Brave nominated for Bafta

Wednesday 9 January 2013

Brave, the Pixar film featuring a host of Scottish actors' voices, has today been nominated in the best animated film category of the Baftas.

The movie, which has been hailed for its benefit for Scottish tourism, is also tipped to be mentioned in the Oscars nominee list, which will be unveiled tomorrow.

Set in the Highlands, Brave follows the heroic journey of Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald. Other actors involved include Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson and Robbie Coltrane.

In the Baftas, Spielberg's Lincoln leads the field with 10 nominations, with nine each for Les Miserables and Life Of Pi. Glasgow-based film maker Johnny Barrington was also nominated for a Bafta in the Short Film category, for his film Tumult. Read more on the Baftas in Phil Miller's State of the Arts blog Javier Bardem's performance as Bond villain Raoul Silva in Skyfall has been recognised with a Bafta nomination. The Spanish star has been named on the shortlist for the Best Supporting Actor award along with other big names including Tommy Lee Jones. His Bond co-star, Dame Judi Dench, is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as spy master M in the same film, which has a total of eight nominations. She will face competition from Anne Hathaway who is nominated for her role in the big screen version of Les Miserables. Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated for the Best Actor award for his performance in the title role of Lincoln - Steven Spielberg's biopic of the US president who led his country through the civil war. He is up against stars including Ben Affleck and Hathaway's co-star Hugh Jackman. Dame Helen Mirren is nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in Hitchcock - playing the wife of the famous film-maker. Skyfall is also nominated for Outstanding British Film and Original Music - a nod to Adele who provided the hit Bond theme of the same name. The film also picks up nods for Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound. Quentin Tarantino is nominated for Director and Original Screenplay for his western Django Unchained and one of its stars, Christoph Waltz, is nominated for Supporting Actor. TV star Dexter Fletcher is nominated for an Outstanding Debut award - with his co-writer Danny King - for their work on Wild Bill. The award for best film sees Lincoln and Les Miserables up against Affleck's Argo, Life Of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty - the story of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden. Les Miserables is also in with a chance to win Outstanding British Film along with Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Seven Psychopaths and the latest Bond. Affleck could walk away with two of the night's biggest prizes after he was nominated for Best Director and Best Actor for his work on Argo - a thriller set during the Iran hostage crisis. Here is a full list of the contenders for the film Baftas: :: Best Film Argo Les Miserables Life Of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty :: Outstanding British Film Anna Karenina The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables Seven Psychopaths Skyfall :: Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Bart Layton, Dimitro Doganis - The Imposter David Morris, Jacqui Morris - McCullin Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - Wild Bill James Bobin - The Muppets Tina Gharavi - I Am Nasrine :: Film Not in the English Language Amour Headhunters The Hunt Rust And Bone Untouchable :: Documentary The Imposter Marley McCullin Searching For Sugar Man West Of Memphis :: Animated Film Brave Frankenweenie Paranorman :: Director Michael Haneke - Amour Ben Affleck - Argo Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained Ang Lee - Life Of Pi Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty :: Original Screenplay Michael Haneke - Amour Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty :: Adapted Screenplay Chris Terrio - Argo Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild David Magee - Life Of Pi Tony Kushner - Lincoln David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook :: Leading Actor Ben Affleck - Argo Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix - The Master :: Leading Actress Emmanuelle Riva - Amour Helen Mirren - Hitchcock Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard - Rust And Bone :: Supporting Actor Alan Arkin - Argo Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained Javier Bardem - Skyfall Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln :: Supporting Actress Amy Adams - The Master Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables Helen Hunt - The Sessions Judi Dench - Skyfall Sally Field - Lincoln :: Original Music Anna Karenina Argo Life Of Pi Lincoln Skyfall :: Cinematography Anna Karenina Les Miserables Life Of Pi Lincoln Skyfall :: Editing Argo Django Unchained Life Of Pi Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty :: Production Design Anna Karenina Les Miserables Life Of Pi Lincoln Skyfall :: Costume Design Anna Karenina Great Expectations Les Miserables Lincoln Snow White And The Huntsman :: Make-up and Hair Anna Karenina Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables Lincoln :: Sound Django Unchained The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables Life Of Pi Skyfall :: Special Visual Effects The Dark Night Rises The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life Of Pi Marvel Avengers Assemble Prometheus :: Short Animation Here To Fall I'm Fine Thanks The Making Of Longbird :: Short Film The Curse Good Night Swimmer Tumult The Voorman Problem :: THE EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Juno Temple Alicia Vikander

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