



With nine nominations each, Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and Todd Haynes’ Carol take pole position after the announcement of the nominations for the 2016 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival drama The Revenant follows with eight nominations, with Mad Max: Fury Road on seven. Other films with multiple nominations include Brooklyn and The Martian with six, The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina with five and Star Wars: The Force Awakens with four.

Competing in the best film category are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Revenant and Spotlight, with all but one of their respective directors all also receiving a best director nod; here Spotlight’s Thomas McCarthy misses a spot in favour of Ridley Scott for The Martian.

Last year’s best actor winner Eddie Redmayne is up again this year for The Danish Girl, while his co-star Alicia Vikander has two nods: as best actress for The Danish Girl and best supporting actress for Ex Machina. Other best actor nominees are Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Matt Damon (The Martian) and Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs). Competing with Vikander for best actress are Cate Blanchett (Carol), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Brie Larson (Room) and Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van).

British films contending for the outstanding British film award are Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, 45 Years, Amy and The Lobster.

Ben Roberts, Director of the BFI Film Fund which has supported six of today’s nominated films, said: “It’s good to see a number of excellent British films and filmmakers across the outstanding British and outstanding debut categories, and at the BFI we are particularly proud to have helped the prodigiously talented teams behind six of today’s nominated films.

“BFI Lottery investment supports the UK’s independent sector, where so many of our brightest stars are born, and where talented teams work with extraordinary tenacity and skill to bring their stories to the screen. Making a film isn’t easy, making a good film is even harder, so in what has been a fantastic year for British film we tip our hats to all the nominees whose commitment to great cinema is rightly recognised today – and indeed all those involved in our industry and making films of which the UK can be immensely proud.”

The six nominated films supported with Lottery through the BFI Film Fund, which between them have garnered 11 nominations, are: 45 Years, A Syrian Love Story, Brooklyn, The Lobster, Second Coming and The Survivalist.

Carol first screened to UK audiences at the 58th BFI London Film Festival. Other nominated films that premiered at LFF include Brooklyn, Steve Jobs, Room, The Lady in the Van, He Named Me Malala, Beasts of No Nation, The Assassin, Theeb, Timbuktu, Wild Tales and Sherpa.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 14 February.

Best film

The Big Short – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt

Bridge of Spies – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg

Carol — Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley

The Revenant — Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon

Spotlight — Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar

Outstanding British film

45 Years -Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher

Amy — Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

Brooklyn — John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby

The Danish Girl — Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon

Ex Machina — Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Alex Garland (Director) — Ex Machina

Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director) — Second Coming

Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) Rupert Lloyd (Producer) — Theeb

Sean Mcallister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer) — A Syrian Love Story

Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director) — The Survivalist

Film not in the English language

The Assassin — Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Force Majeure — Ruben Östlund

Theeb — Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd

Timbuktu — Abderrahmane Sissako

Wild Tales — Damián Szifron

Documentary

Amy — Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

Cartel Land — Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin

He Named Me Malala — Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie Macdonald

Listen To Me Marlon — Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler

Sherpa — Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson

Animated film

Inside Out — Pete Docter

Minions — Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda

Shaun the Sheep Movie — Mark Burton, Richard Starzak

Director

The Big Short — Adam Mckay

Bridge of Spies — Steven Spielberg

Carol — Todd Haynes

The Martian — Ridley Scott

The Revenant — Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Original screenplay

Bridge of Spies — Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Ex Machina — Alex Garland

The Hateful Eight — Quentin Tarantino

Inside Out — Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg Lefauve

Spotlight — Tom Mccarthy, Josh Singer

Adapted screenplay

The Big Short — Adam Mckay, Charles Randolph

Brooklyn — Nick Hornby

Carol — Phyllis Nagy

Room — Emma Donoghue

Steve Jobs — Aaron Sorkin

Leading actor

Bryan Cranston — Trumbo

Eddie Redmayne — The Danish Girl

Leonardo Dicaprio — The Revenant

Matt Damon — The Martian

Michael Fassbender — Steve Jobs

Leading actress

Alicia Vikander — The Danish Girl

Brie Larson — Room

Cate Blanchett — Carol

Maggie Smith — The Lady In The Van

Saoirse Ronan — Brooklyn

Supporting actor

Benicio Del Toro — Sicario

Christian Bale — The Big Short

Idris Elba — Beasts of No Nation

Mark Ruffalo — Spotlight

Mark Rylance — Bridge Of Spies

Supporting actress

Alicia Vikander — Ex Machina

Jennifer Jason Leigh — The Hateful Eight

Julie Walters — Brooklyn

Kate Winslet — Steve Jobs

Rooney Mara — Carol

Original music

Bridge of Spies — Thomas Newman

The Hateful Eight — Ennio Morricone

The Revenant — Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai

Sicario — Jóhann Jóhannsson

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — John Williams

Cinematography

Bridge of Spies — Janusz Kamiński

Carol — Ed Lachman

Mad Max: Fury Road — John Seale

The Revenant — Emmanuel Lubezki

Sicario — Roger Deakins

Editing

The Big Short — Hank Corwin

Bridge of Spies — Michael Kahn

Mad Max: Fury Road — Margaret Sixel

The Martian — Pietro Scalia

The Revenant — Stephen Mirrione

Production design

Bridge of Spies — Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

Carol — Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler

Mad Max: Fury Road — Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson

The Martian — Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales

Costume design

Brooklyn — Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Carol — Sandy Powell

Cinderella — Sandy Powell

The Danish Girl — Paco Delgado

Mad Max: Fury Road — Jenny Beavan

Make-up and hair

Brooklyn — Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn

Carol — Jerry Decarlo, Patricia Regan

The Danish Girl — Jan Sewell

Mad Max: Fury Road — Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin

The Revenant — Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

Sound

Bridge of Spies — Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

Mad Max: Fury Road — Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White

The Martian — Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor

The Revenant — Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson

Special visual effects

Ant-Man — Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke

Ex Machina — Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst

Mad Max: Fury Road — Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams

The Martian — Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

British short animation

Edmond — Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy

Manoman — Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol

Prologue — Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton

British short film

Elephant — Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith

Mining Poems Or Odes — Callum Rice, Jack Cocker

Operator — Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan

Over — Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister

Samuel-613 — Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway

The EE Rising Star Award (voted for the public)

Bel Powley

Brie Larson

Dakota Johnson

John Boyega

Taron Egerton