2016 BAFTA nominees and where to watch them online
David Farnor | On 08, Jan 2016
Netflix has bagged its first acting award nomination in this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards.
The 2016 BAFTA nominees were announced this morning, with the usual suspects leading the pack: Bridge of Spies and Carol both have nine nominations, followed by The Revenant with eight. They all compete with Spotlight and The Big Short for the Best Film prize..
Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times, although neither are up for the top prize. The Martian, however, is up for Best Director, in a year that marks the rare success of genre flicks in the awards race. Indeed, Ex Machina has received five nods, including Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut (for director Alex Garland), placing it neck and neck with more traditional awards contender The Danish Girl, while Star Wars: The Force Awakens has four nods, including one for John Williams’ soundtrack. Mad Max: Fury Road is ahead of both with a whopping seven, including Editing, but all are limited to technical categories.
If that doesn’t quite mark the revolution Fury Road fans were hoping for, though, this year’s BAFTA nominees continue to recognise the rise of VOD. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, which became the first day-and-date release to make over £1m at the cinema box office, is up for Outstanding British Film, and Luther’s own Idris Elba has received a nomination for his powerful turn in Netflix’s first original film, Beasts of No Nation. For the streaming service to bag a nod with its first feature project bodes well for future productions, with both Netflix and Amazon stepping up their original content plans.
A Syrian Love Story, meanwhile, was released on BBC iPlayer last year as part of the BBC’s Storyville documentary strand, making it available to the whole country for free. One of iPlayer’s original shorts, Elephant by Nick Helm, has even been nominated for Best British Short Film – and is still available to watch.
If VOD is good for helping British talent gain recognition, it’s also good for helping audiences catch up on films they may have missed. With Ex Machina and the Shaun the Sheep Movie already available on SVOD, some awards contenders are more accessible than ever. So before BAFTA dishes out the prizes on Sunday 14th February at the Royal Opera House, here is a full list of the 2016 BAFTA nominees, plus where to watch them online:
BEST FILM
THE BIG SHORT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Currently unavailable on VOD
BRIDGE OF SPIES Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE REVENANT Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Currently unavailable on VOD
SPOTLIGHT Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Currently unavailable on VOD
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
45 YEARS Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
Watch 45 Years online
AMY Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Watch Amy online
BROOKLYN John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE DANISH GIRL Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon
Currently unavailable on VOD
EX MACHINA Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Watch Ex Machina online
THE LOBSTER Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou
Watch The Lobster online
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
ALEX GARLAND (Director) Ex Machina
Watch on NOW
DEBBIE TUCKER GREEN (Writer/Director) Second Coming
Watch Second Coming online
NAJI ABU NOWAR (Writer/Director) RUPERT LLOYD (Producer) Theeb
Watch Theeb online
SEAN MCALLISTER (Director/Producer), ELHUM SHAKERIFAR (Producer) A Syrian Love Story
Watch A Syrian Love Story online
STEPHEN FINGLETON (Writer/Director) The Survivalist
Watch The Survivalist online
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ASSASSIN Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Currently unavailable on VOD
FORCE MAJEURE Ruben Östlund
Watch on Netflix UK
THEEB Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd
Watch Theeb online
TIMBUKTU Abderrahmane Sissako
Watch Timbuktu online
WILD TALES Damián Szifron
Watch on Amazon Prime Video
DOCUMENTARY
AMY Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Watch Amy online
CARTEL LAND Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin
Watch on Amazon Instant Video
Watch on iTunes
HE NAMED ME MALALA Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Currently unavailable on VOD
LISTEN TO ME MARLON Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler
Watch Listen to Me Marlon online
SHERPA Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson
Currently unavailable on VOD
ANIMATED FILM
INSIDE OUT Pete Docter
Watch Inside Out online
MINIONS Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Watch on Amazon Instant Video
Watch on iTunes
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Watch on Amazon Prime Video
DIRECTOR
THE BIG SHORT Adam McKay
Currently unavailable on VOD
BRIDGE OF SPIES Steven Spielberg
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Todd Haynes
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE MARTIAN Ridley Scott
Watch The Martian online
THE REVENANT Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Currently unavailable on VOD
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BRIDGE OF SPIES Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Currently unavailable on VOD
EX MACHINA Alex Garland
Watch Ex Machina online
THE HATEFUL EIGHT Quentin Tarantino
Currently unavailable on VOD
INSIDE OUT Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Watch Inside Out online
