BAFTA Film Awards 2009 Nominees Announced

Leslie Cheung almost 16 years ago

The nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced on Thursday (January 15). Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button have both received 11 nominations. The BAFTA Awards will take place on Sunday February 8, 2009 at the Royal Opera House in London.

Here is the list in full:

Best Film

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding British Film

• Hunger
• In Bruges
• Mamma Mia!
• Man On Wire
• Slumdog Millionaire

The Carl Foreman Award
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film.

• Simon Chinn [Producer] -Man On Wire
• Judy Craymer [Producer] -Mamma Mia!
• Garth Jennings [Writer] - Son Of Rambow
• Steve McQueen [Director/Writer] -Hunger
• Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter [Producers] - Of Time And The City

Director

• Clint Eastwood - Changeling
• David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
• Stephen Daldry - The Reader
• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay

• Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Burn After Reading
• J. Michael Straczynski - Changeling
• Philippe Claudel - I've Loved You So Long
• Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
• Dustin Lance Black - Milk

Adapted Screenplay

• Eric Roth - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
• David Hare - The Reader
• Justin Haythe - Revolutionary Road
• Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Film Not In The English Language

• The Baader Meinhof Complex
• Gomorrah
• I've Loved You So Long
• Persepolis
• Waltz With Bashir

Animated Film

• Persepolis
• WALL·E
• Waltz With Bashir

Leading Actor

• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Sean Penn - Milk
• Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Leading Actress

• Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
• Meryl Streep - Doubt
• Kate Winslet - The Reader
• Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor

• Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading

Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams - Doubt
• Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
• Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Music

• Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
• Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus - Mamma Mia!
• A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
• Thomas Newman - WALL·E

Cinematography

• Tom Stern - Changeling
• Claudio Miranda - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
• Chris Menges, Roger Deakins - The Reader
• Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

Editing

• Changeling
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• In Bruges
• Slumdog Millionaire

Production Design

• Changeling
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design

• Changeling
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Duchess
• Revolutionary Road

Sound

• Changeling
• The Dark Knight
• Quantum Of Solace
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL·E

Special Visual Effects

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
• Iron Man
• Quantum Of Solace

Make Up & Hair

• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Duchess
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk

Short Animation

• Codswallop
• Varmints
• Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death

Short Film

• Kingsland #1 The Dreamer
• Love You More
• Ralph
• September
• Voyage D'Affaires (The Business Trip)

The Orange Rising Star Award

• Michael Cera
• Noel Clarke
• Michael Fassbender
• Rebecca Hall
• Toby Kebbell