LONDON (Reuters) - Nominations for the top British movie awards, the BAFTAs, were announced on Wednesday with space thriller "Gravity" leading the field with 11, one ahead of "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle".
Following is a list of nominees for the main categories.
The winners of the awards, formally called the EE British Academy Film Awards, will be announced at a ceremony in London on February 16.
- BEST FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE; AMERICAN HUSTLE; CAPTAIN PHILLIPS; GRAVITY; PHILOMENA;
- OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
GRAVITY; MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM; PHILOMENA; RUSH; SAVING MR. BANKS; THE SELFISH GIANT;
- DIRECTOR
12 YEARS A SLAVE/Steve McQueen; AMERICAN HUSTLE/David O. Russell; CAPTAIN PHILLIPS/Paul Greengrass; GRAVITY/Alfonso Cuaron; THE WOLF OF WALL STREET/Martin Scorsese;
- FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ACT OF KILLING; BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR; THE GREAT BEAUTY; METRO MANILA; WADJDA;
- 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;
- ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME 2; FROZEN; MONSTERS UNIVERSITY;
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN HUSTLE/Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell; BLUE JASMINE/Woody Allen; GRAVITY/Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron; INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS/Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; NEBRASKA/Bob Nelson;
- 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;
- LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS/American Hustle; CATE BLANCHETT/Blue Jasmine; EMMA THOMPSON/Saving Mr. Banks; JUDI DENCH/Philomena; SANDRA BULLOCK Gravity;
- SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARKHAD ABDI/Captain Phillips; BRADLEY COOPER/American Hustle; DANIEL BRUHL/Rush; MATT DAMON/Behind the Candelabra; 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.
(Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith, editing by Elizabeth Piper)