My 2015 BAFTA Predictions

The more one becomes ingrained within the cinematic medium, the less I find myself caring about the Awards Season. After all, as the likes of the Empire & Kermode Awards have proved, there’s always a large crop of films that go unrecognized by the various filmic academies every year.

Indeed, one could probably wax lyrical for hours about the shameful snubbings and nondescript nominations that are at the heart of this year’s awards extravaganza. But in all honesty, I would only be reiterating what has already been written far more cohesively by the likes of Robbie Collin & Peter Bradshaw.

  

Even if I ultimately have little concern for their outcome, the likes of the BAFTAs & Oscars remain a highly significant event within the film industry’s calendar. And, as a budding critic of the art form, I’m a firm believer that any celebration of filmmaking is one worth embracing. Therefore, I shall be joining the plethora of other film lovers tonight in raising a glass to this year’s nominees, and a special toast to those not even nominated. 

Here are my predictions of the main BAFTA categories. The ones I think WILL win are highlighted in bold and the ones I think SHOULD win are underlined. Feel free to laugh to laugh at me if I get them wrong, and please bow to my brilliance if I’m right.

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

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
Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night

 

Best Documentary
20 Feet From Stardom
20,000 Days On Earth
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga

Best Animated Film
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

The EE Rising Star Award
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O'Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley