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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Nominations List of 2011 BAFTA Awards: 'The King's Speech' Leads With 14

 Gearing up for its 2011 awards, BAFTA has unveiled the nominations list of the upcoming prize-giving event. "The King's Speech" once again comes out as the favorite as it dominates the list with 14 nods, including for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Leading Actor as well as Supporting Actor and Actress.
In the Best Film category, the British drama will be up against "Black Swan" which gets 12 nominations in total. Also vying the coveted prize are "Inception" which takes 9, "The Social Network" which earns 6, and "True Grit" which grabs 8.

Four of Best Film nominees will also get a chance to take Director prize. Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"), Christopher Nolan ("Inception"), Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech") and David Fincher ("The Social Network") land each a nod in the category, leaving the last place to "127 Hours" helmer Danny Boyle.

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman, who just took home a kudo from Golden Globes, could add another trophy to their own shelves for they are nominated for Leading Actor and Actress respectively. "The King's Speech" actor faces Javier Bardem ("Biutiful"), Jeff Bridges ("True Grit"), Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network") and James Franco ("127 Hours") for the title, while the "Black Swan" beauty's rivals are Annette Bening ("The Kids Are All Right"), Julianne Moore ("The Kids Are All Right"), Noomi Rapace ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") and Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit").

As it has been announced before, Orange Wednesdays Rising Award nominees are Gemma Arterton, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Aaron Johnson and Emma Stone. "The Social Network" star Garfield gets another nomination for he is put alongside Christian Bale ("The Fighter"), Pete Postlethwaite ("The Town"), Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are All Right") and Geoffrey Rush ("The King's Speech") in Supporting Actor category.

This year's British Academy Film Awards will take place Sunday, February 13 at the Royal Opera House in London.

Full Nominations List of 2011 BAFTA Awards:
Best Film
  • "Black Swan"
  • "Inception"
  • "The King's Speech"
  • "The Social Network"
  • "True Grit"
Outstanding British Film
  • "127 Hours"
  • "Another Year"
  • "Four Lions"
  • "The King's Speech"
  • "Made in Dagenham"
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
  • "The Arbor" - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O'riordan
  • "Exit Through the Gift Shop" - Director, Producer - Banksy, Jaimie D'cruz
  • "Four Lions" - Director/Writer - Chris Morris
  • "Monsters" - Director/Writer - Gareth Edwards
  • "Skeletons" - Director/Writer - Nick Whitfield
Director
  • "127 Hours" - Danny Boyle
  • "Black Swan" - Darren Aronofsky
  • "Inception" - Christopher Nolan
  • "The King's Speech" - Tom Hooper
  • "The Social Network" - David Fincher
Original Screenplay
  • "Black Swan" - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John Mclaughlin
  • "The Fighter" - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
  • "Inception" - Christopher Nolan
  • "The Kids Are All Right" - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
  • "The King's Speech" - David Seidler
Adapted Screenplay
  • "127 Hours" - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
  • "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
  • "The Social Network" - Aaron Sorkin
  • "Toy Story 3" - Michael Arndt
  • "True Grit" - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Film Not in the English Language
  • "Biutiful"
  • "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
  • "I Am Love"
  • "Of Gods and Men"
  • "The Secret in Their Eyes"
Animated Film
  • "Despicable Me"
  • "How to Train Your Dragon"
  • "Toy Story 3"
Leading Actor
  • Javier Bardem - "Biutiful"
  • Jeff Bridges - "True Grit"
  • Jesse Eisenberg - "The Social Network"
  • Colin Firth - "The King's Speech"
  • James Franco - "127 Hours"
Leading Actress
  • Annette Bening - "The Kids Are All Right"
  • Julianne Moore - "The Kids Are All Right"
  • Natalie Portman - "Black Swan"
  • Noomi Rapace - "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
  • Hailee Steinfeld - "True Grit"
Supporting Actor
  • Christian Bale - "The Fighter"
  • Andrew Garfield - "The Social Network"
  • Pete Postlethwaite - "The Town"
  • Mark Ruffalo - "The Kids Are All Right"
  • Geoffrey Rush - "The King's Speech"
Supporting Actress
  • Amy Adams - "The Fighter"
  • Helena Bonham Carter - "The King's Speech"
  • Barbara Hershey - "Black Swan"
  • Lesley Manville - "Another Year"
  • Miranda Richardson - "Made in Dagenham"
Original Music
  • "127 Hours" - Ar Rahman
  • "Alice in Wonderland" - Danny Elfman
  • "How to Train Your Dragon" - John Powell
  • "Inception" - Hans Zimmer
  • "The King's Speech" - Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
  • "127 Hours" - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
  • "Black Swan" - Matthew Libatique
  • "Inception" - Wally Pfister
  • "The King's Speech" - Danny Cohen
  • "True Grit" - Roger Deakins
Editing
  • "127 Hours" - Jon Harris
  • "Black Swan" - Andrew Weisblum
  • "Inception" - Lee Smith
  • "The King's Speech" - Tariq Anwar
  • "The Social Network" - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Production Design
  • "Alice in Wonderland" - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'hara
  • "Black Swan" - Therese Deprez, Tora Peterson
  • "Inception" - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
  • "The King's Speech" - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
  • "True Grit" - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
Costume Design
  • "Alice in Wonderland" - Colleen Atwood
  • "Black Swan" - Amy Westcott
  • "The King's Speech" - Jenny Beavan
  • "Made in Dagenham" - Louise Stjernsward
  • "True Grit" - Mary Zophres
Sound
  • "127 Hours" - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
  • "Black Swan" - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
  • "Inception" - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
  • "The King's Speech" - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin
  • "True Grit" - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell
Special Visual Effects
  • "Alice in Wonderland" - Nominees Tbc
  • "Black Swan" - Dan Schrecker
  • "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait'hadi, Christian Manz
  • "Inception" - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
  • "Toy Story 3" - Nominees Tbc
Make Up & Hair
  • "Alice in Wonderland" - Nominees Tbc
  • "Black Swan" - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
  • "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
  • "The King's Speech" - Frances Hannon
  • "Made in Dagenham" - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Short Animation
  • "The Eagleman" Stag - Michael Please
  • "Matter Fisher" - David Prosser
  • "Thursday" - Matthias Hoegg
Short Film
  • "Connect" - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
  • "Lin" - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
  • "Rite" - Michael Pearce, Ross Mckenzie
  • "Turning" - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
  • "Until the River Runs Red" - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
Orange Wednesdays Rising Award
  • Gemma Arterton
  • Andrew Garfield
  • Tom Hardy
  • Aaron Johnson
  • Emma Stone