THE NOMINATIONS FOR the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were announced this morning.

The Grand Budapest Hotel logs most nominations with a total of 11, while Birdman and Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything, follow with 10 nominations each. The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing follows with a nine nods.

The main categories are:

Best actor

• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
• Michael Keaton – Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best actress

• Amy Adams – Big Eyes
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore – Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best British film

• ’71
• The Imitation Game
• Paddington
• Pride
• The Theory of Eerything
• Under The Skin

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Best film

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything

Supporting actress

• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
• Renee Russo – Nightcrawler
• Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
• Imelda Staunton – Pride
• Emma Stone – Birdman

Supporting Actor

• Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
• JK Simmons – Whiplash

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Best adapted screenplay

• American Sniper, Jason Hall
• Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
• The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
• Paddington, Paul King
• The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten

Best original screenplay

• Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
• Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
• Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

Best director

• Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel
• Damian Chazelle, Whiplash
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• James Marsh, The Theory of Everything

Best documentary

• 20 Feet from Stardom
• 20,000 Days on Earth
• Citizenfour
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Virunga

Best animation

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• The Lego Movie

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