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BAFTA Awards 2015 Nominations: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Reese Witherspoon Receive Nods

Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon
See the complete list of 2015 BAFTA Award nominees announced Friday, Jan. 9, including The Grand Budapest Hotel, Reese Witherspoon, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more.

Across the pond for the BAFTAs! The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominees for its 68th annual awards on Friday, Jan. 9, giving nods to stars like Michael Keaton, Reese Witherspoon, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Leading the pack with 11 nominations is Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which received nods in categories including Best Film, Director, and Original Screenplay. Birdman and The Theory of Everything trail Grand Budapest with 10 nods each, followed by The Imitation Game with nine nominations. This marks the first-ever best actor feature film nomination for British hunk Cumberbatch, who starred in Imitation Game as Alan Turing.

It’s worth noting that the BAFTAs often serve as a good indicator of potential Oscar winners. In the last five years, each best film winner has gone on to nab the Academy Award in the same category.

Stephen Fry will host the 2015 BAFTAs, which will be held Sunday, Feb. 8, in London.

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BEST FILM

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

’71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

ANIMATED FILM

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

DIRECTOR

Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Ellar Coltrane and Ethan Hawke in "Boyhood"
Ellar Coltrane and Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Birdman, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

American Sniper, Jason Hall
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
Paddington, Paul King
The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten

LEADING ACTOR

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

LEADING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

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SUPPORTING ACTOR

Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Michael Keaton and Edward Norton in "Birdman"
Michael Keaton and Edward Norton in “Birdman”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emma Stone, Birdman
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

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ORIGINAL MUSIC

Birdman, Antonio Sanchez
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything, Johann Johannsson
Under the Skin, Mica Levi

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Ida Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
Interstellar, Hoyte van Hoytema
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope

EDITING

Birdman, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
Nightcrawler, John Gilroy
The Theory of Everything, Jinx Godfrey
Whiplash, Tom Cross

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH ACTOR, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Elaine Constantine, Northern Soul
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange, ’71
Hong Khaou, Lilting
Paul Katis, Andrew de Lotbiniere, Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone, Pride

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night

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DOCUMENTARY

20 Feet From Stardom
20,000 Days on Earth
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Big Eyes, Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
Interstellar, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Mr. Turner, Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

COSTUME DESIGN

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game, Sammy Sheldon Differ
Into the Woods, Colleen Atwood
Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran
The Theory of Everything, Steven Noble

Ralph Fiennes in "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Ralph Fiennes in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

MAKE-UP AND HAIR

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Hannon
Guardians of the Galaxy, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Into the Woods, Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Mr. Turner, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
The Theory of Everything, Jan Sewell

SOUND

American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of the Future Past

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BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

The Bigger Picture
Monkey Love Experiments
My Dad

BRITISH SHORT FILM

Boogaloo and Graham
Emotional Fusebox
The Karman Line
Slap
Three Brothers

EE RISING STAR AWARD (determined from public votes)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley

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