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Mandela film nominated for a BAFTA

08/01/2014

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The nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) are in and the highest grossing biopic to date in South Africa, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, received a nomination for Outstanding British Film. Directed by Justin Chadwick from the UK, the movie is co-produced by South African Anant Singh.

Alfonso Cuar n s Gravity leads the pack with 11 nominations followed by 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle, each nominated in 10 categories.

Some of the nominees are:

Best Film

12 Years a Slave Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen

American Hustle Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon

Captain Phillips Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca

Gravity Alfonso Cuar n, David Heyman

Philomena Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward

Outstanding British Film

Gravity Alfonso Cuar n, David Heyman, Jon s Cuar n

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson

Philemona Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope

Rush Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan

Saving Mr. Banks John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith

The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard, Tracy O Riordan

Film not in the Engish Language

The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge S rensen

Blue is the Warmest Colour Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval

The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

Metro Manila Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier

Wadjda Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Documentary

The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer

The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney

Blackfish Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Tim s Vermeer Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks Alex Gibney

Animated Film

Despicable Me 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Monsters University Dan Scanlon

Director

12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen

American Hustle David O. Russell

Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass

Gravity Alfonso Cuar n

The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese

Original Screenplay

American Hustle Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Blue Jasmine Woody Allen

Gravity Alfonso Cuar n, Jon s Cuar n

Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Nebraska Bob Nelson

Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave John Ridley

Behind the Candelabra Richard LaGravenese

Captain Phillips Billy Ray

Philemona Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope

The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter

Leading Actor

Bruce Dern Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave

Christian Bale American Hustle

Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street

Tom Hanks Captain Phillips

Leading Actress

Amy Adams American Hustle

Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine

Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks

Judi Dench Philomena

Sandra Bullock Gravity

Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper American Hustle

Daniel Br hl Rush

Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra

Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle

Julia Roberts August: Osage County

Lupita Nyong o 12 Years a Slave

Oprah Winfrey The Butler

Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine

Original Music

12 Years a Slave Hans Zimmer

The Book Thief John Williams

Captain Phillips Henry Jackman

Gravity Steven Price

Saving Mr. Banks Thomas Newman

Cinematography

12 Years a Slave Sean Bobbitt

Captain Phillips Barry Ackroyd

Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki

Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel

Nebraska Phedon Papamichael

Editing

12 Years a Slave Joe Walker

Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse

Gravity Alfonso Cuar n, Mark Sanger

Rush Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

The Wolf of Wall Street Thelma Schoonmaker

Production Design

12 Years a Slave Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker

American Hustle Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler

Behind the Candelabra Howard Cummings

Gravity Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard

The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

Costume Design

American Hustle Michael Wilkinson

Behind the Candelabra Ellen Mirojnick

The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin

The Invisible Woman Michael O Connor

Saving Mr. Banks Daniel Orlandi

Make-up and Hair

American Hustle Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell

Behind the Candelabra Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin

The Butler Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal

The Great Gatsby Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

Sound

All is Lost Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur

Captain Phillips Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney

Gravity Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro

Inside Llewyn Davis Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff

Rush Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

Special Visual Effects

Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds

Iron Man 3 Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick

Pacific Rim Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner

Star Trek Into Darkness Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

The BAFTA ceremony takes place on 16 February at the Royal Opera House in London.

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