It was Carol and Bridge Of Spies that had most to celebrate yesterday with the news that they each scored nine BAFTA nominations. It was widely expected Carol would do well, although Spielberg’s Bridge Of Spies cetainly did better than many expected it to going into the awards season.
Other movies with multiple noms inclde Mad Max: Fury Road with seven nominations; Brooklyn and The Martian with six ; The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina with five and Star Wars: The Force Awakens with four. You can take a look at a full list of all the nominations below.
Carol is nominated for Best Film, Director for Todd Haynes, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. In the acting catergories, Cate Blanchett is nominated for Leading Actress and Rooney Mara is nominated for Supporting Actress. Bridge of Spies meanwhile was nominated for Best Film, Director for Steven Spielberg, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Mark Rylance for Supporting Actor.
Other than Carol, other LGBT related films and people scoring nominations include Weekend & Looking director Andrew Haigh, who’s up for Outstanding British Film for 45 Years. The Danish Girl meanwhile was nominated for Outstanding British Film, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair, with Leading Actor and Leading Actress nominations for Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander respectively
The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 14 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD, preceded by a red carpet show on BBC Three. The ceremony is also broadcast in all major territories around the world.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Bridge Of Spies is a dramatic thriller which tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn insurance claims lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
Steven Spielberg is getting serious once more, this time reteaming with Tom Hanks to take on a tale of the Cold War and the precarious situation between the US and Russia in the 1960s.
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have had fruitful collaboration over the years, and now they’re back together for a Cold War thriller, which may be going in front of the camera but currently has no title.
A couple of months ago Steven Spielberg set his next two movies – an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG and before that a currently untitled Cold War thriller that will reunite him with Tom Hanks. The latter movie is due to start shooting in September, so there’s not too much time for the director to fill out the rest of the cast.