BAFTA nominations announced

The nominations for the 2011 British Academy Film Awards have just been announced. The King's Speech unsurprisingly leads the nominations with 14 nods.

Since the first round of voting had previously been announced, there are no major surprises in the announcement, except the one that I had anticipated in a previous entry in the blog (click here to see): Noomi Rapace has pulled off an upset nomination in the Best Actress category over performers favoured in other awards, most notably Jennifer Lawrence and Nicole Kidman. The film (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) also appears in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

For the rest, I am disappointed to see Another Year, my favourite film of 2010, score only in the Best British Film category, apart from the Supporting Actress nod for the great Lesley Manville. This can be her chance to get a much deserved recognition after a rough period that started after her victory at the National Board Review.

Here is the list of nominations in the main categories:

Best Film
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Director
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Leading Actor
Colin Firth (King George VI) – The King’s Speech
James Franco (Aron Ralston) – 127 Hours
Javier Bardem (Uxbal) – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges (Marshal Reuben J Cogburn) – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg) – The Social Network

Leading Actress
Annette Bening (Nic) – The Kids Are All Right
Hailee Steinfeld (Mattie Ross) – True Grit
Julianne Moore (Jules) – The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman (Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen) – Black Swan
Noomi Rapace (Lisbeth Salander) – The Girl With The Dragon Tatto

Supporting Actor
Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin) – The Social Network
Christian Bale (Dicky Eklund) – The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush (Lionel Logue) – The King’s Speech
Mark Ruffalo (Paul) – The Kids Are All Right
Pete Postlethwaite (Fergus ‘Fergie’ Colm) – The Tow

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Charlene Fleming) – The Fighter
Barbara Hershey (Erica Sayers / The Queen) – Black Swan
Helena Bonham Carter (Queen Elizabeth) – The King’s Speech
Lesley Manville (Mary) – Another Year
Miranda Richardson (Barbara Castle) – Made In Dagenham

Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit

Original Screenplay
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech

Outstanding British Film

127 Hours

Another Year

Four Lions

Made in Dagenham

The King's Speech

 For complete list of nominations, click here.