The British Academy of Film and Television announce their award nominees (Video)

Fellow anglophiles in Hartford, the BAFTA Awards (British Academy Film Awards) will air Sunday, February 10, 2013 most likely on BBC America. BBC America is on Cablevision channel 101 in Hartford. Below are a list of the nominees:

Best Film:
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Outstanding British Film:
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director Or Producer:
The Imposter, Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer)
McCullin, David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer)
Wild Bill, Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer), Danny King (Writer)
The Muppets, James Bobin (Director)
I Am Nasrine, Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer)

Director:
Amour, Michael Haneke
Argo, Ben Affleck
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Life of Pi, Ang Lee
Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary:
The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West of Memphis

Original Screenplay:
Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay:
Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Lings Playbook, David O. Russell

Film Not In the English Language:
Amour, Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
Headhunters, Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
Untouchable, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun

Leading Actor:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Leading Actress:
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln

Original Music:
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Cinematography:
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Editing:
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Production Design:
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsman

Sound:
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Skyfall

Special Visual Effects:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
The Avengers
Prometheus

Make Up & Hair:
Anna Karenina
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Lincoln

Short Animation:
Here To Fall
I'm Fine Thanks
The Making of Longbird

Short Film:
The Curse
Good Night
Swimmer
Tumult
The Voorman Problem

EE Rising Star Award:
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander

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