The Flickering Myth team predict the winners of the British Academy Film Awards….
It’s that magical time of year again where loads of famous people gather around to perpetuate how great they are. They don’t call ’em celebrate-ories for nothing.
This Sunday plays host the the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, or, to those found of an acronym, the BAFTAs – hosted by Stephen Fry, one national institution being hosted by another. Flickering Myth will be on the red carpet on the day, uploading photos of as many nipple slips and drunk Michael Fassbenders as we can muster. We’ll also be at a special screening where we get the results entire minutes before BBC broadcasts them.
The writing team here at Flickering Myth has provided their picks for the main categories…but first…the nominations…*drumroll*…
Best picture – Argo, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.
Best British film – Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Miserables, Seven Psychopaths and Skyfall.
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.
…and now here’s out esteemed writing team’s picks…
Gary Collinson
Best picture – Lincoln
Best British film – Les Miserables
Best director – Ben Affleck, Argo
Best actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress – Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best supporting actor – Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained.
Best supporting actress – Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Liam Trim
Best Pic – Lincoln
Best Brit – Les Mis
Best director – Kathryn Bigelow
Best actor – DDL
Best actress – Helen Mirren
Best suppt actor – Javier Bardem
Best suppt actress – Anne Hathaway
Oliver Davis
Best picture – Les Miserables
Best British film – Skyfall
Best director – Ben Affleck, Argo
Best actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress – Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best supporting actor – Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best supporting actress – Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
David Bishop
Best picture: Les Miserables
Best British film: Anna Karenina
Best director: Ang Lee
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Best supporting actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway
Rohan Morbey
Best Picture – Lincoln
Best “British” film – Skyfall
Best director – Ben Affleck
Best actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress – Emmanuelle Riva
Best supporting actor – Tommy Lee Jones
Best supporting actress – Anne Hathaway
Piers McCarthy
Best Picture: Lincoln
Best British Film: Skyfall
Best Director: Ben Affleck
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench
Scott J Davis
Best Pic – Les Miserables
British – Skyfall
Director – Tarantino
Actor – Jackman
Actress – Lawrence
Sup Actor – Waltz
Sup Actress – Hathaway
Paul Risker
Best Picture – Lincoln
Best British Film – SkyFall
Best Director – Michael Haneke
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva
Best Supporting Actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress – Amy Adams
Matt Smith
Best picture – Life of Pi
Best British film – Skyfall
Best director – Ben Affleck, Argo
Best actor – Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best actress – Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Best supporting actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best supporting actress – Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
So for those of you not keeping count, here’s all of those in one bite-size chunk of consensus:
Best picture – Lincoln
Best British film – Skyfall
Best director – Ben Affleck, Argo
Best actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress – Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor [tied] – Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln and Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best supporting actress – Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
See you all here live for the BAFTAs this Sunday from 4pm.
Originally published February 9, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
