'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' Lead 2016 BAFTA Nominations
After getting snubbed in the Producers Guild award nominations earlier this week, "Carol" has risen from the ashes to lead all movies, along with "Bridge of Spies," in BAFTA award nominations.
"Carol" and "Bridge of Spies" netted nine nods apiece, including Best Film. They are joined in that category by "The Big Short," "The Revenant," and "Spotlight."
Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon continued to cement their roles as Oscar frontrunners with nominations in the lead actor category.
In an interesting turn for awards season watchers, Alicia Vikander was nominated as lead actress for "The Danish Girl." She also received mention in the supporting category for "Ex Machina." Here is the full list of nominations:
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
DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes - Carol
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu - The Revenant
Adam McKay - The Big Short
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Maggie Smith - Lady in the Van
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Julie Walters - Brooklyn
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
BEST 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
FOREIGN FILM
The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa
ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep Movie
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - Sicario
Janusz Kaminski - Bridge of Spies
Ed Lachman - Carol
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant
John Seale - Mad Max: Fury Road
MUSIC
Thomas Newman - Bridge of Spies
Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Carsten Nicolai, The Revenant
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sicario
John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Sean McAllister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer), A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director), The Survivalist
Alex Garland (Director), Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director), Second Coming
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Lloyd (Producer), Theeb
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies
Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve - Inside Out
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Emma Donoghue - Room
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Adam McKay, Charles Randolph - The Big Short
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs
EDITING
Hank Corwin - The Big Short
Michael Kahn - Bridge of Spies
Stephen Mirrione - The Revenant
Pietro Scalia - The Martian
Margaret Sixel - Mad Max: Fury Road
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies (Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo)
Carol (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson)
The Martian (Arthur Max, Celia Bobak)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales)
COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn (Odile Dicks-Mireaux)
Carol (Sandy Powell)
Cinderella (Sandy Powell)
The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan)
MAKE UP & HAIR
Brooklyn (Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn)
Carol (Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan)
The Danish Girl (Jan Sewell)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin)
The Revenant (Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini)
SOUND
Bridge of Spies (Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White)
The Martian (Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor)
The Revenant (Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson)
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Ant-Man (Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke)
Ex Machina (Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams)
The Martian (Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan)After getting snubbed in the Producers Guild award nominations earlier this week, "Carol" has risen from the ashes to lead all movies, along with "Bridge of Spies," in BAFTA award nominations.