BAFTA Nominations in 2010 (films from 2009)

The BAFTA nominees for 2010 Awards have been announced and it looks like it will be an interesting year for these awards. Three film dominate the nominations with 8 nods each: Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker. Hot on their heels is District 9 with 7 nominations, and then Inglourious Basterds & Up in the Air each with 6 nominations.

It feels like a year with a fair amount of well deserved recognition so far. Thrilled to see that Duncan Jones (Moon) & Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy, Love You More) are two of the nominees for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Production. Also amazing to see that Carey Mulligan was not only nominated for Leading Actress for her performance in An Education but also is in the running for the Orange Rising Star Award. All talented artist to keep you eye on.

There are a few surprizes in what we aren't seeing such as a nomination for Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria, a film that received two nods for Costumes and Make Up & Hair. I really expected Emily Blunt to get a nod here. I was also hoping for Sam Rockwell to get a Leading Actor nomination for his fantastic performance in Moon, but no luck there however the film did receive nominations for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Production. Also really surprized to see no nomination for Tom Hardy in Bronson as I found that to be one of the strongest performances of the year.

A few of the films haven't hit theatres here in Toronto yet, but they will soon. Mark your calendars for Fish Tank (February 19, 2010), A Prophet (February 26, 2010) and Nowhere Boy (March 26, 2010). For list up more upcoming 2010 releases look here.

The BAFTA's (Orange British Academy Film Awards) will take place on Sunday February 21st 2010. See more info at the BAFTA site.

BEST FILM
Avatar - James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker - Nominees TBC
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air - Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank - Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop - Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon - Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy - Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson - Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy - Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine - Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones - Director – Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood - Director – Nowhere Boy

DIRECTOR
Avatar - James Cameron
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp
An Education - Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hangover - Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
An Education - Nick Hornby
In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Broken Embraces - Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
Coco Before Chanel - Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
Let the Right One In - Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
A Prophet - Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon - Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke

ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou - Coco Before Chanel

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin - It’s Complicated
Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
Alfred Molina - An Education
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy

MUSIC
Avatar - James Horner
Crazy Heart - T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Chaz Jankel
Up - Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar - Mauro Fiore
District 9 - Trent Opaloch
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe

EDITING
Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
District 9 - Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
Up in the Air - Dana E. Glauberman

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
District 9 - Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
The Imaginarius of Doctor Parnassus - Nominees TBC
Inglorious Basterds - David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco

COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star - Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier
An Education - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A Single Man - Arianne Phillips
The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell

SOUND
Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
District 9 - Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges, Ken Saville
The Hurt Locker - Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
Star Trek - Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
Up - Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
The Hurt Locker - Richard Stutsman
Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

MAKE UP & HAIR
Coco Before Chanel - Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon
An Education - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Sarah Monzani
Nine - Peter ‘Swords’ King
The Young Victoria - Jenny Shircore

SHORT ANIMATION
The Happy Duckling - Gili Dolev
Mother of Many - Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
The Gruffalo - Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang

SHORT FILM
14 - Asitha Ameresekere
I Do Air - James Bolton, Martina Amati
Jade - Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott
Mixtape - Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin
Off Season - Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart