The nominations have been announced for the 70th BAFTA Film Awards. Awards favourite La La Land leads the pack with 11 nominations, but it was a relatively disappointing morning for the Irish. Irish talent picked up 4 nominations, with Consolota Boyle up for Best Costume for her work on Florence Foster Jenkins, Seamus McGarvey up for his cinematography on Nocturnal Animals, and Irish Film Board-backed short The Party up for Best British Short. Limerick native Ruth Negga is also competing for the Rising Star award, whose nominees were announced last week.
Last year Irish nominees picked up 11 nominations, with John Crowley’s Brooklyn receiving six on its way to claiming Best British film. Among those that missed out are period drama Love & Friendship, which looked like a contender for Adapted Screenplay and Costume Design, and Ruth Negga for Best Actress for her role in Loving. Golden Globe winner Isabelle Huppert missed out in the Best Actress category as Elle was ineligible, with British actress Emily Blunt the surprise contender in the category for her role in The Girl on the Train.
In addition to the 11 nominations for La La Land, there were 9 for Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival and Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals. Ford’s film missed out on a Best Picture nominations, with the other nominees being Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea, Ken Loach’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and Barry Jenkins’ Golden Globe winner Moonlight. Manchester By The Sea picked up six nominations in total, while Moonlight has four. Other mutiple nominees include I, Daniel Blake, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them; Lion and Hacksaw Ridge, which all received 5 nominations.
The Irish Film Board-backed short film The Party, which was one of their 1916-commerative After ’16 shorts, is primarily a Northern Irish affair set in a Troubles-best Belfast in 1972. The film, which is directed by Andrea Harkin, sees a young man welcome home his cousin and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love. By morning, reality catches up with them.
The 70th BAFTA Film Awards will be held on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Full list of nominees:
| Best Film |
| Arrival – Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder |
| I, Daniel Blake – Rebecca O’Brien |
| La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt |
| Manchester By The Sea – Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh |
| Moonlight – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski |
| Outstanding British Film |
| American Honey – Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy |
| Denial – Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – David Yates, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram |
| I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty |
| Notes On Blindness – Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison |
| Under The Shadow – Babak 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 |
| Dheepan – Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux |
| Julieta – Pedro Almodóvar |
| Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Charles Gillibert |
| Son Of Saul – László Nemes, Gábor Sipos |
| Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski |
| Documentary |
| 13th – Ava Duvernay |
| The Beatles: Eight Days A Week- The Touring Years – Ron Howard |
| The Eagle Huntress – Otto Bell, Stacey Reiss |
| Notes On Blindness – Peter Middleton, James Spinney |
| Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg |
| Animated Film |
| Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton |
| Kubo And The Two Strings – Travis Knight |
| Moana – Ron Clements, John Musker |
| Zootropolis – Byron Howard, Rich Moore |
| Director |
| Arrival – Denis Villeneuve |
| I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach |
| La La Land – Damien Chazelle |
| Manchester By The Sea – Kenneth Lonergan |
| Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford |
| Original Screenplay |
| Hell Or High Water – Taylor Sheridan |
| I, Daniel Blake – Paul Laverty |
| La La Land – Damien Chazelle |
| Manchester By The Sea – Kenneth Lonergan |
| Moonlight – Barry Jenkins |
| Adapted Screenplay |
| Arrival – Eric Heisserer |
| Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight |
| Hidden Figures – Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder |
| Lion – Luke Davies |
| Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford |
| Leading Actor |
| Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge |
| Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea |
| Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals |
| Ryan Gosling – La La Land |
| Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic |
| Leading Actress |
| Amy Adams – Arrival |
| Emily Blunt – The Girl On The Train |
| Emma Stone – La La Land |
| Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Natalie Portman – Jackie |
| Supporting Actor |
| Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals |
| Dev Patel – Lion |
| Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water |
| Mahershala Ali – Moonlight |
| Supporting Actress |
| Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake |
| Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea |
| Naomie Harris – Moonlight |
| Nicole Kidman – Lion |
| Viola Davis – Fences |
| Original Music |
| Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| Jackie – Mica Levi |
| La La Land – Justin Hurwitz |
| Lion – Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka |
| Nocturnal Animals – Abel Korzeniowski |
| Cinematography |
| Arrival – Bradford Young |
| Hell Or High Water – Giles Nuttgens |
| La La Land – Linus Sandgren |
| Lion – Greig Fraser |
| Nocturnal Animals – Seamus McGarvey |
| Editing |
| Arrival – Joe Walker |
| Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert |
| La La Land – Tom Cross |
| Manchester By The Sea – Jennifer Lame |
| Nocturnal Animals – Joan Sobel |
| Production Design |
| Doctor Strange – John Bush, Charles Wood |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock |
| Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh |
| La La Land – Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco |
| Nocturnal Animals – Shane Valentino, Meg Everist |
| Costume Design |
| Allied – Joanna Johnston |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – Colleen Atwood |
| Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle |
| Jackie – Madeline Fontaine |
| La La Land – Mary Zophres |
| Make Up & Hair |
| Doctor Strange – Jeremy Woodhead |
| Florence Foster Jenkins – J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips |
| Hacksaw Ridge – Shane Thomas |
| Nocturnal Animals – Donald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Nominees Tbc |
| Sound |
| Arrival – Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare |
| Deepwater Horizon – Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp |
| Hacksaw Ridge – Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright |
| La La Land – Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson |
| Special Visual Effects |
| Arrival – Louis Morin |
| Doctor Strange – Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins |
| The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner |
| British Short Animation |
| The Alan Dimension – Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh |
| A Love Story – Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King |
| Tough – Jennifer Zheng |
| British Short Film |
| Consumed – Richard John Seymour |
| Home – Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell |
| Mouth Of Hell – Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson |
| The Party – Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor Macneill |
| Standby – Charlotte Regan, Jack Hannon |
| The EE Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public) |
| Tom Holland |
| Ruth Negga |
| Lucas Hedges |
| Laia Costa |
| Anya Taylor-Joy |