BAFTA Awards 2011 Nominations

Ever since its birth in the year 1947, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has been hosting awards shows. These awards are conducted to celebrate the excellent work in television, film, different forms of animation, video games, and television craft. And 2011's awards show will be no different. January 18, 2011 morning was welcomed by the BAFTA Awards nominations for 2011 by the Chairman of BAFTA itself, Tim Corrie. Joining him were actors Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley. Of course, everyone will be anticipating for the big day; especially when it's such an amazing nomination for the best movie, director, and actors. But before we can speculate or comment about who is going to bag those awards, why don't we glance at the 2011 BAFTA Awards nominations first.

And the Nominees Are...

The official awards ceremony will be held in London, England. The BAFTA Awards 2011 date is Sunday, February 13, 2011, which will be held at the Royal Opera House. The BAFTA Awards 2011 nominees are presented to you below. There were 2 rounds of voting done by 6300 members, giving us the first look at 10 categories. And here they are.

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

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

Adapted Screenplay

• Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy ~ 127 Hours
• Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel ~ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Aaron Sorkin ~ The Social Network
• Michael Arndt ~ Toy Story 3
• Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ~ True Grit

Original Screenplay

• Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin ~ Black Swan
• Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson ~ The Fighter
• Christopher Nolan ~ Inception
• Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg ~ The Kids Are All Right
• David Seidler ~ The King's Speech

Animated Film

• Despicable Me
• How ToTrain Your Dragon
• Toy Story 3

Director

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

Leading 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

Leading Actor

• Javier Bardem ~ Biutiful
• Jeff Bridges ~ True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg ~ The Social Network
• Colin Firth ~ The King's Speech
• James Franco ~ 127 Hours

Outstanding British Film

• 127 Hours
• Another Year
• Four Lions
• The King's Speech
• Made In Dagenham

Best Film

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

Other Nominees Are...

The BAFTA Awards 2011 nominees, announced on January 18, 2011 included only 10 categories. The other nominations were later revealed on their website itself. We have put together the list of nominations from other categories as well. Take a look.

Make Up and Hair

• Alice in Wonderland ~ Valli O'Reilly and Paul Gooch
• Black Swan ~ Judy Chin and Geordie Sheffer
• Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 ~ Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin and Nick Dudman
• The King's Speech ~ Frances Hannon
• Made In Dagenham ~ Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

Sound

• 127 Hours ~ Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri and Douglas Cameron
• Black Swan ~ Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan and Dominick Tavella
• Inception ~ Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick
• The King's Speech ~ John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen
• True Grit ~ Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland and Douglas Axtell

Special Visual Effects

• Alice in Wonderland ~ Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips and Carey Villegas
• Black Swan ~ Dan Schrecker
• Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallow Part 1 ~ Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi and Christian Manz
• Inception ~ Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
• Toy Story 3 ~ Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong, David Ryu

Editing

• 127 Hours ~ Jon Harris
• Black Swan ~ Andrew Weisblum
• Inception ~ Lee Smith
• The King's Speech ~ Tariq Anwar
• The Social Network ~ Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Cinematography

• 127 Hours ~ Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak
• Black Swan ~ Matthew Libatique
• Inception ~ Wally Pfister
• The King's Speech ~ Danny Cohen
• True Grit ~ Roger Deakins

Original Music

• 127 Hours ~ AR Rahman
• Alice in Wonderland ~ Danny Elfman
• How to Train Your Dragon ~ John Powell
• Inception ~ Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech ~ Alexandre Desplat

Production Design

• Alice in Wonderland ~ Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
• Black Swan ~ Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson
• Inception ~ Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
• The King's Speech ~ Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
• True Grit ~ Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Costume Design

• Alice in Wonderland ~ Colleen Atwood
• Black Swan ~ Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech ~ Jenny Beavan
• Made in Dagenham ~ Louise Stjernsward
• True Grit ~ Mary Zophres

Film Not in the English Language

• Biutiful ~ Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Fernando Bovaira
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Søren Stærmose and Niels Arden Oplev
• I Am Love ~ Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D'Eril, Marco Morabito and Massimiliano Violante
• Of Gods and Men ~ Xavier Beauvois
• The Secret in their Eyes ~ Mariela Besuievsky and Juan José Campanella

Short Film

• Connect ~ Samuel Abrahams and Beau Gordon
• Lin ~ Piers Thompson and Simon Hessel
• Rite ~ Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie and Paul Welsh
• Turning ~ Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling and Kat Armour-Brown

Short Animation

• The Eagleman Stag ~ Michael Please
• Matter Fisher ~ David Prosser
• Thursday ~ Matthias Hoegg

Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer

• The Arbor ~ Clio Barnard (Director) and Tracy O'Riordan (Producer)
• Exit Through the Gift Shop ~ Banksy (Director) and Jaimie D'Cruz (Producer)
• Four Lions ~ Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
• Monster ~ Gareth Edwards (Director/Writer)
• Skeletons ~ Nick Whitfield (Director/Writer)

The Orange Wednesday Rising Star Award (voted by the public)

• Gemma Arterton
• Andrew Garfield
• Tom Hardy
• Aaron Johnson
• Emma Stone

These were the BAFTA Awards nominations for 2011. The entire coverage of this awards show will begin the same night along with the Red Carpet Show. The BAFTA Awards will follow after that. Both, the awards show and the Red Carpet Show will be hosted by Jonathan Ross. It is truly going to be one of the best nights for the stars and the viewers. Don't forget to tune in.