2012 Awards -- BAFTA nominations

The friends across the pond in the British Academy have announced their nominations, and Lincoln is in the lead with a total of 10, but amazingly a big snub for Mr. Spielberg in the director column. How does THAT happen?

They switched it up a bit this year with their voting process, going straight for the final choices. Where-as in the past, they have narrowed their selections down to a "long-list" of choices before the final nominees were announced. Flying a bit blind, as is the Academy. Hard to predict some of the final choices when several groups, guilds, etc.. haven't even announced yet.

BEST FILM

• Argo
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
• Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Michael Haneke -- "Amour"
• Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi"
• Quentin Tarantino -- "Django Unchained"

BEST ACTOR

• Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
• Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
• Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
• Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Marion Cotillard -- "Rust and Bone"
• Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Helen Mirren -- "Hitchcock"
• Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Alan Arkin -- "Argo"
• Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
• Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"
• Christoph Waltz -- "Django Unchained"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams -- "The Master"
• Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
• Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
• Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
• Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Amour
• Django Unchained
• The Master
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST FILM EDITING

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• Great Expectations
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST SOUND

• Django Unchained
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Marvel's The Avengers
• Prometheus

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

• Anna Karenina
• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• Amour
• Headhunters
• The Hunt
• Rust and Bone
• Untouchable

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• The Imposter
• Marley
• McCullin
• Searching For Sugar Man
• West of Memphis

BEST SHORT FILM

• The Curse
• Good Night
• Swimmer
• Tumult
• The Voorman Problem

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Here to Fall
• I'm Fine Thanks
• The Making of Longbird

BEST BRITISH FILM

• Anna Karenina
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Miserables
• Seven Psychopaths
• Skyfall

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

• James Bobin (Director) -- "The Muppets"
• Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer) & Danny King (Writer) -- "Wild Bill"
• Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) -- "I Am Nasrine"
• Bart Layton (Director) & Dimitri Doganis (Producer) -- "The Imposter"
• David Morris (Director) & Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer) -- "McCullin" 

EE RISING STAR AWARD

• Elizabeth Olsen
• Andrea Riseborough
• Suraj Sharma
• Juno Temple
• Alicia Vikander