Orange British Academy Film Awards announce their nominees
Sorry, guys, awards seasons isn’t even remotely over yet. As such, I’ve got the full list of nominees for 2009’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, which are better known as the BAFTAs. The BAFTAs are generally viewed as Britian’s answer to the Oscars, and are typically a good litmus test for how some of the more, ahem, prestigious award shows will go.
Despite being a British award, the BAFTAs are not limited to just British productions, though you’ll certainly see a certain skew to some of the more talked-about Brit performances and films of the 2009. For instance, the Best Picture race features four standards from the 2009 awards circuit – AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, PRECIOUS, and UP IN THE AIR. But that fifth place (which Movieline sagely points out) usually belongs to INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. At the BAFTAs, it goes to AN EDUCATION. There’s also a lot of love for Sam Taylor-Wood’s John Lennon biopic, NOWHERE BOY. It doesn’t get more British than that.
Hit the jump to see the full list of nominees, and find out how you can actually vote on one of the awards!
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Lone Scherfig, An Education
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
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
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
Original Screenplay
The Hangover (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore)
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious 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
Coco Before Chanel
Let The Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
Up
Music
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr Fox
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Up
Cinematography
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Road
Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
Production Design
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds
Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
A Single Man
The Young Victoria
Sound
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up
Special Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Make Up & Hair
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Short Animation
The Gruffalo
The Happy Duckling
Mother Of Many
Short Film
14
I Do Air
Jade
Mixtape
Off Season
The BAFTAs also feature one people’s choice award, The Orange Rising Star Award, which is voted on by the public. Its nominees are ” five international actors and actresses who have demonstrated exceptional talent and have begun to capture the imagination of the public as a star in the making.”
The nominees for this year include: Jesse Eisenberg (ZOMBIELAND), Nicholas Hoult (A SINGLE MAN), Carey Mulligan (AN EDUCATION), Tahar Rahim (A PROPHET), and Kristen Stewart (NEW MOON). You can vote for your pick for The Orange Rising Star Award right HERE. Choose wisely.
The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 21/






















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