The BAFTAs 2015

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Sunday the 8th of February 2015 saw the biggest night in British cinema come to the Royal Opera House in London with the BAFTAs rolling into town, the usual red carpet scramble was here for everyone to see and actor/writer/comedian extraordinaire Stephen Fry returned for the 10th time to host.

As usual the so-called “race” for trophies featured inevitable front-runners, this year saw Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel perhaps surprisingly lead the field with 11 nominations overall followed by the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory Of Everything with 10.

The results themselves were perhaps unsurprising if a little disappointing, nevertheless all the work recognized this year could not help but be worthy of acclaim given the great year in film so we congratulate Boyhood and The Theory of Everything for winning big tonight.

Once again we must stress that award shows are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be recognized for another great year of work so let’s go over who the nominees and winners were this year;

Film in 2015

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Winner:

Boyhood

Nominees:

Our Pick from the nominees: Birdman

Our Pick for the year overall: Whiplash

Outstanding British Film in 2015

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Winner:

The Theory of Everything

Nominees:

’71
Pride
The Imitation Game
Under the Skin

Our Pick from the nominees: The Theory of Everything

Our Pick for the year overall: The Theory of Everything

Director in 2015

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Winner:

Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Nominees:

Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman
Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
James Marsh for The Theory of Everything
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our Pick from the nominees: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman

Our Pick for the year overall: David Fincher for Gone Girl

Leading actor in 2015

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Winner:

Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

Nominees:

Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton for Birdman
Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our Pick from the nominees: Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler

Our Pick for the year overall: Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler

Leading actress in 2015

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Winner:

Julianne Moore for Still Alice

Nominees:

Amy Adams for Big Eyes
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything
Reese Witherspoon for Wild
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl

Our Pick from the nominees: Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl

Our Pick for the year overall: Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl

Supporting Actor in 2015

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Winner:

J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

Nominees:

Edward Norton for Birdman
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher

Our Pick from the nominees: J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

Supporting Actress in 2015

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Winner:

Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Nominees:

Emma Stone for Birdman
Imelda Staunton for Pride
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Rene Russo for Nightcrawler

Our Pick from the nominees: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Our Pick for the year overall: Carrie Coon for Gone Girl

Original Screenplay 2015

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Winner:

Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nominees:

Alejandro González Iñárritu, NicoláS Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. for Birdman
Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler
Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Our Pick from the nominees: Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Our Pick for the year overall: Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Adapted Screenplay 2015

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Winner:

Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything

Nominees:

Jason Hall for American Sniper
Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl
Graham Moore for The Imitation Game
Paul King for Paddington

Our Pick from the nominees: Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl

Our Pick for the year overall: Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl

Original Music in 2015

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Winner:

Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nominees:

Antonio Sanchez for Birdman
Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
JóHann JóHannsson for The Theory of Everything
Mica Levi for Under the Skin

Our Pick from the nominees: Hans Zimmer for Interstellar

Our Pick for the year overall: Hans Zimmer for Interstellar

Cinematography in 2015

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Winner:

Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

Nominees:

Dick Pope for Mr. Turner
Hoyte Van Hoytema for Interstellar
Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski for Ida
Robert D. Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our Pick from the nominees: Hoyte Van Hoytema for Interstellar

Our Pick for the year overall: Thomas Hardmeier for T.S. Spivet

Editing in 2015

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Winner:

Tom Cross for Whiplash

Nominees:

Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione for Birdman
Jinx Godfrey for The Theory of Everything
John Gilroy for Nightcrawler
William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game

Our Pick from the nominees: Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione for Birdman

Our Pick for the year overall: Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione for Birdman

Animated film

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Winner:

The Lego Movie

Nominees:

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls

Our Pick from the nominees: The Lego Movie

Special Visual Effects in 2015

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Winner:

Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter for Interstellar

Nominees:

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi for Guardians of the Galaxy
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer for X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Our Pick from the nominees: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Altogether we tend to agree with most of BAFTA’s nominations for 2015 if not the eventual winners, we would have liked to see Nightcrawler and Whiplash receive more recognition as two of the very best films of the year, however we can’t begrudge any of the winners too much as they were all outstanding pieces of work in their own right.

The next and final stop on the 2014-2015 movie awards route is the big one, the Oscars on the 22nd of February in Hollywood, let’s see how things pan out on that night and how similar they will be to the BAFTAs.

Let us know what you think of the BAFTA nominations and winners as well as our picks.