La La Land leads BAFTA race – ‘Arrival’, ‘Nocturnal Animals’ have 9 nods each

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LONDON, Jan 10, (Agencies): The perky, pastel-hued jazz musical “La La Land” quick-stepped into an awards-season lead Tuesday, gaining 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, the UK equivalent of the Oscars.

The sweet-tempered Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone romance is up for best picture, director, actor and actress at the British awards, which are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood’s prize-giving next month.

The nominations add to the musical’s momentum after it won seven prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Philosophical sci-fi yarn “Arrival” and psychological thriller “Nocturnal Animals” have nine nominations each for the UK prizes, known as BAFTAs.

Best-picture nominees are “La La Land”, “Arrival” welfare-state drama “I, Daniel Blake” Miami coming-of-age story “Moonlight”, and soul-baring domestic drama “Manchester by the Sea.”

Best-actor nominees are Andrew Garfield for “Hacksaw Ridge”, Casey Affleck for “Manchester by the Sea” Jake Gyllenhaal for “Nocturnal Animals” Gosling for “La La Land” and Viggo Mortensen for “Captain Fantastic.”

Best-actress contenders are Amy Adams for “Arrival”; Emily Blunt for “The Girl on the Train”, Stone for “La La Land” Meryl Streep for “Florence Foster Jenkins” and Natalie Portman for “Jackie.”

Winners of the British trophies will be announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Feb 12, two weeks before the Oscars.

The BAFTAs differ from their US counterpart in having a separate category for best British film. Nominees are “I, Daniel Blake”, raucous road trip “American Honey” courtroom drama “Denial”; wizarding adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”; documentary “Notes on Blindness” and Iran-set horror film “Under the Shadow.”

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “Lion” and “I, Daniel Blake” took five nominations each. “Moonlight” and “Florence Foster Jenkins” were nominated four times.

In major categories, it was “La La Land” and “Manchester by the Sea” that were ahead, with “Arrival”, “Nocturnal Animals”, “Moonlight” and “I, Daniel Blake” close behind.

Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” and Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” both came away empty-handed.

The nominations were announced by “Game of Thrones” actress Sophie Turner and “Preacher” star Dominic Cooper. The awards ceremony, hosted by Stephen Fry, will take place Feb 12 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

2016 nominations (awards presented in February 2017)

Best Film

“Arrival” – Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder; “I, Daniel Blake” – Rebecca O’Brien; “La La Land” – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt; “Manchester by the Sea” – Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh; “Moonlight” – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski.

Director

“Arrival” – Denis Villeneuve; “I, Daniel Blake” – Ken Loach; “La La Land” – Damien Chazelle; “Manchester by the Sea” – Kenneth Lonergan; “Nocturnal Animals” – Tom Ford.

Original Screenplay

“Hell or High Water” – Taylor Sheridan; “I, Daniel Blake” – Paul Laverty; “La La Land” – Damien Chazelle; “Manchester by the Sea” – Kenneth Lonergan; “Moonlight” – Barry Jenkins.

Adapted Screenplay

“Arrival” – Eric Heisserer; “Hacksaw Ridge” – Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight; “Hidden Figures” – Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder; “Lion” – Luke Davies; “Nocturnal Animals” – Tom Ford.

Leading Actor

Andrew Garfield – “Hacksaw Ridge”; Casey Affleck – “Manchester by the Sea”; Jake Gyllenhaal – “Nocturnal Animals”; Ryan Gosling – “La La Land”; Viggo Mortensen – “Captain Fantastic”.

Leading Actress

Amy Adams – “Arrival”; Emily Blunt – “The Girl on the Train”; Emma Stone – “La La Land”; Meryl Streep – “Florence Foster Jenkins”; Natalie Portman – “Jackie”.

Supporting Actor

Aaron Taylor-Johnson – “Nocturnal Animals”; Dev Patel – “Lion”; Hugh Grant – “Florence Foster Jenkins”; Jeff Bridges – “Hell or High Water”; Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight”.

