Our home-grown heroes have had their work duly recognised at last night’s BAFTA nominations.
As if receiving a nod from the Golden Globes wasn’t enough, Saoirse Ronan must have that Friday feeling courtesy of the BAFTAs as she has been nominated for ‘Best Actress’ for her beautiful performance in Brooklyn. Ronan is up against some stiff competition from the likes of Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) and Brie Larson (Room) but we’ve every faith our golden girl can bring home the gong.
Despite her 21 young years this is the 3rd time she has been nominated in this category for her previous roles in Atonement and The Lovely Bones. Brooklyn is in the running to win six of the awards including ‘Adapted Screenplay’ and ‘Costume Design’.
Meanwhile, Micheal Fassbender will compete for the accolade of ‘Best Actor’ for his portrayal of the late Apple mastermind, Steve Jobs.
Colin Farrell’s quirky art house The Lobster sits alongside Brooklyn for ‘Outstanding British Film’, while Emma Donoghue is gaining recognition for her screenplay for Room as she’s nominated in the category of ‘Adapted Screenplay’. The film, directed by Dublin’s Lenny Abrahamson, continues to be a front runner this award season as it is also nominated for ‘Best Film’ in the upcoming Golden Globes.
We will find out the fate of our Irish favourites as the Bafta’s take place on Sunday, February 14th at London’s Royal Opera House.

Here’s the full list of nominations to speculate over until then:

Best Film
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Revenant
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Best Actress
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters, Brooklyn
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara, Carol
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
Todd Haynes, Carol
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Alejandro G Iñárritu, The Revenant
Outstanding British Film
45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Alex Garland, director, Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green, writer/director, Second Coming
Naji Abu Nowar, writer/director, Rupert Lloyd, producer, Theeb
Sean McAllister, director/producer, Elhum Shakerifar, producer, A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton, writer/director, The Survivalist
Documentary
Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa
Animated Film
Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Film not in the English Language
The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies, Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina, Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short, Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Brooklyn, Nick Hornby
Carol, Phyllis Nagy
Room, Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin
Original Music
Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai, The Revenant
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski, Bridge of Spies
Ed Lachman, Carol
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Roger Deakins, Sicario
Editing
Hank Corwin, The Big Short
Michael Kahn, Bridge of Spies
Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road
Pietro Scalia, The Martian
Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant
Production Design
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, Bridge of Spies
Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler, Carol
Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson, Mad Max: Fury Road
Arthur Max, Celia Bobak, The Martian
Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Costume Design
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Brooklyn
Sandy Powell, Carol
Sandy Powell, Cinderella
Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl
Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road
Make-up and Hair
Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn, Brooklyn
Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan, Carol
Jan Sewell, The Danish Girl
Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin. Mad Max: Fury Road
Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini, The Revenant
Sound
Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Bridge of Spies
Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White, Mad Max: Fury Road
Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor, The Martian
Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom, The Revenant
David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Special Visual Effects
Ant-Man Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan
British Short Animation
Edmond, Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy
Manoman, Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol
Prologue, Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton
British Short Film
Elephant, Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith
Mining Poems or Odes, Callum Rice, Jack Cocker
Operator, Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan
Over, Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister
Samuel-613, Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway