The Aviator has emerged as the front-runnerin the nominations for the forthcoming Orange British Academy Film Awards.
The Martin Scorsese directed film, which won the best dramaprize at last night's Golden Globes, received 14 BAFTA nominations, ahead of FindingNeverland and Vera Drake which both received 11 nominations each.
Foreign language films also performed strongly: House ofFlying Daggers received nine while The Motorcycle Diaries collectedseven nominations.
Kate Winslet makes two appearances in the best actressnominations for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and FindingNeverland. However, Golden Globe winners Hilary Swank and Annette Beningfailed to be recognised in the best actress category.
Jamie Foxx also has two nominations: best actor for Rayand best supporting actor for Collateral.
Mostof the films that received large numbers of nominations were sent out asscreener DVDs to BAFTA members, including Aviator, Finding Neverland andVera Drake. However, high profile films considered awards contendersthat were not sent out as screeners performed poorly: Sideways, forexample, received just one nomination in the screenplay category, while theacclaimed Million Dollar Baby failed to score a single nomination.
The Aviator's nominations include best film,the David Lean award for achievement in direction, original screenplay and bestactor for Leonardo DiCaprio.
Other strong performing films include Eternal Sunshine OfThe Spotless Mind and Collateral which both picked up sixnominations. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban has fournominations, as does biopic Ray
Five films have been shortlisted for The AlexanderKorda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year: Dead Man's Shoes, HarryPotter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, My Summer Of Love, Shaun Of The Dead andVera Drake.
The shortlist for the Orange Film of the Year, made up ofthe top 10 UK box office hits of 2004, is Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,The Day After Tomorrow, Shrek 2,Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Spider-Man2, Troy, Shark Tale, I, Robot, Scooby Doo 2 and The Incredibles.
The Awards will be hosted for the fifth time by StephenFry and will take place on Saturday February 12 at the Odeon, LeicesterSquare. They will produced by Initial (part of Endemol UK) and broadcaston BBC ONE.
Full list of BAFTA nominations
Best Film
The Aviator - Michael Mann / Sandy Climan /Graham King / Charles Evans Jr
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Steve Golin / AnthonyBregman
Finding Neverland - Richard N Gladstein / Nellie Bellflower
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta) - MichaelNozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff
Vera Drake - Simon Channing Williams / Alain Sarde
The Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year
Dead Man's Shoes - Mark Herbert / Shane Meadows
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - DavidHeyman / Chris Columbus / Mark Radcliffe / Alfonso Cuaron
My Summer Of Love - Tanya Seghatchian / Christopher Collins / PawelPawlikowski
Shaun Of The Dead - Nira Park / Edgar Wright
Vera Drake - Simon Channing Williams / Alain Sarde / Mike Leigh
The Carl Foreman Award ForSpecial Achievement By A British Director/Producer or Writer in their firstfeature film
Amma Asante - Director/Writer (for A Way Of Life)
Andrea Gibb - Writer (for Afterlife)
Matthew Vaughn - Director (for Layer Cake)
Nira Park - Producer (for Shaun Of The Dead)
Shona Auerbach - Director (for Dear Frankie)
The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction
The Aviator - Martin Scorsese
Collateral - Michael Mann
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
Finding Neverland - Marc Forster
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh
Original Screenplay
The Aviator - John Logan
Collateral - Stuart Beattie
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman
Ray - James L White
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh
Adapted Screenplay
The Chorus (Les Choristes) - Christophe Barratier /Philippe Lopes-Curval
Closer - Patrick Marber
Finding Neverland - David Magee
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta) - JoseRivera
Sideways - Alexander Payne / Jim Taylor
Film Not In The English Language
The Chorus - Arthur Cohn / Nicolas Mauvernay/ Jacques Perrin / Christophe Barratier
The Motorcycle Diaries - Michael Nozik / EdgardTenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter Salles
A Very Long Engagement - Francis Boespflug / Jean-PierreJeunet
Bad Education - Agustin Almodovar / Pedro Almodovar
House Of Flying Daggers - Bill Kong / Zhang Yimou
Actor In A Leading Role
Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta)
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Aviator
Actress In A Leading Role
Charlize Theron - Monster
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Clive Owen - Closer
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Phil Davis - Vera Drake
Rodrigo De La Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta)
Actress In A Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Heather Craney - Vera Drake
Julie Christie - Finding Neverland
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
Natalie Portman - Closer
The Anthony Asquith Award For Achievement In Film Music
The Aviator - Howard Shore
The Chorus (Les Choristes) - Bruno Coulais
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta) -Gustavo Santaolalla
Finding Neverland - Jan A P Kaczmarek
Ray - Craig Armstrong
Cinematography
The Aviator - Robert Richardson
Collateral - Dion Beebe / Paul Cameron
Finding Neverland - Roberto Schaefer
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) - ZhaoXiaoding
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios De Motocicleta) - EricGautier
Editing
The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
Collateral - Jim Miller / Paul Rubell
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Valdis Oskarsdottir
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) - ChengLong
Vera Drake - Jim Clarke
Production Design
The Aviator - Dante Ferretti
Finding Neverland - Gemma Jackson
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - StuartCraig
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) - HuoTingxiao
Vera Drake - Eve Stewart
Costume Design
The Aviator - Sandy Powell
Finding Neverland - Alexandra Byrne
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) - EmiWada
The Merchant Of Venice - Sammy Sheldon
Vera Drake - Jacqueline Durran
Sound
The Aviator
Collateral
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
Ray
Spider-Man 2
Achievement In Special Visual Effects
The Aviator
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
Spider-Man 2
Make Up & Hair
The Aviator - Morag Ross / Kathryn Blondell
Finding Neverland - Christine Blundell
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - AmandaKnight / Eithne Fennell / Nick Dudman
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) - KwanLee-Na / Yang Xiaohai / Chau Siu-Mui
Vera Drake - Christine Blundell
Short Animation Film
Birthday Boy - Andrew Gregory / Sejong Park
City Paradise - Erika Forzy / Gaëlle Denis
Heavy Pockets - Jane Robertson / Sarah Cox
His Passionate Bride - Sylvie Bringas / Monika Forsberg
Little Things - Daniel Greaves
Short Film
The Banker - Kelly Broad / Hattie Dalton
Can't Stop Breathing - Ravinder Basra / Amy Neil
Elephant Boy - Rene Mohandas / Durdana Shaikh
Knitting A Love Song - Debbie Ballin / Annie Watson
Six Shooter - Mia Bays / Kenton Allen / Martin McDonagh
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