The British Academy of Film and Television announced the nominees for the 2015 BAFTA Awards and it certainly will make fans of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel happy. Despite two U.K. biopics in the running, Anderson’s comedy earned the most nominations with 11.
Grand Budapest is up in most of the major categories, including Best Film, Leading Actor for Ralph Fiennes, Original Screenplay and Best Director.
The Theory of Everything and Birdman tied for second with 10 nominations each. Both are also competing in Best Film and Best Director. Stars Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton will also compete with Fiennes for Best Actor.
The Imitation Game, the other U.K. biopic about a genius, is up for nine awards, also including Best Actor and Best Film. Notably, director Morten Tyldum was not nominated for Best Director.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood only had five nominations. Linklater is up for Best Director and the film is up for Best Film.
The BAFTAs are usually a good predictor for how Oscar nominations will go, although American Hustle did much better at last year’s BAFTAs than it did at the Oscars. Still, 12 Years A Slave won both the Best Film BAFTA and the Best Picture Oscar.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Adapted Screenplay:
The Theory Of Everything, Anthony Mccarten
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
American Sniper, Jason Hall
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
Paddington, Paul King
Animated Film:
The Boxtrolls
The LEGO Movie
Big Hero 6
British Short Animation:
Monkey Love Experiments, Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
The Bigger Picture, Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
My Dad, Marcus Armitage
British Short Film:
The Kármán Line, Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
Boogaloo And Graham, Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Slap, Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
Emotional Fusebox, Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
Three Brothers, Aleem Khan, Matthieu De Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow
Cinematography:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Ida, Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
Interstellar, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
Costume Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game, Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Theory Of Everything, Steven Noble
Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran
Into The Woods, Colleen Atwood
Director:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory Of Everything
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Documentary:
20 Feet From Stardom, Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen
20,000 Days On Earth, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Finding Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Virunga, Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras
EE Rising Star in 2015:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O'Connell
Shailene Woodley
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Editing:
Birdman, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
The Theory Of Everything, Jinx Godfrey
The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
Nightcrawler, John Gilroy
Whiplash, Tom Cross
Film in 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Theory Of Everything, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
Birdman, Alejandro G. IñáRritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
The Imitation Game, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Film not in English:
Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga
Two Days, One Night, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Leviathan, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
Trash, Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier
Leading Actor:
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Leading Actress:
Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Make-Up/Hair:
Guardians Of The Galaxy, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Into The Woods, Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Mr. Turner, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Hannon
The Theory Of Everything, Jan Sewell
Original Music:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
Birdman, Antonio Sanchez
The Theory Of Everything, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Under The Skin, Mica Levi
Original Screenplay:
Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
Outstanding British Film:
’71, Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
The Theory Of Everything, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
Under The Skin, Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell
Pride, Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
Paddington, Paul King, David Heyman
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director of Producer:
Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone, Pride
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange, ’71
Elaine Constantine, Northern Soul
Hong Khaou, Lilting
Paul Katis, Andrew De Lotbiniere, Kajaki: The True Story
Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Mr. Turner, Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Interstellar, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Big Eyes, Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau
Sound:
Birdman, Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño
American Sniper, Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
The Imitation Game, John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
Whiplash, Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
Visual Effects:
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Guardians Of The Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
Supporting Actor in 2015
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Supporting Actress in 2015
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Emma Stone, Birdman
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
image of Ralph Fiennes courtesy of INFphoto.com