Let’s face it. Some people can predict the BAFTAs, and some people can’t. I’m one of those who can’t. But hey, let’s give it a shot anyway There are some basic rules that apply to the BAFTA that may or may not prove true this year. They don’t traditionally “like” Sci Fi, but that doesn’t mean they won’t adore Avatar. Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the nominations.
Oscar ballots have not yet been turned in by all of the voting Academy. There are still some who are putting it off until the last minute. So it’s possible that a win here could translate into a surprise win at the Oscars. Nonethless, here we go.
My No Guts, No Glory here is that Avatar takes both Picture and Director. But let’s run down the predictions I will be sure to get wrong. Others will be adding their predictions in a bit.
BEST FILM
AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau – Pete Hammond
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer – Ryan Adams
THE HURT LOCKER Nominees TBC – Craig Kennedy, Sasha Stone
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby – Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold – Adams
IN THE LOOP Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
MOON Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
NOWHERE BOY Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
DIRECTOR
AVATAR James Cameron – Hammond
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow -Adams, Kennedy, Stone
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
UP Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby – Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche – Adams
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BROKEN EMBRACES Agust√≠n Almod√≥var, Pedro Almod√≥var – Kennedy
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson – Adams
A PROPHET Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard – PREDICTED WINNER – Stone
THE WHITE RIBBON Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke – Hammond
ANIMATED FILM
CORALINE Henry Selick
FANTASTIC MR FOX Wes Anderson – Adams
UP Pete Docter – Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
LEADING ACTOR
JEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air
COLIN FIRTH A Single Man – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker
ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
LEADING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN An Education – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones
GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia
AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated
CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles
ALFRED MOLINA An Education
STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy – Adams
VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air
ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air
MO‚ÄôNIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy
MUSIC
AVATAR James Horner
CRAZY HEART T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
FANTASTIC MR FOX Alexandre Desplat
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Chaz Jankel
UP Michael Giacchino – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone – WINNER
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR Mauro Fiore – Stone
DISTRICT 9 Trent Opaloch
THE HURT LOCKER Barry Ackroyd – winner
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Robert Richardson – Hammond, Kennedy
THE ROAD Javier Aguirresarobe – Adams
EDITING
AVATAR Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – Hammond
DISTRICT 9 Julian Clarke
THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – Adams, Kennedy, Stone
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Sally Menke
UP IN THE AIR Dana E. Glauberman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair – Hammond, Stone
DISTRICT 9 Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Nominees TBC – Adams
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco
COSTUME DESIGN
BRIGHT STAR Janet Patterson
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Catherine Leterrier – Adams, Stone
AN EDUCATION Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A SINGLE MAN Arianne Phillips
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy Powell – Hammond, Kennedy
SOUND
AVATAR Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague – Adams, Hammond, Stone
DISTRICT 9 Nominees TBC
THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer – Kennedy
STAR TREK Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
UP Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones – Adams, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HURT LOCKER Richard Stutsman
STAR TREK Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
MAKE UP & HAIR
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon
AN EDUCATION Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Sarah Monzani – Adams, Kennedy, Stone
NINE Peter ‘Swords’ King
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Jenny Shircore – Hammond, Kennedy
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON, ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON Directors, Producers –Mugabe and the White African
ERAN CREEVY Writer/Director – Shifty
STUART HAZELDINE Writer/Director – Exam
DUNCAN JONES Director ‚Äì Moon – Kennedy
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD Director ‚Äì Nowhere Boy – Adams, Hammond, Stone
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
JESSE EISENBERG
NICHOLAS HOULT
CAREY MULLIGAN – Hammond
TAHAR RAHIM – Adams
KRISTEN STEWART – Kennedy , Stone