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Award season gets into full swing this month and excitement levels rise even higher now with the release of the 2016 BAFTA nominations. It has been such an incredible year for film, and although not all with walk away victorious, each motion picture named is deserving of the recognition. And so, the nominations go to…

Leading the way, with an impressive nine nominations each, are Bridge of Spies and Carol, followed by The Revenant which is nominated in eight categories. Next comes Mad Max: Fury Road, with seven nominations, while Brooklyn and The Martian receive six each. The Danish Girl, The Big Short and Ex Machina each get five nominations and Star Wars: The Force Awakens is named in four categories.

In the running for Best Film are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Revenant, and Spotlight, while included in the Outstanding British Film category are Brooklyn and The Danish Girl. Brooklyn, based on Colm Toibin’s coming of age novel of the same title, is also nominated for Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design and Make-Up and Hair, while it’s leading lady, Carlow’s own Saoirse Ronan, who earlier this week won The New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress, is up for Leading Actress. She faces some stiff competition though, with Room’s Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett from Carol, and Maggie Smith from Lady in the Van all included in the same the category. Best Actor nominees meanwhile include Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Eddie Redmayne for his powerful portrayal in The Danish Girl, and Steve Job’s Michael Fassbender.

The biggest film of the year, and seemingly soon to be the most successful film of all time, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has been nominated for Production Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects and Original Music, for which The Hateful Eight and The Revenant are also nominated.

The BAFTA Film Awards, now in its tenth year, will be broadcast from The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on Sunday 14th February. For a full list of nominations see below.

Best film:

The Big Short 
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Revenant
Spotlight

Outstanding British film:

45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster

Outstanding debut by British writer, director or producer:

Alex Garland (director, Ex Machina)
Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director, Second Coming)
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director, Theeb), Rupert Lloyd (producer, Theeb)
Sean McAllister (director/producer, A Syrian Love Story), Elhum Shakerifar (producer, A Syrian Love Story)
Stephen Fingleton (writer/director, The Survivalist)

Best film not in the English language:

The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best documentary:

Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa

Best animated film:

Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep the Movie

Best director:

Adam McKay, The Big Short
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
Todd Haynes, Carol
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, The Revenant

Best original screenplay:

Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight

Best adapted screenplay:

The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
Room
Steve Jobs

Best actor:

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Best actress:

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best supporting actor:

Benicio del Toro, Sicario
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Best supporting actress:

Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters, Brooklyn
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara, Carol

Best original music:

Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best cinematography:

Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best editing:

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best production design:

Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best costume design:

Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best make-up and hair:

Brooklyn
Carol
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best sound:

Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best special visual effects:

Ant-Man
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best British short animation:

Edmond
Manoman
Prologue

Best British short film:

Elephant
Mining Poems or Odes
Operator
Over
Samuel-613

EE Rising Star (voted for by the public):

Bel Powley
Brie Larson
Dakota Johnson
John Boyega
Taron Egerton