British film director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave gets 10 Bafta nominations, with other films in the running for a fruitful awards night including American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Gravity.
12 Years a Slave has been nominated for a host of categories including “Film of 2014”, “Leading Actor”, “Supporting Actor” and “Supporting Actress”. Other contenders for the film of the year accolade are American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity and Philomena.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery in America’s deep south, is nominated for leading actor, alongside Bruce Dern for Nebraska, Christian Bale for American Hustle, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf Of Wall Street and Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips.
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The leading actress category features Amy Adams for American Hustle, Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Emma Thompson for Saving Mr Banks, Judi Dench for Philomena and Sandra Bullock for Gravity.
Channel 4 News asked social media users to say who they think the 2014 Baftas should go to. The lucky actors and actresses who topped the poll were:
Those surveyed also voted for Gravity to win the “Outstanding British film of 2014” Bafta, giving it 32 per cent of the vote. The overall best film of the year accolade, the top gong of the February awards, should go to 12 Years a Slave, those polled said. The film recieved 55 per cent of the vote.
Who would you give 2014 Baftas to? Let Channel 4 News know by filling in the form below. The results will be published online later on Wednesday.
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You can see a full 2014 nominations list below, or on the Bafta website.
Adapted Screenplay
Behind The Candelabra, 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Philomena, Captain Phillips
Animated film
Despicable Me 2, Monsters University, Frozen
British short animation
Everything I Can See From Here, Sleeping With The Fishes, I Am Tom Moody
Cinematography
Inside Llewyn Davis, Captain Phillips, Nebraska, Gravity, 12 Years A Slave
Costume Design
Behind The Candelabra, American Hustle, The Invisible Woman, The Great Gatsby, Saving Mr. Banks
Film Director
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips, David O. Russell - American Hustle, Steve McQueen - 12 Years A Slave, Martin Scorsese - The Wolf Of Wall Street, Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Documentary
The Act Of Killing, The Armstrong Lie, Tim’s Vermeer, We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks, Blackfish
EE Rising star
Dane Dehaan, Lupita Nyong’o, George Mackay, Will Poulter, Léa Seydoux
Editing
Captain Phillips, Gravity, 12 Years A Slave, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Rush
Film
12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Philomena, Gravity
Film not in the English Language
Blue Is The Warmest Colour, The Great Beauty, The Act Of Killing, Wadjda, Metro Manila
Leading Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street, Christian Bale - American Hustle, Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave, Bruce Dern – Nebraska, Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
Leading actress
Amy Adams - American Hustle, Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks, Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine, Sandra Bullock – Gravity, Judi Dench – Philomena
Make-up and Hair
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The Butler, Behind The Candelabra, American Hustle, The Great Gatsby
Original Film Music
Captain Phillips, The Book Thief, 12 Years A Slave, Gravity, Saving Mr. Banks
Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Inside Llewyn Davis, Gravity, Blue Jasmine, Nebraska
Outstanding British Film
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Saving Mr. Banks, Philomena, The Selfish Giant, Gravity, Rush
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson - Good Vibrations, Kelly Marcel - Saving Mr. Banks, Kieran Evans - Kelly + Victor, Paul Wright, Polly Stokes - For Those in Peril, Scott Graham – Shell
Production Design
Gravity, The Great Gatsby, American Hustle, 12 Years A Slave, Behind The Candelabra
Sound
All Is Lost, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Rush, Inside Llewyn Davis
Special Visual Effects
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Gravity, Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim, Star Trek Into Darkness
Supporting Actor
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra, Bradley Cooper - American Hustle, Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips, Daniel Brühl – Rush, Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle, Julia Roberts - August: Osage County, Lupita Nyong’O - 12 Years a Slave, Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine, Oprah Winfrey - The Butler.