Britain has patiently, politely endured while America’s roughhewn labor guilds arranged the names of the year’s best films in crushed Coors Light cans, but now it is their turn to assess 2013’s finest cinema—as decided by BAFTA and the gurgling decrees of Prince George.
Thanks to the involvement of English producer David Heyman, Gravity edged out the leading spot with 11 total nominations that included Best Film and Outstanding British Film, though it’s closely followed by 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle with 10 nominations apiece. And those nominations include acting nods for every single one of American Hustle’s principals, confirming that even the Queen would be charmed by Amy Adams’ British accent.
In fact, other than Philomena and some recognition for the British production Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, it was a year entirely dominated by American stories—primarily stories of torment and excess, though BAFTA stopped just short of naming the epitome of that, The Wolf Of Wall Street, as a Best Film contender. (Nevertheless, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, and Thelma Schoonmaker all got recognition.) Among the deviations from the Colonies: Behind The Candelabra—which got a UK theatrical release—racked up several nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Matt Damon, while Oprah Winfrey’s performance in The Butler was also singled out for praise. Although, this may have just been royal gas.
The BAFTA Awards will air on BBC America on February 16. Here is the complete list of nominees, which you should print out on a long scroll and bellow at the chime of noon:
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
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson (writers), Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel (writer), Saving Mr. Banks
Kieran Evans (writer/director), Kelly + Victor
Paul Wright (writer/director), Polly Stokes (producer), For Those In Peril
Scott Graham (writer/director), Shell
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
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim’s Vermeer
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks
ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf Of Wall Street
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel and Ethan Coen
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years A Slave, John Ridley
Behind The Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Terence Winter
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 Brühl, 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
ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 Years A Slave, Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief, John Williams
Captain Phillips, Henry Jackman
Gravity, Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years A Slave, Sean Bobbitt
Captain Phillips, Barry Ackroyd
Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska, Phedon Papamichael
EDITING
12 Years A Slave, Joe Walker
Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Rush, Dan Hanley and Mike Hill
The Wolf Of Wall Street, Thelma Schoonmaker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
MAKE UP & HAIR
American Hustle
Behind The Candelabra
The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
SOUND
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Everything I Can See From Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping With The Fishes
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Island Queen
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux