Well the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) just announced their picks this morning. They're pretty much the British Oscars. I would love for Capo to swoop in and bash them.
The nominees:
BEST FILM Argo Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM Anna Karenina The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables Seven Psychopaths Skyfall
LEADING ACTOR Ben Affleck - Argo Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
LEADING ACTRESS Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook Dame Helen Mirren - Hitchcock Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
SUPPORTING ACTOR Alan Arkin - Argo Javier Bardem - Skyfall Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams - The Master Dame Judi Dench - Skyfall Sally Field - Lincoln Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables Helen Hunt - The Sessions
DIRECTOR Ben Affleck - Argo Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty Michael Haneke - Amour Ang Lee - Life of Pi Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
RISING STAR (public vote) Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Juno Temple Alicia Vikander
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER James Bobin (director) - The Muppets Dexter Fletcher (director/writer) and Danny King (writer) - Wild Bill Tina Gharavi (director/writer) - I Am Nasrine Bart Layton (director) and Dmitri Doganis (producer) - The Imposter David Morris (director) and Jaqui Morris (director/producer) - McCullin
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Amour Headhunters The Hunt Rust and Bone Untouchable
DOCUMENTARY The Imposter Marley McCullin Searching for Sugarman West of Memphis
ANIMATED FILM Brave Frankenweenie Paranorman
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Amour - Michael Haneke Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Argo - Chris Terrio Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin Life of Pi - David Magee Lincoln - Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
ORIGINAL MUSIC Anna Karenina Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
CINEMATOGRAPHY Anna Karenina Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
EDITING Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty
PRODUCTION DESIGN Anna Karenina Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
COSTUME DESIGN Anna Karenina Great Expectations Les Miserables Lincoln Snow White and the Huntsman
MAKE UP AND HAIR Anna Karenina Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables Lincoln
