The 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards

The BAFTA nominations were announced this week and, since I regard them more highly then the Golden Globes (in terms of really awarding achievement, as opposed to positioning for access), here’s the full list:

BEST FILM

• THE ARTIST - Thomas Langmann
• THE DESCENDANTS - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
• DRIVE - Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
• THE HELP - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
• SENNA - Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
• SHAME - Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• ATTACK THE BLOCK - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
• BLACK POND - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
• CORIOLANUS - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
• SUBMARINE - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
• TYRANNOSAUR - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)

DIRECTOR

• THE ARTIST - Michel Hazanavicius
• DRIVE - Nicolas Winding Refn
• HUGO - Martin Scorsese
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Tomas Alfredson
• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Lynne Ramsay

DOCUMENTARY

• GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - Martin Scorsese
• PROJECT NIM - James Marsh, Simon Chinn
• SENNA - Asif Kapadia

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• THE ARTIST - Michel Hazanavicius
• BRIDESMAIDS - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
• THE GUARD - John Michael McDonagh
• THE IRON LADY - Abi Morgan
• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - Woody Allen

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• THE DESCENDANTS - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
• THE HELP - Tate Taylor
• THE IDES OF MARCH - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
• MONEYBALL - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• INCENDIES - Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
• PINA - Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
• POTICHE - François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
• A SEPARATION - Asghar Farhadi
• THE SKIN I LIVE IN - Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar

ANIMATED FILM

• HE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN - Steven Spielberg
• ARTHUR CHRISTMAS - Sarah Smith
• RANGO - Gore Verbinski

LEADING ACTOR

• BRAD PITT - Moneyball
• GARY OLDMAN - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• GEORGE CLOONEY - The Descendants
• JEAN DUJARDIN - The Artist
• MICHAEL FASSBENDER - Shame

LEADING ACTRESS

• BÉRÉNICE 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

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - Beginners
• JIM BROADBENT - The Iron Lady
• JONAH HILL - Moneyball
• KENNETH BRANAGH - My Week with Marilyn
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - The Ides of March

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• CAREY MULLIGAN - Drive
• JESSICA CHASTAIN - The Help
• JUDI DENCH - My Week with Marilyn
• MELISSA MCCARTHY - Bridesmaids
• OCTAVIA SPENCER - The Help

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• THE ARTIST - Ludovic Bource
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• HUGO - Howard Shore
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Alberto Iglesias
• WAR HORSE - John Williams

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• THE ARTIST - Guillaume Schiffman
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Jeff Cronenweth
• HUGO - Robert Richardson
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Hoyte van Hoytema
• WAR HORSE - Janusz Kaminski

EDITING

• THE ARTIST - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
• DRIVE - Mat Newman
• HUGO - Thelma Schoonmaker
• SENNA - Gregers Sall, Chris King
• TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY - Dino Jonsater

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• THE ARTIST - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
• HUGO - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
• WAR HORSE - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

COSTUME DESIGN

• THE ARTIST - Mark Bridges
• HUGO - Sandy Powell
• JANE EYRE - Michael O'Connor
• MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Jill Taylor
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Jacqueline Durran

SOUND

• THE ARTIST - Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
• HUGO - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
• WAR HORSE - Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN - Joe Letteri
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
• HUGO - Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
• RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
• WAR HORSE - Ben Morris, Neil Corbould

MAKE UP & HAIR

• THE ARTIST - Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
• HUGO - Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
• THE IRON LADY - Marese Langan
• MY WEEK WITH MARILYN - Jenny Shircore

SHORT ANIMATION

• ABUELAS - Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
• BOBBY YEAH - Robert Morgan
• A MORNING STROLL - Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

SHORT FILM

• CHALK - Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
• MWANSA THE GREAT - Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
• ONLY SOUND REMAINS - Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
• PITCH BLACK HEIST - John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn
• TWO AND TWO - Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD

• ADAM DEACON
• CHRIS HEMSWORTH
• TOM HIDDLESTON
• CHRIS O’DOWD
• EDDIE REDMAYNE

The awards will be presented on Sunday February 12 at London's Royal Opera House.  I watched the ceremony last year and liked it, so maybe I’ll do the same this year.

Here’s the official site.