BAFTA Nominations Announced

Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Changeling scoop noms.

by RT Staff | January 15, 2009

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have officially released their list of film nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, otherwise known as the BAFTA Awards, which will take place on Sunday, February 8th. Many familiar and expected names and titles are present, including several who have already garnered Golden Globe and Critics Choice honors. Read below to see the full list of nominations.

Best Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

71%

Frost/Nixon

91%

Milk

93%

The Reader

60%

Slumdog
Millionaire

94%

Outstanding British Film

Hunger

89%

In Bruges

81%

Mamma Mia!

91%

Man on Wire

100%

Slumdog
Millionaire

94%

The Carl Foreman Award

Simon Chinn

(Producer)

Man on Wire

100%

Judy Craymer

(Producer)

Mamma Mia!

91%

Garth Jennings

(Writer)

Son of Rambow

74%

Steve McQueen

(Writer/Director)

Hunger

89%

Solon Papadopoulos
Roy Boulter
(Producers)

Of Time and the City

89%

Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Burn After Reading (77%)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)
Changeling (60%)	Frost/Nixon (91%)
I’ve Loved You So Long (91%)	The Reader (60%)
In Bruges (81%)	Revolutionary Road (70%)
Milk (93%)	Slumdog Millionaire (94%)

Film Not in the English Language	Animated Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex from Germany (82%)	Persepolis (96%)
Gomorrah (92%)	WALL-E (96%)
I’ve Loved You So Long (91%)	Waltz With Bashir (96%)
Persepolis (96%)
Waltz With Bashir (96%)

Music	Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)	Changeling (60%)
The Dark Knight (94%)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)
Mamma Mia! (53%)	The Dark Knight (94%)
Slumdog Millionaire (94%)	The Reader (60%)
WALL-E (96%)	Slumdog Millionaire (94%)

Editing	Production Design
Changeling (60%)	Changeling (60%)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)
The Dark Knight (94%)	The Dark Knight (94%)
Frost/Nixon (91%)	Revolutionary Road (70%)
In Bruges (81%)	Slumdog Millionaire (94%)
Slumdog Millionaire (94%)

Costume Design	Sound
Changeling (60%)	Changeling (60%)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)	The Dark Knight (94%)
The Dark Knight (94%)	Quantum of Solace (65%)
The Duchess (60%)	Slumdog Millionaire (94%)
Revolutionary Road (70%)	WALL-E (96%)


Special Visual Effects	Make-Up and Hair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (71%)
The Dark Knight (94%)	The Dark Knight (94%)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (77%)	The Duchess (60%)
Iron Man (93%)	Frost/Nixon (91%)
Quantum of Solace (65%)	Milk (93%)

Short Animation	Short Film
Codswallop	Kingsland #1 The Dreamer
Varmints	Love You More
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death	Ralph
	September
	Voyage d’Affaires

Orange Rising Star Award	Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Michael Cera	Pinewood/Shepperton Studios
Noel Clarke
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell

Academy Fellowship
Terry Gilliam