Moments before I see the show which is already going on and the results of which I am avoiding, here are my predictions for the BAFTA awards (predictions in bold):
BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer) for Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel (Writer) for Saving Mr. Banks
Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) for Kelly + Victor
Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer) for For Those in Peril
Scott Graham (Director/Writer) for Shell
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Act Of Killing
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
DOCUMENTARY
The Act Of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim’s Vermeer
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks
ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
DIRECTOR
12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen
American Hustle, David O. Russell
Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years A Slave, John Ridley
Behind The Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Terence Winter
LEADING ACTOR
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Judi Dench, Philomena
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 Years A Slave, Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief, John Williams
Captain Phillips, Henry Jackman
Gravity, Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
EDITING
12 Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
The Wolf Of Wall Street
PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
MAKE UP & HAIR
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
SOUND
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Dane Dehaan
George Mackay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux
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