BAFTA 2014 Film Awards Nominees Announced

Shortly before this year's Academy Awards nominees are revealed, the UK's top film critics reveal their candidates!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have today announced the full list of nominees for their upcoming 2014 Film Awards. Set to take place next month, the ceremony will be hosted as per usual by Stephen Fry, and is sponsored by the UK's EE mobile phone network.

As one might expect, there's a lot of names and films to get through, so we'll delay your discovery of the list no further. Here's the full round-up of the motion pictures which have ranked among the best of 2013 in the eyes of the BAFTA judging panel- as always, our picks for each significant award are highlighted in yellow:

• BEST FILM- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Gravity; Captain Philips; Philomena
• OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM- Gravity; Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom; Philomena; Rush; Saving Mr Banks; The Selfish Giant
• BEST ACTOR- Christian Bale (American Hustle); Bruce Dern (Nebraska); Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street); Chiwetel Ejofor (12 Years A Slave); Tom Hanks (Captain Philips)
• BEST ACTRESS- Amy Adams (American Hustle); Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine); Sandra Bullock (Gravity); Judi Dench (Philomena); Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- Barkhad Adbi (Captain Philips); Daniel Bruhl (Rush); Bradley Cooper (American Hustle); Matt Damon (Behind The Candelabra); Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine); Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle); Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave); Julia Roberts (August: Osage County); Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)
• BEST DIRECTOR- Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity); Paul Greengrass (Captain Philips); Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave); David O'Russell (American Hustle); Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- 12 Years A Slave; Captain Philips; Behind The Candelabra; Philomena; The Wolf of Wall Street
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY- American Hustle; Gravity; Blue Jasmine; Inside Llewyn Davis; Nebraska
• BEST ANIMATED FILM- Despicable Me 2; Monsters' University; Frozen
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- 12 Years A Slave; Captain Philips; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Nebraska
• BEST COSTUME DESIGN- American Hustle; Behind The Candelabra; The Great Gatsby; The Invisible Woman; Saving Mr Banks
• BEST EDITING- 12 Years A Slave; Captain Philips; Gravity; Rush; The Wolf of Wall Street
• BEST MAKE UP & HAIR- American Hustle; Behind The Candelabra; The Butler; The Great Gatsby; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• BEST MUSIC- 12 Years A Slave; The Book Thief; Captain Philips; Gravity; Saving Mr Banks
• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN- 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Behind The Candelabra; Gravity; The Great Gatsby
• BEST SOUND- All is Lost; Captain Philips; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Rush
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS- Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Iron Man 3; Pacific Rim; Star Trek Into Darkness
• RISING STAR- Dane DeHaan; George MacKay; Lupita Nyong'o; Will Poulter; Lea Seydoux

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts' 2014 Film Awards ceremony will take place on February 16th, with a televised broadcast on BBC One likely to occur during the same week.