:: Spotlight :: 2008 BAFTA AwardsBy: Carmine PascuzziThe 2008 Orange British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards take place on Sunday, February 10 at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. They will be hosted by Jonathan Ross for the second year running. The major highlight of the nominations announcement is that Atonement has received 14 nominations. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood have each received 9 nominations and La Vie en Rose has received 7. The Bourne Ultimatum has 6 nominations, with American Gangster, The Lives of Others and Michael Clayton receiving 5 nominations each. Atonement has been nominated in the categories Best Film, Best British Film, Director for Joe Wright, Adapted Screenplay, Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Keira Knightley and James McAvoy have been nominated for Leading Actress and Leading Actor, with Saoirse Ronan receiving a Supporting Actress nomination. No Country for Old Men has received three performance nominations: Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones have both been nominated for Supporting Actor, with Kelly Macdonald nominated for Supporting Actress. The film’s other nominations are for Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Sound, with the Coen brothers receiving a Director nomination. Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for Leading Actor for his performance in There Will Be Blood, with a Supporting Actor nomination going to Paul Dano. The film also received nominations for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Music, Cinematography, Production Design and Sound. La Vie en Rose has been nominated for Film Not in the English Language, Music, Production Design, Sound, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Marion Cotillard has been nominated for Leading Actress for her portrayal of Edith Piaf. Paul Greengrass has been nominated for Director for The Bourne Ultimatum, which has also been nominated for Best British Film, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Special Visual Effects. American Gangster has been nominated for Best Film, Original Screenplay, Music, Cinematography and Editing. George Clooney has received a nomination for Leading Actor for his portrayal of the title role in Michael Clayton, which was also nominated for Original Screenplay and Editing. Tom Wilkinson has received a Supporting Actor nomination and Tilda Swinton has been nominated for Supporting Actress for this film. The Lives of Others has been nominated for Best Film and Film Not in the English Language, as well as receiving nominations for Director, Original Screenplay and Leading Actor for Ulrich Mühe. Other nominees for the Film Not in the English Language award are The Kite Runner (also nominated for Adapted Screenplay and Music), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (also nominated for Adapted Screenplay) and Lust, Caution (also nominated for Costume Design). Cate Blanchett has received nominations for both Supporting and Leading roles in I’m Not There and Elizabeth: The Golden Age respectively. Elizabeth: The Golden Age also received nominations for Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. The remaining Leading Actress nominations go to Julie Christie for Away From Her and Ellen Page for Juno. Juno also received a nomination for Original Screenplay. Viggo Mortensen has been nominated for Leading Actor for Eastern Promises, which has also been nominated as Best British Film. Philip Seymour Hoffman has received a Supporting Actor nomination for Charlie Wilson’s War. Control has been nominated for Best British Film, with Samantha Morton nominated for Supporting Actress and writer Matt Greenhalgh has been nominated for The Carl Foreman Award. The other nominees for The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film are Chris Atkins (Taking Liberties), Mia Bays (Scott Walker: 30 Century Man), Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and Andrew Piddington (The Killing of John Lennon). This is England has been nominated for Best British Film and Original Screenplay. Joining The Bourne Ultimatum in the Special Visual Effects category are The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spider-Man 3 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which has also been nominated for Production Design. Make Up & Hair nominations have gone to Hairspray and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which has also been nominated for Costume Design. The nominees for the Animated Film award are Ratatouille, Shrek the Third and The Simpsons Movie. The nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award, announced earlier this month, are Shia LaBeouf, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Sam Riley and Tang Wei. This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to a young actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition. NOMINATIONS BEST FILM BEST BRITISH FILM THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film DIRECTOR ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ADAPTED SCREENPLAY FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANIMATED FILM LEADING ACTOR LEADING ACTRESS SUPPORTING ACTOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS MUSIC CINEMATOGRAPHY EDITING PRODUCTION DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN SOUND SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS MAKE UP & HAIR SHORT ANIMATION SHORT FILM THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) **************************************************** **Initial guest list announced** The Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, February 10 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Hosted by Jonathan Ross for the second year running and broadcast on BBC ONE at 9.00pm that evening, nominees confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order): Paul Thomas Anderson, Javier Bardem, Joel Coen, Anton Corbijn, Marion Cotillard, Paul Dano, Daniel Day-Lewis, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Paul Greengrass, Keira Knightley, Kelly Macdonald, James McAvoy, Shane Meadows, Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Morton, Ridley Scott, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson and Joe Wright. Orange Rising Star Award nominees Sam Riley, Sienna Miller and Tang Wei, and last year’s winner Eva Green, are also expected at the event. Joining the nominees on the night, a selection of guests currently confirmed to present awards are: Jessica Biel, Orlando Bloom, Kate Hudson, Sir Ian McKellen and Kevin Spacey. ********************************************************** **Myleene Klass - special guest presenter for Orange** Gorgeous British singer-presenter Myleene Klass has signed up with Orange for a second year to present an exclusive celebrity red carpet programme from the Orange British Academy Film Awards. Broadcast live from outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Myleene will take to the famous red carpet for a one-hour special, interviewing the stars hoping for BAFTA glory. The Orange British Academy Film Awards is the most star-studded event in the British film calendar and fans of film, fashion and celebrity will be able to watch all the red carpet action here from 4.30pm on Sunday, February 10. ********************************************************** **List of Winners** The Orange British Academy Film awards took place at London's Royal Opera House. Best Film Best British Film The Carl Foreman Award (for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film) Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Not in the English Language Best Animated Film Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Music Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Best Special Visual Effects Best Make-Up & Hair Best Short Animation Best Short Film The Orange Rising Star Award ********************************************************* **Pictures from the Red Carpet**
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