BAFTA NOMINATIONS!!!

Another day, another awards batch. Oscar nominations are next Tuesday. I'll have weekend worth of coverage with that. Anywho, the BAFTA's are by far the best group so far mainly because they ignored Sideways and Million Dollar Baby almost entirely. While I can't say much for M$B having not seen it, I guess the Brits saw Sideways for what a lot of people are just discovering it is: a very good, but not great character movie.

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

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

Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director/Producer or Writer in Their First Feature Film:
Amma Asante - A Way of Life
Andrea Gibb - Afterlife
Matthew Vaughn - Layer CAke
Nira Park - Shaun of the Dead
Shona Auerbach - Dear Frankie

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction:
The Aviator - Martin Scorsese
Collateral - Michael Mann
Eternal Sunshine - Michel Gondry
Finding Neverland - Marc Forster
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

Original Screenplay:
The Aviator - Collateral - Eternal Sunshine - Ray - Vera Drake

Adapted Screenplay:
The Chorus - Closer - Finding Neverland - The Motorcycle Diaries - Sideways

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

Actor In a Leading Role:
Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Actress In A Leading Role:
Charlize Theron - Monster
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers

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

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

The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music:
The Aviator - The Chorus - The Motorcycle Diaries - Finding Neverland - Ray

Cinematography:
The Aviator - Collateral - Finding Neverland - House of Flying Daggers - The Motorcycle Diaries

Editing:
The Aviator - Collateral - Eternal Sunshine - House of Flying Daggers - Vera Drake

Production Design:
The Aviator - Finding Neverland - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - House of Flying Daggers - Vera Drake

Costume Design:
The Aviator - Finding Neverland - House of Flying Daggers - Merchant of Venice - Vera Drake

Sound:
The Aviator - Collateral - House of Flying Daggers - Ray - Spider-Man 2

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

Makeup & Hair:
The Aviator - Finding Neverland - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - House of Flying Daggers - Vera Drake