BAFTA 2016 Nominations Revealed

The BAFTAs have been announced with ‘Carol’ and ‘Bridge of Spies’ leading the way with nine nominations respectively.

It’s also a big day for Alicia Vikander who has been nominated in BOTH acting categories which is a rare feat, Best Actress for The Danish Girl as well as picking up Best Supporting Actress for Ex Machina. 

Eddie Redmayne, Brie Larson, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett were shortlisted for acting categories. While Carol, Bridge of Spies and Brooklyn earned several nominations.

The BAFTA Awards are the biggest and most prestigious film awards outside the U.S and is an indicator of who might win the biggest award of them all, the Academy Awards (Oscars). As last year the main BAFTA category winners matched the Oscars in all but the best film and best director category (as us Brits went for Boyhood in both over Birdman).

Stephen Fry and Gugu Mbatha – Raw, nominee for last year’s BAFTA Rising Star award, announced this year's nominations and Fry will also be hosting the award ceremony on BBC ONE on the 14th February.

It’s great to see Ex Machina, Brooklyn and of course our very own Damn Maggie Smith getting nominated and it just shows how great a year it's been for UK cinema with many actors and actresses coming from the British and Irish Isles getting nominated and we should be bloody proud of it.

However, I was surprised to not see Mad Max: Fury Road or its director George Miller nominated for best film and best director because it was a huge success critically and at the box office. Same for Fury Road lead Tom Hardy as I did think he too could have been nominated for both acting categories for his roles in Legend and The Revenant.

I was personally hoping Larson’s Room co-star Jacob Tremblay would have been shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor because this kid is the best child actor EVER! And if everything goes well and he keeps his head screwed on he’s going to be a star of the future. 

For the full list of nominations CLICK HERE

Here are the nominees for the 2016 BAFTA Awards:

Best Film

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies
The Revenant
Carol
Spotlight

Best Actor

Bryan Cranson – Trumbo

Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Carol

Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Best Director

Adam McKay – The Big Short

Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Todd Haynes – Carol
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Alejandro G. Inarritu – The Revenant

EE Rising Star Award

John Boyega

Brie Larson
Bel Powley
Taron Egerton
Dakota Johnson

Outstanding British Film

45 Years

Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster

Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short

Brooklyn
Carol
Room
Steve Jobs

Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight

Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Big Short

Benicio del Toro – Sicario
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara – Carol
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

For more film news, follow me on twitter @Shaun_Wren