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The Theory of Everything and Birdman lead BAFTA nominations

The nominations were announced this morning.

THE NOMINATIONS FOR the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were announced this morning.

The Grand Budapest Hotel logs most nominations with a total of 11, while Birdman and Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything, follow with 10 nominations each. The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing follows with a nine nods.

The main categories are:

Best actor

  • Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
  • Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
  • Michael Keaton – Birdman
  • Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best actress

  • Amy Adams – Big Eyes
  • Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore – Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best British film

  • ’71
  • The Imitation Game
  • Paddington
  • Pride
  • The Theory of Eerything
  • Under The Skin

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Best film

  • Birdman
  • Boyhood
  • Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • The Theory of Everything

Supporting actress

  • Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
  • Renee Russo – Nightcrawler
  • Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
  • Imelda Staunton – Pride
  • Emma Stone – Birdman

Supporting Actor

  • Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
  • Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
  • Edward Norton – Birdman
  • Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
  • JK Simmons – Whiplash

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Best adapted screenplay

  • American Sniper, Jason Hall
  • Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
  • The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
  • Paddington, Paul King
  • The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten

Best original screenplay

  • Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
  • Boyhood – Richard Linklater
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
  • Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
  • Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

Best director

  • Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Damian Chazelle, Whiplash
  • Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
  • Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  • James Marsh, The Theory of Everything

Best documentary

  • 20 Feet from Stardom
  • 20,000 Days on Earth
  • Citizenfour
  • Finding Vivian Maier
  • Virunga

Best animation

  • Big Hero 6
  • The Boxtrolls
  • The Lego Movie

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