nominations is The Grand Budapest Hotel, with 11 (last year Gravity had 11 BAFTA nominations). The BAFTAs have more accurately predicted the best picture winner at the Oscars more often than the Golden Globes (which air Sunday, January 11th on NBC).

The BAFTA awards ceremony will air on BBC America on Sunday, February 8th, a full two weeks before the Oscars. The awards show will be hosted by Stephen Fry for the tenth time.

Nominations list:
BEST FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

 OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
’71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

DIRECTOR
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Paul King, Paddington
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emma Stone, Birdman
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Elaine Constantine, Writer/Director, Northern Soul
Gregory Burke, Writer, Yann Demange, Director, ’71
Hong Khaou, Writer/Director, Lilting
Paul Katis, Director/Producer, Andrew de Lotbinieere, Producer, Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford, Writer, David Livingstone, Producer, Pride

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ida Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night

DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet from Stardom
20,000 Days on Earth
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian
Maier Virunga

ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything
Mica Levi, Under the Skin

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Interstellar
Mr Turner 

EDITING
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Big Eyes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner

COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

MAKE UP AND HAIR
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

SOUND
American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Bigger Picture
Monkey Love
Experiments
My Dad

BRITISH SHORT FILM
Boogaloo and Graham
Emotional Fusebox
The Karman Line
Slap Three Brothers

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley