BAFTA nominations: Gay films Behind The Candelabra, Philomena top list Matt Damon and Dame Judi Dench have been nominated in the British film awards for their roles in LGBTI movies 08 January 2014 | By Jonathan Waldheim Gay films Behind the Candelebra and Philomena are leading the BAFTA nominations announced today (8 January). The film about the life of gay musician Liberace and his lover starring Matt Damon was nominated for five British film awards at a ceremony in London this morning. As it struggled to receive financing in Hollywood because of the gay theme, it will not be eligible for an Academy Award (Oscars) as it was only shown on television in the US. Damon, who plays Liberace’s lover Scott Thorson in the film, was nominated for best supporting actor by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Philomena, the film about a woman searching for her long lost son who turns out to be gay, garnered four nominations including best leading actress for Dame Judi Dench. She now becomes the most nominated woman in BAFTA history overtaking Meryl Streep. The film is nominated for best film and faces stiff competition in the category from Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave and space thriller Gravity which received 11 nominations. The French film Blue Is The Warmest Color, a lesbian coming of age story, is nominated for the best film not in the English langauge. Read the full nominations below: Best Film 12 Years A Slave American Hustle Gravity Philomena Outstanding British Film Gravity Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom Philomena Saving Mr. Banks The Selfish Giant Director 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen American Hustle, David O. Russell Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese Original Screenplay American Hustle Blue Jasmine Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Adapted Screenplay 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley Behind the Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese Captain Phillips, Billy Ray Philomena, Steve Coogan, 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 SallyHawkins, Blue Jasmine Outstanding Debut by a A British Writer, Director or Producer Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer), Good Vibrations Kelly Marcel (Writer), Saving Mr. Banks Kieran Evans (Director/Writer), Kelly + Victor Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer), For Those in Peril Scott Graham (Director/Writer) Shell Film Not in the English Language The Act of Killing Blue is the Warmest Color 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 Original Music 12 Years A Slave The Book Thief Captain Phillips Gravity Saving Mr. Banks Cinematography 12 Years A Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Editing 12 Years A Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Rush The Wolf of Wall Street 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
Posted on: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:46:16 +0000