The 64th Annual British Academy Film Awards

[spentnights]

So the BAFTAs were last night, but I didn't have time to type up my predictions which I made long before the actual ceremony. Therefore, I wasn't swayed by the actual winners, aha. The best part is of course that my bb Andrew Garfield was nominated. Take that, Oscars! And so, without further ado - you know the drill. 
 
*[what I think will win = underlined & what I want to win = italicized & bold = winners]
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

THE HARRY POTTER FILMS

BEST FILM

• THE KING’S SPEECH - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
• BLACK SWAN - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
• INCEPTION - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
• TRUE GRIT - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

*It's taking all the awards - and rightfully so. Best film of the year, hands down.

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
• 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
• ANOTHER YEAR - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
• FOUR LIONS - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
• MADE IN DAGENHAM - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley

*Gotta love the British.

OUTSTANDING DÉBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• FOUR LIONS - Director/Writer - Chris Morris
• THE ARBOR - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
• EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - Director, Producer - Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz
• MONSTERS - Director/Writer - Gareth Edwards
• SKELETONS - Director/Writer - Nick Whitfield

*I have lucky guesses, I suppose.

DIRECTOR

• THE SOCIAL NETWORK - David Fincher
• 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle
• BLACK SWAN - Darren Aronofsky
• INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan
• THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• THE KING’S SPEECH - David Seidler
• BLACK SWAN - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
• THE FIGHTER - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
• INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan
• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Aaron Sorkin
• 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
• TOY STORY 3 - Michael Arndt
• TRUE GRIT - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
• BIUTIFUL - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira
• I AM LOVE - Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante
• OF GODS AND MEN - Xavier Beauvois, Pascal Caucheteux, Etienne Comar
• THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES - Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella

*Um, what. Just no.

ANIMATED FILM

• TOY STORY 3 - Lee Unkrich
• DESPICABLE ME - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

LEADING ACTOR

• COLIN FIRTH - The King’s Speech
• JAVIER BARDEM - Biutiful
• JEFF BRIDGES - True Grit
• JESSE EISENBERG - The Social Network
• JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours

*GO COLIN, YOU MAGNIFICENT MAN. The BAFTAs really love The King's Speech, don't they?

LEADING ACTRESS

• NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan
• ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right
• JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right
• NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit

*Another one for Natalie, my darling. Totally deserves it.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• GEOFFREY RUSH - The King’s Speech
• CHRISTIAN BALE - The Fighter
• ANDREW GARFIELD - The Social Network
• PETE POSTLETHWAITE - The Town
• MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right

*TAKE THAT, AWARD SHOWS! BRITS KNOW HOW TO GIVE AN AWARD! Geoffrey was fucking amazing in that film.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• HELENA BONHAM CARTER - The King’s Speech
• AMY ADAMS - The Fighter
• BARBARA HERSHEY - Black Swan
• LESLEY MANVILLE - Another Year
• MIRANDA RICHARDSON - Made in Dagenham

*I can't believe Melissa Leo wasn't nominated, but yay for Helena! omg, I love her.

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• THE KING’S SPEECH - Alexandre Desplat
• 127 HOURS - AR Rahman
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Danny Elfman
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - John Powell
• INCEPTION - Hans Zimmer

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• TRUE GRIT - Roger Deakins
• 127 HOURS - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
• BLACK SWAN - Matthew Libatique
• INCEPTION - Wally Pfister
• THE KING’S SPEECH - Danny Cohen

EDITING

• THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
• 127 HOURS - Jon Harris
• BLACK SWAN - Andrew Weisblum
• INCEPTION - Lee Smith
• THE KING’S SPEECH - Tariq Anwar

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• INCEPTION - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
• BLACK SWAN - Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson
• 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

*THIS IS JUST WRONG. Alice's costumes were great, but Black Swan's were far better imo.

SOUND

• INCEPTION - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
• 127 HOURS - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
• BLACK SWAN - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
• THE KING’S SPEECH - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen
• TRUE GRIT - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

*Ugh, where's the love for Swan?

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• INCEPTION - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas
• BLACK SWAN - Dan Schrecker, Henrik Fett, Michael Capton, William 'Brad' Kalinoski
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Christian Manz
• TOY STORY 3 - Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong, David Ryu

*Obvious.

MAKE UP & HAIR

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch
• BLACK SWAN - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman
• THE KING’S SPEECH - Frances Hannon
• MADE IN DAGENHAM - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

*Black Swan owns my heart and was beautiful, but I understand why Alice won.

SHORT ANIMATION

• THE EAGLEMAN STAG - Michael Please
• MATTER FISHER - David Prosser
• THURSDAY - Matthias Hoegg

*This was a guess honestly, but yay me!

SHORT FILM

• UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
• CONNECT - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
• LIN - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
• RITE - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie, Paul Welsh
• TURNING - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown

*Boo-ya.

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD

• TOM HARDY
• GEMMA ARTERTON
• ANDREW GARFIELD
• AARON JOHNSON
• EMMA STONE

*Oh, Andrew! Will the Academies never see your brilliance and talent and beauty?

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So it looks like all my predicitons are coming true. Coincidence? I think not.

Now the countdown is on for the Oscars. I'll be waiting impatiently with baited breath.

xx