OSCAR WATCH: BAFTA Nominations

The very interesting BAFTA nominees have just been announced. Kudos to them for refusing to simply copy the American consensus picks. Check them out:

Best Picture
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Best British Film
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’s Speech
Made In Dagenham

Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Noomi Rapace, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Pete Postlethwaite, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Barbara Hershey, Black Swan
Lesley Manville, Another Year
Miranda Richardson, Made In Dagenham

Director
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network

Original Screenplay
Black Swan, Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John Mclaughlin
The Fighter, Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech, David Seidler

Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours, Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt
True Grit, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Of Gods And Men
The Secret In Their Eyes

Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3

Best Original Score
A R Rahman, 127 Hours
Danny Elfman, Alice In Wonderland
John Powell, How To Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer, Inception
Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech

Best Cinematography
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Editing
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best Art Direction
Alice In Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Costume Design
Alice In Wonderland
Black Swan
The King’s Speech
Made In Dagenham
True Grit

Best Sound
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Visual Effects
Alice In Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
Toy Story 3

Best Make Up & Hair
Alice In Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1
The King’s Speech
Made In Dagenham

Best Animated Short
The Eagleman Stag
Matter Fisher
Thursday

Best Short Film
Connect
Lin
Rite
Turning
Until The River Runs Red

Surprises:
- No nomination for Melissa Leo! Seems this Supporting Actress race isn't locked up at all!
- The Social Network misses out on Best Original Score nomination
- Finally someone has the balls to rightfully put Hailee Steinfeld in Best Actress rather than Supporting. She probably took Nicole Kidman or Jennifer Lawrence's spot in the process.