Early this morning Dominic Cooper and Sophie Turner at BAFTA's headquarters announced the nominations for Film Awards and now we have a different view of what the cinema industry could be honoring this year as by now have a clear idea of what film critics like, some idea of what American Guilds -with too-many regulations- could honor and as of this moment what British Academy members will honor this year. Let's recall that some British Academy members are also AMPAS members and these nominations always give a necessary boost to some films and often resemble what Oscar nominations could look.
La La Land leads with eleven (11) nominations followed by Arrival and Nocturnal Animals with nine (9) nominations each, Manchester by the Sea has six (6), and with five (each) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hacksaw Ridge, Lion and I, Daniel Blake. Moonlight and Florence Foster Jenkins have both been nominated four (4) times.
Believe there are high probabilities Casey Affleck and Viola Davis will get an Oscar (well, if they win a BAFTA) but perhaps the most interesting is the boost that Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals gets after today; film critics have not honor the film but seems the industry has better film evaluation, me, I saw 2 movies in Nocturnal Animals, one I loved, one I hated but can't deny that film captured me, put me inside the screen and allow me to feel all kind of good and bad feelings/emotions -not many films can do it.
These are the nominees.
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Outstanding British Film
American Honey
Denial
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow
Film Not in The English Language
Dheepan
Julieta
Mustang
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann
Documentary
13th
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The Eagle Huntress
Notes on Blindness
Weiner
Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia)
Director
Denis Villeneuve for Arrival
Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea
Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Mike Carey (Writer) and Camille Gatin (Producer) for The Girl with All the Gifts
George Amponsah (Writer/Director/Producer) and Dionne Walker (Writer/Producer) for The Hard Stop
Pete Middleton (Writer/Director/Producer), James Spinney (Writer/Director) and Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer) for Notes on Blindness
John Donnelly (Writer) and Ben Williams (Director) for The Pass
Babak Anvari (Witer/Director) and Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers) for Under the Shadow
Leading Actress
Amy Adams in Arrival
Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train
Emma Stone in La La Land
Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins
Natalie Portman in Jackie
Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires in I, Daniel Blake
Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea
Naomie Harris in Moonlight
Nicole Kindman in Lion
Viola Davis in Fences
Leading Actor
Andrew Garfiel in Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea
Jake Gyllenhaal in Nocturnal Animals
Ryan Gosling in La La Land
Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic
Supporting Actor
Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel in Lion
Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins
Mahershala Ali in Moonlight
Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Cinematography
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Special Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Manchester by the Sea
Production Design
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail Caesar!
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Make Up & Hair
Florence Foster Jenkins
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Nocturnal Animals
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sound
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Original Music
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
British Short Animation
The Alan Dimension
A Love Story
Tough
British Short Film
Consumed
Home
Mouth of Hell
The Party
Standby
Rising Star
Anya Taylor-Joy
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Ruth Negga
Tom Holland
To check nominees at official site go here. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday February 12 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and NO, there is no live broadcast or streaming but winners are announced LIVE via official twitter.