BAFTA Film Award Predictions

Why do the winners of the British Academy of of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) matter?  The BAFTA nominees themselves proved that Philomena would make it into Best Picture over the likes of Saving Mr. Banks and Inside Llewyn Davis.  BAFTA picked Leo and Christian Bale who also made the cut at the Oscars instead of Redford and Hanks.  There is also a large British voting block in the Academy, and while these do not mirror Oscar nominations the winners at BAFTA typically mirror Oscar, unless its the person who wins because they are British, which happens at BAFTA.

BEST FILM

• 12 Years a Slave, Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
• American Hustle, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
• Captain Phillips, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
• Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
• Philomena, Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope

This is a tough call, but I think Gravity will win here, it is is nominated for Outstanding British Film as well, but I think that will go to Philomena,  Both Gravity and Philomena are nominated in Best Film, Best British Film.  The last and only film in the 2000s to win both was The King's Speech, even The Queen did not have that honor.  The Queen won Best Film, and another film won Best British Film.  12 Years a Slave is the spoiler, and it has a great shot at winning, and could win.

Will Win: Gravity 

Runner Up: 12 Years a Slave

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
• Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
• Philomena, Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
• Rush, Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
• Saving Mr Banks, John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
• The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

The film that usually wins this is truly about a British experience, and that there are two films here nominated above.  Gravity will not win here, the winner here will be the beloved Philomena.

Will Win: Philomena

Runner: Up: Gravity

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
• Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
• The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima 
• Metro Manila Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier 
• Wadjda Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Will Win: The Great Beauty 

DOCUMENTARY

• The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
• The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney
• Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite
• Tim’s Vermeer, Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
• We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks, Alex Gibney

Will Win-The Act of Killing

ANIMATED FILM

• Despicable Me 2, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
• Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
• Monsters, University Dan Scanlon

Will Win: Frozen 

DIRECTOR

• 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen
• American Hustle, David O. Russell
• Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass
• Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
• The Wolf Of Wall, Street Martin Scorsese

Will Win-Alfonso Cuaron-Gravity 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
• Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
• Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
• Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Nebraska, Bob Nelson

Will Win-American Hustle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley
• Behind The Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese
• Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
• Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
• The Wolf Of Wall Street, Terence Winter

Will Win-Philomena 

I am going out on a limb on this one, but I think this win makes the most sense for this Award show. 

LEADING ACTOR

• Bruce Dern, Nebraska
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
• Christian Bale, American Hustle
• Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street
• Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

Does the Brit Chiwetel or the American Leo win this award?  I think this is going to go to Leo, This is Leo's third BAFTA nomination, and the film was gaining ground and well liked in the UK.

Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio-The Wolf of Wall Street

LEADING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, American Hustle
• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
• Judi Dench, Philomena
• Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Will Win: Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
• Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
• Daniel Brühl, Rush
• Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Will Win: Michael Fassbender-12 Years a Slave 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
• Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
• Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
• Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
• Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Will Win: Lupita N'yong'o-12 Years a Slave 

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• 12 Years A Slave, Hans Zimmer
• The Book Thief, John Williams
• Captain Phillips, Henry Jackman
• Gravity, Steven Price
• Saving Mr Banks, Thomas Newman

Will Win: Gravity 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• 12 Years A Slave, Sean Bobbitt
• Captain Phillips, Barry Ackroyd
• Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
• Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruno Delbonnel
• Nebraska, Phedon Papamichael

Will Win: Gravity 

EDITING

• 12 Years A Slave, Joe Walker
• Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
• Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
• Rush Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
• The Wolf Of Wall Street, Thelma Schoonmaker

Will Win: Captain Phillips

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• 12 Years A Slave, Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
• American Hustle, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
• Behind The Candelabra, Howard Cummings
• Gravity, Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
• The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

Will Win: 12 Years a Slave 

COSTUME DESIGN

• American Hustle, Michael Wilkinson
• Behind The Candelabra, Ellen Mirojnick
• The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
• The Invisible Woman, Michael O’connor
• Saving Mr Banks, Daniel Orlandi

Will Win: Behind the Candelabra 

MAKE UP & HAIR

• American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori Mccoy-Bell
• Behind The Candelabra, Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
• The Butler, Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
• The Great Gatsby, Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
• The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

Will Win: American Hustle 

SOUND

• All Is Lost, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
• Captain Phillips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
• Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
• Inside Llewyn Davis, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
• Rush, Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

Will Win: Gravity 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• Gravity, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
• The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
• Iron Man 3, Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
• Pacific Rim, Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
• Star Trek Into Darkness, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

Will Win: Gravity 

Source : http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/what-bafta-nominations-2014-full-3145923#ixzz2tOxR5lFh
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