The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) which hands out an iconic bronze mask annually as a reward for excellence in film, has just announced its nominations for 2014, with sci fi thriller Gravity leading the pack with a whopping 11 nods.

Gravity, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has received a nod for outstanding British film, best director (Alfonso Cuarón), original screenplay, original music, cinematography, editing, production design, sound and special visual effects.

Bullock has been nominated in the best actress category for her exemplary performance in the film, along with Amy Adams (American Hustle), Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) and Dame Judi Dench (Philomena), competing in the same category.

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Christian Bale (American Hustle), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Bruce Dern (Nebraska) and Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) are vying for the coveted trophy in the best leading actor category.

12 Years a Slave and American Hustle stand a chance to win with nominations in ten categories for each.

Captain Phillips has nine nominations; Behind the Candelabra and Saving Mr. Banks each have five nominations, while Philomena, Rush and The Wolf of Wall Street have four nominations each.

Blue Jasmine, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska have each been nominated three times; and The Act of Killing, The Butler and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have two nominations each.

Along with Gravity, the competitors in the best film category are 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Philomena.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is nominated for Outstanding British Film, alongside Gravity, Philomena, Rush, Saving Mr. Banks and The Selfish Giant.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on 16 February 2014 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry.

Full list of nominations

Film | Adapted Screenplay in 2014

Behind The Candelabra — Richard LaGravenese
12 Years A Slave — John Ridley
The Wolf Of Wall Street — Terence Winter
Philomena — Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
Captain Phillips — Billy Ray

Film | Animated Film in 2014

Despicable Me 2 — Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Monsters University — Dan Scanlon
Frozen — Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Film | British Short Animation in 2014

Everything I Can See From Here — Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
Sleeping With The Fishes — James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
I Am Tom Moody — Ainslie Henderson

Film | British Short Film in 2014

Keeping Up With The Joneses — Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
Orbit Ever After — Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
Island Queen — Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
Room 8 — James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
Sea View — Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot

Film | Cinematography in 2014

Inside Llewyn Davis — Bruno Delbonnel
Captain Phillips — Barry Ackroyd
Nebraska — Phedon Papamichael
Gravity — Emmanuel Lubezki
12 Years A Slave — Sean Bobbitt

Film | Costume Design in 2014

Behind The Candelabra — Ellen Mirojnick
American Hustle — Michael Wilkinson
The Invisible Woman — Michael O’Connor
The Great Gatsby — Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks — Daniel Orlandi

Film | Director in 2014

Paul Greengrass — Captain Phillips
David O. Russell — American Hustle
Steve McQueen — 12 Years A Slave
Martin Scorsese — The Wolf Of Wall Street
Alfonso Cuarón — Gravity

Film | Documentary in 2014

The Act Of Killing — Joshua Oppenheimer
The Armstrong Lie — Alex Gibney
Tim’s Vermeer — Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks — Alex Gibney
Blackfish — Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Film | EE Rising Star in 2014

Dane Dehaan
Lupita Nyong’o
George Mackay
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux

Film | Editing in 2014

Captain Phillips — Christopher Rouse
Gravity — Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
12 Years A Slave — Joe Walker
The Wolf Of Wall Street — Thelma Schoonmaker
Rush — Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

Film | Film in 2014

12 Years A Slave — Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
American Hustle — Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
Captain Phillips — Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Philomena — Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
Gravity — Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman

Film | Film not in the English Language in 2014

Blue Is The Warmest Colour — Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
The Great Beauty — Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
The Act Of Killing —Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Wadjda — Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Metro Manila — Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier

Film | Leading Actor in 2014

Leonardo DiCaprio — The Wolf of Wall Street
Christian Bale — American Hustle
Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave
Bruce Dern — Nebraska
Tom Hanks — Captain Phillips

Film | Leading Actress in 2014

Amy Adams — American Hustle
Emma Thompson — Saving Mr. Banks
Cate Blanchett — Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock — Gravity
Judi Dench — Philomena

Film | Make-Up And Hair in 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug — Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
The Butler — Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
Behind The Candelabra — Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
American Hustle — Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
The Great Gatsby — Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn

Film | Original Film Music in 2014

Captain Phillips — Henry Jackman
The Book Thief — John Williams
12 Years A Slave — Hans Zimmer
Gravity — Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks — Thomas Newman

Film | Original Screenplay in 2014

American Hustle— Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Gravity — Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen
Nebraska — Bob Nelson

Film | Outstanding British Film in 2014

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom — Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
Saving Mr. Banks — John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Philomena — Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
The Selfish Giant — Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
Gravity — Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
Rush — Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan

Film | Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer in 2014

Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson — Good Vibrations
Kelly Marcel — Saving Mr. Banks
Kieran Evans — Kelly + Victor
Paul Wright, Polly Stokes — For Those in Peril
Scott Graham — Shell

Film | Production Design in 2014

Gravity — Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
The Great Gatsby — Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
American Hustle — Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
12 Years A Slave — Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
Behind The Candelabra — Howard Cummings

Film | Sound in 2014

All Is Lost — Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
Captain Phillips — Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
Gravity — Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
Rush — Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
Inside Llewyn Davis — Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff

Film | Special Visual Effects in 2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug — Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Gravity — Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
Iron Man 3 — Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim — Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness — Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

Film | Supporting Actor in 2014

Matt Damon — Behind the Candelabra
Bradley Cooper — American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi — Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl — Rush
Michael Fassbender — 12 Years a Slave

Film | Supporting Actress in 2014

Jennifer Lawrence — American Hustle
Julia Roberts — August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’O — 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins — Blue Jasmine
Oprah Winfrey — The Butler

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