Topping this year’s British Academy of Film & Television Arts nominations, La La Land pulled in a solid eleven nominations. The big surprise is the 9 that Nocturnal Animals brought in without a Best Film citation. As always, there’s some heavy favoritism towards British productions, including I, Daniel Blake in Best Film. Here are some of the major omissions/inclusions.
With only five Best Film slot, it’s of course noteworthy when something misses, especially when it’s dropped in favor of a film that has no Oscar chance. Fences, Hell or High Water, Jackie, and Lion are all injured here. They nominated only four animated films, going only for major American studios. Tom Ford’s surprise inclusion in Best Director when his film wasn’t up for Best Film is a bit unusual. What’s more unusual is that with two solid black directors up for consideration, BAFTA chose all white guys. Barry Jenkins’ omission is the most shocking as he has been dominating precursors up to this point. They didn’t go for Mel Gibson or David Mackenzie or Denzel Washington either. Washington was an omission from Best Actor, making Viola Davis the only nominee for the entire film.
Jake Gyllenhaal, an American, is the one to get the biggest boost from his citation. Whether it will do any good with Academy voters remains to be seen, but he beat out Denzel for the slot, which says something. Emily Blunt shows up again, but it’s likely because she’s British and these are the BAFTA’s, but she beat out Isabelle Huppert for the slot, which might be bad omen for her. Supporting Actor isn’t surprising, nor is Supporting Actress, though I, Daniel Blake isn’t likely to pull the nomination along at the Oscars, but it doesn’t really help Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Greta Gerwig, Lily Gladstone, or any one of a number of other actresses up for consideration.
There are a lot of other comments to be made, but this pretty much sums up the most notable.
Nominations Tallies
(11) La La Land
(9) Arrival, Nocturnal Animals
(6) Manchester by the Sea
(5) Hacksaw Ridge, Lion
(4) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (5), Florence Foster Jenkins, I, Daniel Blake (5), Moonlight
(3) Doctor Strange, Hell or High Water, Jackie
The Nominations
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Best Actress
Amy Adams – Arrival
Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Music
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Best Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Manchester by the Sea
Best Cinematography
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Best Production Design
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Best Makeup & Hair
Florence Foster Jenkins
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Nocturnal Animals
Rogue One
Best Sound
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Best Special Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Rogue One
Best Film Not in the English Language
Dheepan
Julieta
Mustang
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann
Best Documentary
13th
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
The Eagle Huntress
Notes on Blindness
Weiner
Best British Short Animation
The Alan Dimension
The Love Story
Tough
Best British Short Film
Consumed
Home
Mouth of Hell
The Party
Standby
Best British Film
American Honey
Denial
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow
Rising Star Award
Anya Taylor-Joy
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Tom Holland
Ruth Negga
Outstanding Debut
George Amponsah (Writer/Director/Producer), Dionne Walker (Writer/Producer) – The Hard Stop
Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers) – Under the Shadow
Mike Carey (Writer), Camille Gatin (Producer) – The Girl with All the Gifts
John Donnelly (Writer), Ben Williams (Director) – The Pass
Pete Middleton (Writer/Director/Producer), James Spinney (Writer/Director), Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer) – Notes on Blindness
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Data
Year Founded: 1947
First Awards: 1959 (58)
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