Baftas 2016: ‘Brooklyn’, Saoirse Ronan and Fassbender nominated

John Crowley's Brooklyn, the popular adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel, has received an impressive six Bafta nominations.

The producers may be mildly disappointed that they did not score a best picture nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television, but they can console themselves with a mention in the best British film category.

Brooklyn, made in co-operation with the BBC, was one of two Irish co-productions in the domestic race. Yorgos Lanthimos's The Lobster, an absurdist comedy starring Colin Farrell, is also up for best British film.

Lenny Abrahamson's Room, an Irish and Canadian co-production for Dublin-based Element Pictures, picked up two important nominations: current Oscar favourite Brie Larson is mentioned for best actress; Emma Donoghue, who adapted her own novel concerning a mother and child detained in a garden shed, is on the shortlist for best adapted screenplay.

The Irish Film Board, currently riding an unprecedented wave of success, was involved in the production of all three Irish films. Kerry man Michael Fassbender is mentioned in the best actor race for Steve Jobs.

Returning host

The good news was delivered on Friday morning by returning host Stephen Fry and rising actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Two lush American films set in the postwar period topped the nomination charts. Todd Haynes's Carol, tale of a lesbian romance in 1950s New York, and Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, a cold war drama starring Tom Hanks, both scored nine mentions.

Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant, an epic tale of revenge from the frontier, came second with eight nods, including a best actor nomination for presumptive favourite Leonardo DiCaprio.

Mad Max Fury Road, the dark horse in this year's awards season, secured seven nominations in technical categories. Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling stars of ecstatically received British film 45 Years, were both unexpectedly passed over. That film only scored a nomination for best British film.

About 10 per cent of the Oscar electorate also gets to cast a ballot at Bafta. Today's results are, thus, seen as reliable pointers to next Thursday's Oscar nominations. The US academy nominates between five and 10 releases for best picture, whereas the British academy nominates just five, and most Oscar punters still expect Brooklyn and Room to figure in the big race. Saoirse Ronan, star of Brooklyn, is seen as second-favourite to Larson at both Bafta and the Oscars.

On Sunday, awards season moves on to the boozy, irreverent bash that is the Golden Globes. Room is up for best drama picture, but will need wind in its sails to get past The Revenant and Tom McCarthy's Spotlight. After charming TV viewers with appearances on chat shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ronan is well positioned to grab a Globe. The year of the Irish continues.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

Best film

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Revenant

Spotlight

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

Film not in the English Language

The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Force Majeure - Ruben Östlund

Theeb - Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd

Timbuktu - Abderrahmane Sissako

Wild Tales - Damián Szifron

Documentary

Amy - Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin

He Named Me Malala - Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald

Listen To Me Marlon - Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, RJ Cutler

Sherpa - Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson

Animated Film

Inside Out - Pete Docter

Minions - Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda

Shaun The Sheep Movie - Mark Burton, Richard Starzak

Director

The Big Short - Adam McKay

Bridge of Spies - Steven Spielberg

Carol - Todd Haynes

The Martian - Ridley Scott

The Revenant - Alejandro G Iñárritu

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

LEADING ACTOR

BRYAN CRANSTON Trumbo

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Danish Girl

LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Revenant

MATT DAMON The Martian

MICHAEL FASSBENDER Steve Jobs

LEADING ACTRESS

ALICIA VIKANDER The Danish Girl

BRIE LARSON Room

CATE BLANCHETT Carol

MAGGIE SMITH The Lady in the Van

SAOIRSE RONAN Brooklyn

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ALICIA VIKANDER Ex Machina

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Hateful Eight

JULIE WALTERS Brooklyn

KATE WINSLET Steve Jobs

ROONEY MARA Carol

ORIGINAL MUSIC

BRIDGE OF SPIES Thomas Newman

THE HATEFUL EIGHT Ennio Morricone

THE REVENANT Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai

SICARIO Jóhann Jóhannsson

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS John Williams

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BRIDGE OF SPIES Janusz Kaminski

CAROL Ed Lachman

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD John Seale

THE REVENANT Emmanuel Lubezki

SICARIO Roger Deakins

EDITING

THE BIG SHORT Hank Corwin

BRIDGE OF SPIES Michael Kahn

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Margaret Sixel

THE MARTIAN Pietro Scalia

THE REVENANT Stephen Mirrione

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BRIDGE OF SPIES Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

CAROL Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson

THE MARTIAN Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales

COSTUME DESIGN

BROOKLYN Odile Dicks-Mireaux

CAROL Sandy Powell

CINDERELLA Sandy Powell

THE DANISH GIRL Paco Delgado

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Jenny Beavan

MAKE UP & HAIR

BROOKLYN Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn

CAROL Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan

THE DANISH GIRL Jan Sewell

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin

THE REVENANT Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

SOUND

BRIDGE OF SPIES Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White

THE MARTIAN Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor

THE REVENANT Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson

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

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

BEL POWLEY

BRIE LARSON

DAKOTA JOHNSON

JOHN BOYEGA

TARON EGERTON