BAFTA Nominees Named

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 13:57

Written by Editor

Last weekend we saw the Golden Globes and now we have the nominees for the BAFTA awards. The silent movie “The Artist” has 12 nominations, including best film and best director. The two main stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, are also in the running for best actor and actress. British Cold War-era spy movie “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is not far behind with 11 nominations.

Meryl Streep is nominated for best actress in “The Iron Lady”, with George Clooney in “The Descendants” among best actor hopefuls. Clooney and Dujardin are up against Brad Pitt for “Moneyball”, Gary Oldman for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and Michael Fassbender for “Shame”.

Reacting to “The Artist's” brace of nominations, Dujardin said: "It makes me so happy that so many people are embracing this movie, a black and white silent film, and that it is becoming so universally celebrated.”

Martin Scorsese's “Hugo” has nine nominations – Scorsese gains a nod for best director, while his other recent film, “George Harrison: Living in the Material World”, is up for best documentary.

Five films will battle it out to be named outstanding British film at the awards ceremony on February 12th V “My Week With Marilyn”, “Senna”, “Shame”, “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy”.