BAFTA Film Awards

Irish Abroad: BAFTA nominations see Ireland well represented

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