Carol & Bridge of Spies Lead Bafta 2016 Nominations

by Helen Earnshaw | 8 January 2016

Carol and Bridge of Spies lead the 2016 Bafta nominations with nine nods each and will go head to head in the Best Film category.

Carol

Best Film is set to be one of the toughest categories as The Big Short, The Revenant, and Spotlight are also in a very tough mix. However, there is no British film in the Best Film category this year.

Cate Blanchett is perhaps that favourite in the Best Actress category while Rooney Mara has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress; Blanchett and Mara will go head to head in the Best Actress category this weekend at the Golden Globes.

Carol is also nominated for Best Director for Todd Haynes, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.

The nine nominations for Bridge of Spies did come as a bit of a surprise and is also nominated in Director for Steven Spielberg, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound. Mark Rylance picks up another Supporting Actor nod for his performance in the film - he really could triumph at the awards this year.

The Revenant picked up eight nominations, Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations with Brooklyn and The Martian both have six nods each.

The Best Actress category is one of the toughest this year as Blanchett is nominated alongside Brie Larson, Saoirse Ronan, Alicia Vikander and Maggie Smith for Room, Brooklyn, The Danish Girl and The Lady in the Van.

It looks like 2016 could well be the year that Leonardo DiCaprio finally triumphs at the Oscars and his performance in The Revenant has seen him nominated for Best Actor.

Eddie Redmayne is in the mix again for his performance in The Danish Girl. Bryan Cranston, Michael Fassbender, and Matt Damon have also been nominated for their work in Trumbo, Steve Jobs, and The Martian.

Best Director is a category that is perhaps less clear-cut as Alejandro González Iñárritu, Adam McKay, Todd Haynes, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott have been nominated for The Revenant, The Big Short, Carol, Bridge of Spies and The Martian. Scott is the only British director to be recognised in this category this year.

There may be no British movie in the Best Film category this year, but Bafta does recognise homegrown movies with Best British Film... I have to say, it has been a great year for British movies.

45 Years, Amy, Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, and The Lobster have all been nominated and you really could make a very strong case for any of these films to walk away with the prize on the night. It is fantastic to see the Best British Film category so packed with terrific movies.

Full List of Nominations:

- Best Film

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Revenant
Spotlight

- Best British Film

45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster

- Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer

Alex Garland (Director) - Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director) - Second Coming
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Lloyd (Producer) - Theeb
Sean McAllister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer) - A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director) - The Survivalist

- Best Actor

Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

- Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Carol
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Brie Larson - Room
Maggie Smith - The Lady in the Van
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

- Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro - Sicario
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

- Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters - Brooklyn
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara - Carol

- Director

Adam McKay - The Big Short
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies
Todd Haynes - Carol
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant

- Adapted Screenplay

Adam McKay, Charles Randolph - The Big Short
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Emma Donoghue - Room
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

- Original Screenplay

Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen - Inside Out
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight

- Film Not In The English Language

The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

- Best Documentary

Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen To Me Marlon
Sherpa

- Best Animation

Inside Out
Minions
Shaun The Sheep

- EE Rising Star (voted for by the (public)

John Boyega
Taron Egerton
Bel Powley
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson

- Original Music

Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
The Revenant - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams

- Cinematography

Bridge Of Spies - Janusz Kaminski
Carol - Ed Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins

- Editing

The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Bridge Of Spies - Michael Kahn
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Martian - Pietro Scalia
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione

- Production Design

Bridge Of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Carol - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
The Martian - Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales

- Costume Design

Brooklyn - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol - Sandy Powell
Cinderella - Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan

- Make Up & Hair

Brooklyn - Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Carol - Jerry Decarlo, Patricia Regan
The Danish Girl - Jan Sewell
Mad Max: Fury Road - Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
The Revenant - Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

- Sound

Bridge Of Spies - Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Mad Max: Fury Road - Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
The Martian - Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
The Revenant - Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson

- Special Visual Effects

Ant-Man - Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina - Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road - Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian - Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

- British Short Animation