Bafta 2014: who should win?

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.

Who do you want to win?

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:

• Supporting Actress – Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle (with 54 per cent of the vote)
• Supporting Actor – Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave (with 44 per cent of the vote)
• Leading Actress – Sandra Bullock, Gravity (with 27 per cent of the vote)
• Leading Actor – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave (with 43 per cent of the vote)

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.