SPOTLIGHT Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Currently unavailable on VOD
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Currently unavailable on VOD
BROOKLYN Nick Hornby
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Phyllis Nagy
Currently unavailable on VOD
ROOM Emma Donoghue
Currently unavailable on VOD
STEVE JOBS Aaron Sorkin
Currently unavailable on VOD
LEADING ACTOR
BRYAN CRANSTON Trumbo
Currently unavailable on VOD
EDDIE REDMAYNE The Danish Girl
Currently unavailable on VOD
LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Revenant
Currently unavailable on VOD
MATT DAMON The Martian
Watch The Martian online
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Steve Jobs
Currently unavailable on VOD
LEADING ACTRESS
ALICIA VIKANDER The Danish Girl
Currently unavailable on VOD
BRIE LARSON Room
Currently unavailable on VOD
CATE BLANCHETT Carol
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAGGIE SMITH The Lady in the Van
Currently unavailable on VOD
SAOIRSE RONAN Brooklyn
Currently unavailable on VOD
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BENICIO DEL TORO Sicario
Watch Sicario online
CHRISTIAN BALE The Big Short
Currently unavailable on VOD
IDRIS ELBA Beasts of No Nation
Watch on Netflix UK
MARK RUFFALO Spotlight
Currently unavailable on VOD
MARK RYLANCE Bridge of Spies
Currently unavailable on VOD
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ALICIA VIKANDER Ex Machina
Watch Ex Machina online
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Hateful Eight
Currently unavailable on VOD
JULIE WALTERS Brooklyn
Currently unavailable on VOD
KATE WINSLET Steve Jobs
Currently unavailable on VOD
ROONEY MARA Carol
Currently unavailable on VOD
ORIGINAL MUSIC
BRIDGE OF SPIES Thomas Newman
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE HATEFUL EIGHT Ennio Morricone
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE REVENANT Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
Currently unavailable on VOD
Currently unavailable on VOD
SICARIO Jóhann Jóhannsson
Watch Sicario online
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS John Williams
Currently unavailable on VOD
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BRIDGE OF SPIES Janusz Kamiński
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Ed Lachman
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD John Seale
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE REVENANT Emmanuel Lubezki
Currently unavailable on VOD
SICARIO Roger Deakins
Watch Sicario online
EDITING
THE BIG SHORT Hank Corwin
Currently unavailable on VOD
BRIDGE OF SPIES Michael Kahn
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Margaret Sixel
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE MARTIAN Pietro Scalia
Watch The Martian online
THE REVENANT Stephen Mirrione
Currently unavailable on VOD
PRODUCTION DESIGN
BRIDGE OF SPIES Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE MARTIAN Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Watch The Martian online
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales
Currently unavailable on VOD
COSTUME DESIGN
BROOKLYN Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Sandy Powell
Currently unavailable on VOD
CINDERELLA Sandy Powell
THE DANISH GIRL Paco Delgado
Currently unavailable on VOD
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Jenny Beavan
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
MAKE UP & HAIR
BROOKLYN Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Currently unavailable on VOD
CAROL Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE DANISH GIRL Jan Sewell
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE REVENANT Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini
Currently unavailable on VOD
SOUND
BRIDGE OF SPIES Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Currently unavailable on VOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff,
David White
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE MARTIAN Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
Watch The Martian online
THE REVENANT Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor,
Randy Thom
Currently unavailable on VOD
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew
Wood, Stuart Wilson
Currently unavailable on VOD
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ANT-MAN Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Watch Ant-Man online
EX MACHINA Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Watch Ex Machina online
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road online
THE MARTIAN Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Currently unavailable on VOD
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan
Currently unavailable on VOD
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EDMOND Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy
Currently unavailable on VOD
MANOMAN Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol
Currently unavailable on VOD
PROLOGUE Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton
BRITISH SHORT FILM
ELEPHANT Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith
Watch on BBC iPlayer
SAMUEL-613 Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway
Watch on Vimeo
MINING POEMS OR ODES Callum Rice, Jack Cocker
Currently unavailable on VOD
OPERATOR Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan
Currently unavailable on VOD
OVER Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister
Currently unavailable on VOD
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
BEL POWLEY
BRIE LARSON
DAKOTA JOHNSON
JOHN BOYEGA
TARON EGERTON