Supporting Actress

Hayley Squires – “I, Daniel Blake”; Michelle Williams – “Manchester by the Sea”; Naomie Harris – “Moonlight”; Nicole Kidman – “Lion”; Viola Davis – “Fences”.

Film Not in the English Language

“Dheepan” – Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux; “Julieta” – Pedro Almodovar; “Mustang” – Deniz Gamze Erguven, Charles Gillibert; “Son Of Saul” – Laszlo Nemes, Gabor Sipos; “Toni Erdmann” – Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski.

Documentary

“13th” – Ava Duvernay; “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years” – Ron Howard; “The Eagle Huntress” – Otto Bell, Stacey Reiss; “Notes on Blindness” – Peter Middleton, James Spinney; “Weiner” – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg.

Animated Film

“Finding Dory” – Andrew Stanton; “Kubo and the Two Strings” – Travis Knight; “Moana” – Ron Clements, John Musker; “Zootopia” – Byron Howard, Rich Moore.

Original Music

“Arrival” – Johann Johannsson; “Jackie” – Mica Levi; “La La Land” – Justin Hurwitz; “Lion” – Dustin O’halloran, Hauschka; “Nocturnal Animals” – Abel Korzeniowski.

Cinematography

“Arrival” – Bradford Young; “Hell or High Water” – Giles Nuttgens; “La La Land” – Linus Sandgren; “Lion” – Greig Fraser; “Nocturnal Animals” – Seamus Mcgarvey.

Editing

“Arrival” – Joe Walker; “Hacksaw Ridge” – John Gilbert; “La La Land” – Tom Cross; “Manchester by the Sea” – Jennifer Lame; “Nocturnal Animals” – Joan Sobel.

Production Design

“Doctor Strange” – John Bush, Charles Wood; “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock; “Hail, Caesar!” – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh; “La La Land” – Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco; “Nocturnal Animals” – Shane Valentino, Meg Everist.

Costume Design

“Allied” – Joanna Johnston; “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – Colleen Atwood; “Florence Foster Jenkins” – Consolata Boyle; “Jackie” – Madeline Fontaine; “La La Land” – Mary Zophres.

Makeup & Hair

“Doctor Strange” – Jeremy Woodhead; “Florence Foster Jenkins” – J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips; “Hacksaw Ridge” – Shane Thomas; “Nocturnal Animals” – Donald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng; “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” – Nominees TBC.

Sound

“Arrival” – Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare; “Deepwater Horizon” – Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman; “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp; “Hacksaw Ridge” – Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright; “La La Land” – Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson.

Special Visual Effects

“Arrival” – Louis Morin; “Doctor Strange” – Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner; “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins; “The Jungle Book” – Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez; “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” – Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner.

Outstanding British Film

“American Honey” – Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy “Denial” – Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – David Yates, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram “I, Daniel Blake” – Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty “Notes on Blindness” – Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison “Under the Shadow” – Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

“The Girl With All the Gifts” – Mike Carey (Writer), Camille Gatin (Producer) “The Hard Stop” – George Amponsah (Writer/Director/Producer), Dionne Walker (Writer/Producer) “Notes on Blindness” – Peter Middleton (Writer/Director/Producer), James Spinney (Writer/Director), Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer) “The Pass” – John Donnelly (Writer), Ben A. Williams (Director) “Under the Shadow” – Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers)

British Short Animation

“The Alan Dimension” – Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh “A Love Story” – Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King “Tough” – Jennifer Zheng

British Short Film

“Consumed” – Richard John Seymour “Home” – Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell “Mouth of Hell” – Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson “The Party” – Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor Macneill”Standby” – Charlotte Regan, Jack Hannon

EE Rising Star Award (Voted For by the Public)

Anya Taylor-Joy Laia Costa Lucas Hedges Ruth Negga Tom Holland

 

 

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