Oscars 2015: the nominations in full

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It’s a tie at the top, with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel each securing nine nominations in the run-up to the 2015 Academy Awards. Close behind with eight nods is the British espionage drama The Imitation Game, and Boyhood and American Sniper, with six each.

In a strong year for British acting talent, Benedict Cumberbatch (for The Imitation Game) and Eddie Redmayne (for The Theory of Everything) are recognised in the best actor category, while Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) will compete for best actress. The Imitation Game’s Keira Knightley is up for best supporting actress.

To add to its acting nods, Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything took nominations for best picture, music and adapted screenplay. Also with five nominations apiece are Foxcatcher, Interstellar and Whiplash.

Civil rights drama Selma had a more disappointing showing, nominated in only the best picture and best song categories. Another surprise was the absence of The Lego Movie from the best animated feature section.

With her nomination for best supporting actress for Into the Woods, Meryl Streep brings her tally to a record 19 nominations. Meanwhile, Robert Duvall, at 84, breaks the record for the oldest actor ever to compete as best supporting actor.

Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, backed by the BFI Film Fund, is recognised for its production design, cinematography, original score and costume design.

There were British successes in the short film categories too, with The Bigger Picture nominated for best animated short and Boogaloo and Graham up for best live-action short. The latter was backed by the BFI and Northern Ireland Screen.

“This year’s Oscar nominations are a cracking result for British film,” comments BFI CEO Amanda Nevill, “recognising the sheer brilliance and skill of our talent working both in front of and behind the camera. It’s so exciting to see distinctive and passionate filmmaking across the board from independent productions such as The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything and Mr. Turner to international films such as Into the Woods, Maleficent and Guardians of the Galaxy which give our highly skilled crews and production facilities opportunities to show just what they can do. With new British filmmakers making their mark in short filmmaking we have much more to look forward to in future. We congratulate them all.” 

The Imitation Game was the opening night gala of the 58th BFI London Film Festival, with Birdman, CITIZENFOUR, Foxcatcher, Ida, Leviathan, Song of the Sea, Timbuktu, Whiplash, Wild and Wild Tales among the other nominated films first seen by UK audiences at the Festival.

The winners will be announced on 22 February 2015 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater.

Best picture

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best actress

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

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Best actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best supporting actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best supporting actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best director

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best adapted screenplay

American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best original screenplay

Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Best foreign film

Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

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Best documentary feature

CITIZENFOUR
Finding Vivian Maer
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
Salt of the Earth

Best animated feature

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Film editing

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best song

The Lego Movie
Selma
Beyond the Lights
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me 
Begin Again

Best original score

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Costume design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Makeup and hairstyling

Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Production design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

Sound editing

American Sniper
Bidman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken

Sound mixing

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash

Visual effects

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Short film, live action

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Short film, animated

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and my Moulton
A Single Life

Documentary short subject

Crisis Hotline
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth