BAFTA 2007 Longlists: Best Film, Acting Categories

Bafta 2007 Longlists
Film, Foreign Film, Director, Acting Categories

Pan’s Labyrinth (top); The History Boys (bottom)

BAFTA 2007 Longlists
Best Film – Top 15:
Babel
Bobby
Casino Royale
Children of Men
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Flags of Our Fathers
The History Boys
The Last King of Scotland
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen
United 93
Volver
Best Foreign-Language Film – Top 15:
36 Quai des Orfèvres
Apocalypto
Black Book
The Child
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Gabrielle
Lady Vengeance
Lemming
The Page Turner
Pan’s Labyrinth
Paradise Now
Rang De Basanti / Paint it Yellow
Secuestro Express
Volver
Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait
Best Director – Top 15:
Mel Gibson – Apocalypto
Alejandro [...]

by Andre Soares | January 5, 2007   
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2007 London Film Critics Awards: Nominations

The 2007 London Film Critics’ Circle nominations were announced on Dec. 14.
On the positive side, the London critics tend to be more international than their American counterparts. On the negative side, the London critics’ nominations — sub-divided into "best" and "best British" this or other — tend to get somewhat redundant.
The Queen, for instance, was nominated as both Film of the Year and Best British Film, while both Helen Mirren (above) and Judi Dench received double best actress nominations as well, for The Queen and Notes on a Scandal, respectively. (Curiously, Stephen Frears, whose The Queen is listed in no less than 7 categories, failed to receive a Best Director nomination. Frears had to content himself with a best [...]

by Andre Soares | December 16, 2006   
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