![]() ![]() The Baftas diverge strikingly from the Globes in other categories, however. Clint Eastwood’s plane crash drama Sully followed suit. Following a complete lack of nominations from the Globes, it also failed to pick up a single nod from the UK-based voters. Notes on Blindness: watch the trailer for a documentary about losing sight GuardianĪnd there was further upset for Martin Scorsese, as his religious epic Silence was again snubbed. ![]() That film scored a remarkable three nods, also being named in the best documentary and outstanding debut fields. I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach’s searing tale of an unwell carpenter battling the benefits system, leads the British pack with five nominations – the same number as Harry Potter spin-off F antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Mel Gibson’s war story Hacksaw Ridge and adoption weepie Lion.īarry Jenkins’s Moonlight, however – perceived as the major rival to La La Land at the Academy Awards – took just four, as did Stephen Frears’s comedy about a deluded singer, Florence Foster Jenkins, which also scored nods for stars Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, as well as costume design and hair.īut there was disappointment for Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, which took just one nomination for outstanding British film, where its eclectic competitors include Denial, the story of the trial involving Holocaust denier David Irving, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, I, Daniel Blake, Tehran-set horror Under the Shadow and sight-loss docu-drama Notes on Blindness. Those films took nine nominations apiece, while Kenneth Lonergan’s grief drama Manchester By the Sea, which took best actor for Casey Affleck on Sunday, trails with six. But its competition this time round is less predictable, with two until now underloved contenders, time-shuffle sci-fi Arrival and crime thriller Nocturnal Animals, also performing healthily. ![]()
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