BAFTA nominations announced

The BAFTA’s are the awards given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and are highly respected. They themselves say:

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts is the UK’s leading organisation promoting and rewarding the best in film, television and interactive media. Renowned for its high- profile Award ceremonies covering Film, Television, Children’s and Interactive Entertainment the Academy does much more than this…

If you want to see all the nominations, then visit the BAFTA site for their press release. A rundown for the more hefty nominations are shown at the end of the article.

It’s also interesting to note that BAFTA now recognise Interactive and Game media as well, and you can see the nominations for these also at their site. Again, the hot spots are listed below. Yes I know strictly not movies, but some of these games are close, anyway we’ll see most of these top contenders as movies in the next few years!

Selected BAFTA Film Nominations:

Best Film
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
Vera Drake

David Lean Award for Best Achievement in Direction
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Michael Mann, Collateral
Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Charlize Theron, Monster
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland
Ziyi Zhang, House of Flying Daggers

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Heather Craney, Vera Drake
Julie Christie, Finding Neverland
Meryl Streep, The Manchurian Candidate
Natalie Portman, Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Clive Owen, Closer
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Phil Davis, Vera Drake
Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
The Chorus
Closer
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways

Best Screenplay (Original)
The Aviator
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ray
Vera Drake

Best Film Not in the English Language
The Chorus
The Motorcycle Diaries
A Very Long Engagement
Bad Education
House of Flying Daggers

Best Cinematography
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neveland
House of Flying Daggers
The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
The Aviator
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
House of Flying Daggers
Spider-Man 2

Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a Director, Screenwriter or Producer in their first feature film
Amma Asante – A Way of Life
Andrea Gibb – Afterlife
Matthew Vaughn – Layer Cake
Nira Park – Shaun of the Dead

Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
Dead Man’s Shoes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
My Summer of Love
Shaun of the Dead
Vera Drake

Thanks to Empire for the link through. Now, the Game and Interactive nominations.

Selected BAFTA Interactive and Game nominations:

Racing
Burnout 3: Takedown
Flatout
Mario Kart Double Dash
Need for Speed 2
RalliSport Challenge 2
WRC 4

Sports
FIFA 2005
Mario Golf
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2
WRC 4

Action/adventure
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Half-Life 2
Halo 2
Metroid Prime 2
Ratchet and Clank 3
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Bucher Bay

Online & multiplayer
Burnout 3: Takedown
Far Cry
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Halo 2
Ratchet and Clank 3
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Animation
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Halo 2
Jak III
Killzone
Onimusha 3

PC
Doom 3
Far Cry
Half-Life 2 Sierra
Myst IV Revelation
Rome: Total War
Sims 2

GameCube
Donkey Konga
Mario Kart Double Dash
Metroid Prime 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Second Sight
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005

PS2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
EyeToy: Play 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
SingStar / SingStar Party
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2

XBox
Burnout 3: Takedown
Fable
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack
Halo 2
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2

DVD
Oasis Definitely Maybe DVD
Big Brother Recordings Ltd/Metropolis
Really Bend It Like Beckham
Fremantle Home Entertainment/The Pavement.
Shaun of the Dead
Universal Pictures/The Pavement
The Chaplin Collection
The Day Today

Okay, well done you. You’ve made it this far. So what? Well tell us which ones you feel strongly about and what you think deserves to win or lose. If there are enough votes we might just put them up alongside the actual winners when they are announced, and gauge what you guys really think compared to the experts…ahem (that was sarcasm!).