Announced on Facebook at the bright and early hour of 7.35 am, the nominations for the 2015 BAFTA awards have finally arrived, giving the world a tiny insight into who might win an Oscar this year, and a much bigger one into who will win a BAFTA.
The leader of the pack? Well, it's all to play for, but **The Grand Budapest Hotel **has done well (with 11 nominations), as has The Theory Of Everything and Birdman (each with ten). Encouragingly, **Pride **and **Nightcrawler **have also garnered attention, with four and three nominations respectively. Odd to note that Timothy Spall's take on Turner was ignored - as was Mr. Turner itself, in the Best British Film category - while Steve Carell is a supporting actor in Foxcatcher.
Unveiled to the world on that social media thingummy called Facebook, Hunger Gameser Sam Claflin joined forces with the chief shiny metal face distributor himself, Stephen Fry, to open some envelopes and spread the word. Here is that word.
Best Film
**Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory Of Everything**
Outstanding British Film
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'71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory Of Everything
Under The Skin**
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Elaine Constantine (Writer/Director) Northern Soul
Gregory Burke (Writer), Yann Demange (Director)** ’71**
Hong Khaou (Writer/Director) Lilting
Paul Katis (Director/Producer), Andrew de Lotbiniere (Producer) Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford (Writer), David Livingstone (Producer)** Pride**
Best Film Not In The English Language
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Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night **
Best Documentary
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20 Feet From Stardom
20,000 Days On Earth
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga**
Best Animated Film
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Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie**
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu,** Birdman **
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory Of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
**Birdman **- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson
**Nightcrawler **- Dan Gilroy
**Whiplash **- Damien Chazelle
Best Adapted Screenplay
**American Sniper **- Jason Hall
**Gone Girl **- Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game - Graham Moore
**Paddington **- Paul King
**The Theory Of Everything **- Anthony McCarten
Best 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
Best Leading Actress
Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton - Birdman
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress
Emma Stone - Birdman
Imelda Staunton - Pride
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Rene Russo -** Nightcrawler**
Best Original Music
**Birdman **- Antonio Sanchez
**The Grand Budapest Hotel **- Alexandre Desplat
**Interstellar **- Hans Zimmer
The Theory Of Everything - Jóhann Jóhannsson
**Under The Skin **- Mica Levi
Best Cinematography
**Birdman **- Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman
**Ida **- Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
**Interstellar **- Hoyte van Hoytema
**Mr. Turner **- Dick Pope
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best Sound
**American Sniper **- Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
**Birdman **- Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño
**The Grand Budapest Hotel **- Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
The Imitation Game - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
Whiplash - Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
Best Special Visual Effects
**Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes **- Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
**Guardians Of The Galaxy **- Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
**The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies **- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
**Interstellar **- Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
**X-Men: Days Of Future Past **- Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Best British Short Animation
**The Bigger Picture **- Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
**Monkey Love Experiments **- Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
**My Dad **- Marcus Armitage
Best British Short Film
**Boogaloo And Graham **- Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
**Emotional Fusebox **- Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
**The Karman Line **- Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
**Slap **- Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
**Three Brothers **- Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow
The EE Rising Star Award
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O'Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
The BAFTA Awards will take place on February 8 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.