The 69th annual BAFTA awards announced this morning, and as has been the story of awards season so far there are plenty of nominations for Irish talent and Irish produced films.
Irish/British co-production Brooklyn picked up 6 nominations, including Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Best British film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Julie Walters, Best Costume Design, and Best Make Up & Hair. Lenny Abrahamson’s Room surprisingly received just two nominations, with Emma Donoghue nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Brie Larson competing with Ronan, Alicia Vikander, Cate Blanchett, and Dame Maggie Smith for Best Actress.
Irish actor Michael Fassbender was nominated his portrayal of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in Danny Boyle’s film of the same name, where he will face off against last year’s winner Eddie Redmayne, as well as Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Irish co-production The Lobster is also nominated for Best British Film, with Nortern irish director Stephen Fingleton up for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for his film The Survivalist.
Todd Haynes’ period lesbian romance story Carol and Steven Spielberg’s war-time courtroom drama Bridge of Spies lead the nominations with 9 each, these are closely followed by Alejandro González Iñárritu’s survivalist drama The Revenant with 8, and George Miller’s brilliantly bonkers Mad Max: Fury Road with 7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens took four technical nominations, for Music, Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects.
[quote title=”James Hickey – Irish Film Board, CEO”]The momentum of Irish film at international award ceremonies has grown substantially in recent months, with the BAFTA nominations adding to this. Along with four nominations at this weekend’s Golden Globe awards, the IFB are delighted that our continuing support for Irish creative talent has had such positive outcomes in 2016. Congratulations to all the nominees and I wish them the best of luck in the weeks ahead.[/quote]
The 69th BAFTA awards will take place at the Royal Opera House on 14 February.
Full list of nominees:
Best film
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Revenant
Spotlight
Outstanding British film
45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster
Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Supporting actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Benicio del Toro – Sicario
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Supporting actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Director
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Adapted screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
Room
Steve Jobs
Original screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight
Animated film
Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Documentary
Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa
Foreign film
The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Cinematography
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Costume design
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Editing
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Make-up and hair
Brooklyn
Carol
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Music
Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Production design
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Visual effects
Ant-Man
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
British short animation
Edmond
Manoman
Prologue
British short film
Elephant
Mining Poems or Odes
Operator
Over
Samuel-613
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Alex Garland (director) – Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director) – Second Coming
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) & Rupert Lloyd (producer) – Theeb
Sean McAllister (director/producer) & Elhum Shakerifar (producer) – A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton (writer/director) – The Survivalist
Rising Star award
John Boyega
Taron Egerton
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson
Bel Powley