The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced the nominees for the 2017 EE British Academy Film Awards—i.e. the BAFTAs, which are sometimes called the “British Oscars.” Unsurprisingly,La La Landcontinues to dominate the awards conversation with a leading 11 nominations, followed by nine nominations each forArrivaland, somewhat surprisingly,Nocturnal Animals. FilmmakerTom Ford’s literary adaptation didn’t strike a huge chord with critics (although I’m a fan), but it did manage to win a surprise Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe forAaron Taylor-Johnsonon Sunday and now has scored a number of BAFTA noms, including Best Director, Best Actor forJake Gyllenhaal, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Supporting Actor for Taylor-Johnson.
The Best Film category is filled out byLa La Land,Arrival,Manchester by the Sea,Moonlight, and the Cannes-winningI, Daniel Blake, while Best British Film nominees includeFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemandAndrea Arnold’sAmerican Honey.
Another surprise:Emily Blunt’s SAG nomination for Best Actress forThe Girl on the Trainwas no fluke, as BAFTA went with Blunt as well in favor of other Oscar contenders likeIsabelle Huppert(Elle) andMeryl Streep(Florence Foster Jenkins).
The BAFTAs are a somewhat solid predictor of Oscar glory—all of the BAFTA nominees for Best Film have gone on to land a Best Picture Oscar nomination since 2012 save for one exception, last year’sCarol. I’d be surprised ifI, Daniel Blakemade the Oscar cut, but stranger things have happened. And the further profile raising ofNocturnal Animalsjust as Oscar nomination voting is underway is curious, and has me thinking if that film may pick up more nods than people are predicting—Jake Gyllenhaal for Best Actor is not something I’d be unhappy with. We’ll find out in short order, but for now take a look at the full list of BAFTA nominees below. The winners will be announced on February 12th.
ARRIVALDan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder
I, DANIEL BLAKERebecca O’Brien
LA LA LANDFred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
MANCHESTER BY THE SEALauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward,
Kevin J. Walsh
MOONLIGHTDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AMERICAN HONEYAndrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy
DENIALMick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMDavid Yates, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram
I, DANIEL BLAKEKen Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
NOTES ON BLINDNESSPeter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison
UNDER THE SHADOWBabak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Girl With All the Gifts: MIKE CAREY (Writer), CAMILLE GATIN (Producer)
The Hard Stop:GEORGE AMPONSAH (Writer/Director/Producer), DIONNE WALKER (Writer/Producer)
Notes on Blindness:PETER MIDDLETON (Writer/Director/Producer), JAMES SPINNEY (Writer/Director), JO-JO ELLISON (Producer)
The Pass:JOHN DONNELLY (Writer), BEN A. WILLIAMS (Director)
Under the Shadow:BABAK ANVARI (Writer/Director), EMILY LEO, OLIVER ROSKILL, LUCAN TOH (Producers)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DHEEPANJacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
JULIETAPedro Almodóvar
MUSTANGDeniz Gamze Ergüven, Charles Gillibert
SON OF SAULLászló Nemes, Gábor Sipos
TONI ERDMANNMaren Ade, Janine Jackowski
DOCUMENTARY
13thAva DuVernay
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK- THE TOURING YEARSRon Howard
THE EAGLE HUNTRESSOtto Bell, Stacey Reiss
NOTES ON BLINDNESSPeter Middleton, James Spinney
WEINERJosh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
ANIMATED FILM
FINDING DORYAndrew Stanton
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGSTravis Knight
MOANARon Clements, John Musker
ZOOTROPOLISByron Howard, Rich Moore
ARRIVALDenis Villeneuve
I, DANIEL BLAKEKen Loach
LA LA LANDDamien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAKenneth Lonergan
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSTom Ford
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
HELL OR HIGH WATERTaylor Sheridan
I, DANIEL BLAKEPaul Laverty
MOONLIGHTBarry Jenkins
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARRIVALEric Heisserer
HACKSAW RIDGERobert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
HIDDEN FIGURESTheodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder
LIONLuke Davies
LEADING ACTOR
ANDREW GARFIELDHacksaw Ridge
CASEY AFFLECKManchester by the Sea
JAKE GYLLENHAALNocturnal Animals
RYAN GOSLINGLa La Land
VIGGO MORTENSENCaptain Fantastic
LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMSArrival
EMILY BLUNTThe Girl on the Train
EMMA STONELa La Land
MERYL STREEPFlorence Foster Jenkins
NATALIE PORTMANJackie
SUPPORTING ACTOR
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSONNocturnal Animals
DEV PATELLion
HUGH GRANTFlorence Foster Jenkins
JEFF BRIDGESHell or High Water
MAHERSHALA ALIMoonlight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HAYLEY SQUIRESI, Daniel Blake
MICHELLE WILLIAMSManchester by the Sea
NAOMIE HARRISMoonlight
NICOLE KIDMANLion
VIOLA DAVISFences
ORIGINAL MUSIC
ARRIVALJóhann Jóhannsson
JACKIEMica Levi
LA LA LANDJustin Hurwitz
LIONDustin O’Halloran, Hauschka
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSAbel Korzeniowski
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARRIVALBradford Young
HELL OR HIGH WATERGiles Nuttgens
LA LA LANDLinus Sandgren
LIONGreig Fraser
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSSeamus McGarvey
ARRIVALJoe Walker
HACKSAW RIDGEJohn Gilbert
LA LA LANDTom Cross
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAJennifer Lame
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSJoan Sobel
PRODUCTION DESIGN
DOCTOR STRANGEJohn Bush, Charles Wood
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMStuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
HAIL, CAESAR! Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
LA LA LANDSandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSShane Valentino, Meg Everist
COSTUME DESIGN
ALLIEDJoanna Johnston
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMColleen Atwood
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINSConsolata Boyle
JACKIEMadeline Fontaine
LA LA LANDMary Zophres
MAKE UP & HAIR
DOCTOR STRANGEJeremy Woodhead
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINSJ. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips
HACKSAW RIDGEShane Thomas
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSDonald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORYNominees tbc
ARRIVALClaude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare
DEEPWATER HORIZONMike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMNiv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp
HACKSAW RIDGEPeter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright
LA LA LANDMildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ARRIVALLouis Morin
DOCTOR STRANGERichard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMTim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins
THE JUNGLE BOOKRobert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORYNeil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE ALAN DIMENSIONJac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh
A LOVE STORYKhaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King
TOUGHJennifer Zheng
BRITISH SHORT FILM
CONSUMEDRichard John Seymour
HOMEShpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell
MOUTH OF HELLBart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson
THE PARTYFarah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor MacNeill
STANDBYCharlotte Regan, Jack Hannon
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
LAIA COSTA
LUCAS HEDGES
RUTH NEGGA
TOM HOLLAND
