08/01/2016 - The Revenant has eight nods and Mad Max: Fury Road seven

Carol [+see also:
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The Revenant receives nominations for Best Film, Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Make Up and Hair and Sound, and Leonardo DiCaprio for Leading Actor. Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations, while Brooklyn [+see also:
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Vying for Best British Film are 45 Years [+see also:
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Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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interview: Naji Abu Nowar
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The nominees for the Rising Star Award, voted for by the British public, are Bel Powley, Brie Larson, Dakota Johnson, John Boyega and Taron Egerton. The awards take place on 14 February.

Nominations:

Best Film
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies - Steven Spielberg
Carol [+see also:
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The Revenant - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Spotlight – Thomas McCarthy

Outstanding British Film
45 Years [+see also:
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Amy [+see also:
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Brooklyn [+see also:
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The Danish Girl [+see also:
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Ex Machina [+see also:
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The Lobster [+see also:
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Best Direction
The Big Short - Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies - Steven Spielberg
Carol - Todd Haynes
The Martian - Ridley Scott
The Revenant - Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies - Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina - Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out - Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short - Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Brooklyn - Nick Hornby
Carol - Phyllis Nagy
Room [+see also:
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Steve Jobs [+see also:
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Best Leading Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Matt Damon - The Martian
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

Best Leading Actress
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Maggie Smith - The Lady in the Van [+see also:
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Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara – Carol

Best Film Not in the English Language
The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Force Majeure [+see also:
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Theeb - Naji Abu Nowar
Timbuktu [+see also:
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Wild Tales [+see also:
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Best Documentary
Amy - Asif Kapadia
Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman
He Named Me Malala - Davis Guggenheim
Listen To Me Marlon - Stevan Riley
Sherpa - Jennifer Peedom

Best Animated Film
Inside Out - Pete Docter
Minions - Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Shaun The Sheep Movie [+see also:
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Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Alex Garland (Director) - Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director) - Second Coming [+see also:
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Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Lloyd (Producer) - Theeb [+see also:
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Sean McAllister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer) - A Syrian Love Story [+see also:
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Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director) - The Survivalist [+see also:
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Best Original Music
Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
The Revenant - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams

Best Cinematography
Bridge of Spies - Janusz Kamiński
Carol - Ed Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins

Best Editing
The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Bridge of Spies - Michael Kahn
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Martian - Pietro Scalia
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione

Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Carol - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
The Martian - Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales

Best Costume Design
Brooklyn - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol - Sandy Powell
Cinderella [+see also:
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The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan

Best Make Up & Hair
Brooklyn - Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Carol - Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
The Danish Girl - Jan Sewell
Mad Max: Fury Road - Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
The Revenant - Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

Best Sound
Bridge of Spies - Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Mad Max: Fury Road - Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
The Martian - Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
The Revenant - Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson

Best Special Visual Effects
Ant-Man - Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina - Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road  - Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian - Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -  Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

Best British Short Animation
Edmond - Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy
Manoman - Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol
Prologue - Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton

Best British Short Film
Elephant - Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith
Mining Poems Or Odes - Callum Rice, Jack Cocker
Operator - Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan
Over - Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister
Samuel-613 - Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway

The Rising Star Award
Bel Powley
Brie Larson
Dakota Johnson
John Boyega
Taron Egerton