The British Academy Award nominations are out, and as expected, La La Land leads the field with 11 nods. Right behind it are Arrival and Nocturnal Animals though, with 9 each, which kinda throws a wrench into the proceedings. Or maybe not. These nominations overall are a bit strange, with odd omissions (like Denzel Washington, a soon to be 7-time Oscar nominee who has apparently NEVER been nominated by BAFTA- what the hell is wrong with them?), and an overwhelming love for Nocturnal Animals, which I really can't imagine being duplicated by AMPAS. Also, Emily Blunt? She gets a SAG and a BAFTA nom for that horribly reviewed movie? Usually that combo translates to an Oscar nod, but again, I can't see that happening there. I assume Isabelle Huppert must be taking her spot (or possibly Annette Bening, although she hasn't gotten in many other places). Another weird nomination is Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who just unexpectedly WON the Globe for supporting actor and is also nominated here, which again, usually translates to Oscar. That category is particularly weak, so I suppose that's possible, but it's kinda nuts how these random nods happened for people who were in badly reviewed movies and didn't even receive standout notices for their own performances in them. Weird. The Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake got a lot of love here, but that seems like a BAFTA-only thing, so maybe the BAFTAS are starting to drift back into specialty taste rather than trying overly hard to predict the Oscars. We still look at them because there is overlap with BAFTA and Academy membership, but some of this stuff just doesn't seem likely to cross over this time.
BEST PICTURE
“Arrival”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nocturnal Animals”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Emily Blunt, “The Girl on the Train”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Nocturnal Animals”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Hayley Squires, “I, Daniel Blake”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Paul Laverty, “I, Daniel Blake”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Luke Davies, “Lion”
Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”
Eric Heisserer, “Arrival”
Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, “Hidden Figures”
Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight, “Hacksaw Ridge”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Arrival”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Nocturnal Animals”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
BEST FILM EDITING
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Nocturnal Animals”
'Nocturnal Animals' gets a lot of BAFTA love
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
“Doctor Strange”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Nocturnal Animals”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail, Caesar”
“La La Land”
“Nocturnal Animals”
BEST SCORE
“Arrival”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Nocturnal Animals”
BEST SOUND
“Arrival”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Arrival”
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“The Jungle Book”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“Dheepan”
“Julieta”
“Mustang”
“Son of Saul”
“Toni Erdmann”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“13th”
“The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years”
“The Eagle Huntress”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Weiner”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Finding Dory”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“Zootopia”
BEST BRITISH FILM
“American Honey”
“Denial”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”
BEST BRITISH ANIMATED SHORT
“The Alan Dimension”
“A Love Story”
“Tough”
BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Consumed”
“Home”
“Mouth of Hell”
“The Party”
“Standby”
BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“The Girl With All the Gifts”
“The Hard Stop”
“Notes on Blindness”
“The Pass”
“Under the Shadow”
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Ruth Negga
Tom Holland
