BAFTAs 2012, Nominations Announced

The British Academy have announced the nominations for the 2012 BAFTAs. The full list below.

Whilst the list is stocked with some regular winners from the Golden Globes and other award season ceremonies – such as The Artist (leading the pack with 12 nominations), The Help and The Descendants – it also give some welcome respect to others so far ignored like Drive (Flicks’ vote for the best film of last year) and excellent spy drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Other refreshing nods include Marilyn Monroe drama My Week with Marilyn, Formula One doco Senna, Brit drama We Need to Talk About Kevin and comedy Bridesmaids.

Wellington’s Weta Workshop get the dues too, with Visual Effects nominations for two of their projects: Tintin and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

The winners will be announced in London on February 12.

Best Film

The nominees are…

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, opening in NZ on Jan 19.

Best British Film

The nominees are…

My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Documentary

The nominees are…

George Harrison: Living in a Material World
Project Nim
Senna

Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees are…

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango

Attack the Block, opening in NZ on March 29.

Best Debut Feature

The nominees are…

Attack the Block
Black Pond
Coriolanus
Submarine
Tyrannosaur

Best Foreign Language Film

The nominees are…

A Separation
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
The Skin I Live In

Best Director

The nominees are…

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Tomas Alfredson, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Bridesmaids, nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Best Original Screenplay

The nominees are…

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
John Michael McDonagh, The Guard
Abi Morgan, The Iron Lady
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay

The nominees are…

The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Best Lead Actress

The nominees are…

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis, The Help

Brad Pitt in Moneyball, opening on February 16.

Best Lead Actor

The nominees are…

Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Fassbender, Shame

Best Supporting Actress

The nominees are…

Carey Mulligan, Drive
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Judi Dench, My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor

The nominees are…

Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Jim Broadbent, The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March

Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, opening Jan 26.

Best Cinematography

The nominees are…

Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Hoyte van Hoytema, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse

Best Editing

The nominees are…

Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Mat Newman, Drive
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Gregers Sall, Chris King, Senna
Dino Jonsater, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy