The BAFTA’s are the awards given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and are highly respected. They themselves say:
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts is the UK’s leading organisation promoting and rewarding the best in film, television and interactive media. Renowned for its high- profile Award ceremonies covering Film, Television, Children’s and Interactive Entertainment the Academy does much more than this…
If you want to see all the nominations, then visit the BAFTA site for their press release. A rundown for the more hefty nominations are shown at the end of the article.
It’s also interesting to note that BAFTA now recognise Interactive and Game media as well, and you can see the nominations for these also at their site. Again, the hot spots are listed below. Yes I know strictly not movies, but some of these games are close, anyway we’ll see most of these top contenders as movies in the next few years!
Selected BAFTA Film Nominations:
Best Film
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
Vera DrakeDavid Lean Award for Best Achievement in Direction
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Michael Mann, Collateral
Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Mike Leigh, Vera DrakeBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Charlize Theron, Monster
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland
Ziyi Zhang, House of Flying DaggersBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The AviatorBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Heather Craney, Vera Drake
Julie Christie, Finding Neverland
Meryl Streep, The Manchurian Candidate
Natalie Portman, CloserBest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Clive Owen, Closer
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Phil Davis, Vera Drake
Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle DiariesBest Screenplay (Adapted)
The Chorus
Closer
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
SidewaysBest Screenplay (Original)
The Aviator
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ray
Vera DrakeBest Film Not in the English Language
The Chorus
The Motorcycle Diaries
A Very Long Engagement
Bad Education
House of Flying DaggersBest Cinematography
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neveland
House of Flying Daggers
The Motorcycle DiariesBest Achievement in Special Visual Effects
The Aviator
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
House of Flying Daggers
Spider-Man 2Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a Director, Screenwriter or Producer in their first feature film
Amma Asante – A Way of Life
Andrea Gibb – Afterlife
Matthew Vaughn – Layer Cake
Nira Park – Shaun of the DeadAlexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
Dead Man’s Shoes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
My Summer of Love
Shaun of the Dead
Vera Drake
Thanks to Empire for the link through. Now, the Game and Interactive nominations.
Selected BAFTA Interactive and Game nominations:
Racing
Burnout 3: Takedown
Flatout
Mario Kart Double Dash
Need for Speed 2
RalliSport Challenge 2
WRC 4Sports
FIFA 2005
Mario Golf
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2
WRC 4Action/adventure
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Half-Life 2
Halo 2
Metroid Prime 2
Ratchet and Clank 3
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Bucher BayOnline & multiplayer
Burnout 3: Takedown
Far Cry
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Halo 2
Ratchet and Clank 3
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora TomorrowAnimation
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Halo 2
Jak III
Killzone
Onimusha 3PC
Doom 3
Far Cry
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Myst IV Revelation
Rome: Total War
Sims 2GameCube
Donkey Konga
Mario Kart Double Dash
Metroid Prime 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Second Sight
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005PS2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
EyeToy: Play 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
SingStar / SingStar Party
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2XBox
Burnout 3: Takedown
Fable
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack
Halo 2
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2DVD
Oasis Definitely Maybe DVD
Big Brother Recordings Ltd/Metropolis
Really Bend It Like Beckham
Fremantle Home Entertainment/The Pavement.
Shaun of the Dead
Universal Pictures/The Pavement
The Chaplin Collection
The Day Today
Okay, well done you. You’ve made it this far. So what? Well tell us which ones you feel strongly about and what you think deserves to win or lose. If there are enough votes we might just put them up alongside the actual winners when they are announced, and gauge what you guys really think compared to the experts…ahem (that was sarcasm!).
Stephen Fry was hilarious!
“The Aviator” won Best Picture.
Monster wasn’t eligible last year. It was released in April 2004 in U.K. I’m not 100% positive as to why; maybe a film to be eligible has to be releasd in U.K., or maybe just shown to the voting members, before the ballots for the BAFTAs nominations are closed. Anyway Charlize, this year, is also nominated for Actress of the Year, for Monster, at the London Film Critics’ Circle.
Million Dollar Baby isn’t eligible this year, but will be next year, probably for the same exact reason.
Monster wasn’t eligible last year. It was released in April 2004 in U.K. I’m not 100% positive as to why; maybe a film to be eligible has to be releasd in U.K., or maybe just to the voting members, before the ballots for the BAFTAs nominations are closed. Anyway Charlize, this year, is also nominated for Actress of the Year, for Monster, at the London Film Critics’ Circle.
Million Dollar Baby isn’t eligible this year, but will be next year, probably for the same exact reason.
Thanks for further bringing out my point Donna. As for “Closer”, yes, Portman and Owen deserved their win.
And Closer only just open there this month. But Clive and Natalie are getting Best Supportive Actor. I am happy they got the GG yesterday. It was a good movie and they were both great in it. I wish them well both at BAFTA and Oscars.
Donna A.
Well, if that’s the case “Ray” has not been even shown here yet so how come they have nominated Jamie Foxx?
“Monster” must have been released in 2004 in the UK.
Why is Charlize Theron nominated for the BAFTA this year? Wasnt the film “Monster” released in 2003? There must be some mistake somewhere. That nomination could have been given to Hilary Swank.
Oh and Zhang Ziyi for Best Actress?