But Bafta voters have a chance to right this monumental wrong, by voting it in the outstanding
British film category.
He is also pleased with the Academy members» strong backing for another British pic distributed by the studio, «The Danish Girl,» including in
the British film category, where Clark expects the film to be a strong contender.
They've also instituted a diversity mandate which only impacts
the British film categories, and not the major categories like Best Picture (although wouldn't that be great if they did?).
Not exact matches
Another crop of highly rated
British films were to be found in the outstanding
British debut
category, including Ralph Fiennes's Coriolanus, Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur and Richard Ayoade's Submarine.
It's particularly special to have broken into the best
British category; it's such a strong year, and so many great
films didn't make it.»
Hit
film Brooklyn which was set in Enniscorthy has been nominated in five different
categories in the Moet
British Independent
Film Awards.
«Moonlight,» which was once thought to be the strongest rival to «La La Land» at the Oscars, was shut out completely at BAFTA, losing in its two strongest
categories to the
British film «Lion.»
Other awards included writer Stephen Beresford and producer David Livingstone winning in the outstanding
British debut
category for Pride; Interstellar won best special visual effects; Ida won best
film not in the English language; and Jack O'Connell won the EE rising star award.
Meanwhile, a very different
British talent, in a far lesser
film, merits discussion in the Best Supporting Actor
category.
Nominations in the main
categories for the
British Academy
Film Awards, announced Tuesday: Best
film: «The Shape of Water»; «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri»; «Darkest Hour»; «Dunkirk»; «Call Me By Your Name» Outstanding
British film: «Darkest...
Except for the international
category, the award is given to independently funded
British films.
In the best picture, comedy or musical
category, Birdman was joined by St Vincent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods and — in a surprise — the independent
British film Pride.
It's also interesting to point out that a
film has not won both the Best
Film and Outstanding
British Film categories since «The King's Speech,» and before that, not since «A Man for All Seasons,» both of which went on to do very well at the Oscars.
That said, given that Gravity is defined as a
British film and therefore gets a shot at the additional
category of Best
British film, it's essentially a three - way tie between the
films for head of the pack.
Dame Judi Dench has been nominated in the Best Actress
category ahead of this year's Academy Awards for her lead role in the
British film Philomena,...
Every year, American and
British films dominate the Oscars, claiming nearly every nomination in every
category.
The
British academy embraced Christopher Nolan's visually dazzling war picture with nominations for best
film and best director, among other
categories.
The BAFTAs differ from their U.S. counterpart in having a separate
category for best
British film.
«I'm also thrilled that a London movie such as TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and the magnetism of its central performance by London icon Gary Oldman has been rightfully recognised with so many nominations across different
categories, a reminder of its all - round qualities as a
British and international
film.
This comes after the London Critics» Circle organisers forced to amend
film nomination
categories in December after backlash on social media when Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan and Michael Fassbender named as «
British» stars at London
film awards.
The Danny Boyle - directed
film was nominated under 11
categories and won seven, including the Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy and Best Sound Editing for Indian sound technician Resul Pookutty at the
British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
The
British actress's rivals in the prestigious
category included Cate Blanchett for the Bob Dylan
film I'm Not There, and 13 - year - old Irish star Saoirse Ronan for Atonement.
That, perhaps, explains the increasing convergence of the
British and American Academy awards, with the same actors and
films dominating the major
categories.
Opening the night was the (perhaps misleadingly titled) Outstanding
British Film
category which eschewed recognition of daring and original
films such as Berberian Sound Studio and Sightseers in favour of Anna Karenina and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, along with this year's winner - the 23rd entry in the Bond franchise - Skyfall.
Scarlett Johansson's dark movie Under The Skin was beaten in the
film category by
British gay rights story Pride, and awards season favourite Sam Smith lost the Pop
category to FKA Twigs for her album LP1.
The winners in each of the four
categories will then be invited to shoot their
films professionally at YouTube's Creator Space and the
British Film Institute in London.