BAFTA Awards: British Academy of Film and Television Arts 2011

The Orange British Academy Film Awards announces its nominees for 2011.

The BAFTA Awards is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 13th, 2011 at London’s Royal Opera House.  Celebrities and the stars behind the scenes are going to be attending and receiving awards for their work in 2010.

The Orange British Academy Film Awards is an annual event set to recognise, reward and honor individuals for their outstanding achievements in feature films that were released theatrically to a paying audience in the UK within the awards year.  Further eligibility requirements can be found on their website.  The event is put on by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

BAFTA’s primary activities revolve around staging award ceremonies for the UK and Internationally.  It is a charity with close to 6500 members within its organization and was originally set up to advance and promote education via its events, whose aim is to create and clarify the public’s taste in the television, film, and gaming industries.

Through two rounds of voting of its members they have compiled the following nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts:

For BEST FILM

BLACK SWAN – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

INCEPTION – Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan

THE KING’S SPEECH – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
TRUE GRIT – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

For BEST DIRECTOR

127 HOURS – Danny Boyle

BLACK SWAN – Darren Aronofsky

INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan

THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper

THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher

For BEST LEADING ACTOR

JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful

JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit

JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network

COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech

JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours

For BEST LEADING ACTRESS

ANNETTE BENING – The Kids Are All Right

JULIANNE MOORE – The Kids Are All Right

NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan

NOOMI RAPACE – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

HAILEE STEINFELD – True Grit

For BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHRISTIAN BALE – The Fighter

ANDREW GARFIELD – The Social Network

PETE POSTLETHWAITE – The Town

MARK RUFFALO – The Kids Are All Right

GEOFFREY RUSH – The King’s Speech

For BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMY ADAMS – The Fighter

HELENA BONHAM CARTER – The King’s Speech

BARBARA HERSHEY – Black Swan

LESLEY MANVILLE – Another Year

MIRANDA RICHARDSON – Made in Dagenham

For a complete list of Award Nominees for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, you can visit:

http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/2011-film-awards,1572,BA.html#jump11

For location and transportation information regarding visiting Londons Royal Opera House, please visit http://www.roh.org.uk/visit/locationandtransport.aspx to help find your way to this extraordinary event.

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