Awards season is definitely here, and the one name that keeps coming up again and again is “La La Land,” and the recent BAFTA nominations are keeping the name alive eleven more times.
The perky, pastel-hued jazz musical “La La Land” quick-stepped into an awards-season lead Tuesday, gaining 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars.
The sweet-tempered Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone romance is up for best picture, director, actor and actress at the British awards, which are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood’s prize giving next month.
The nominations add to the musical’s momentum after it won seven prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Philosophical sci-fi yarn “Arrival” and psychological thriller “Nocturnal Animals” have nine nominations each for the U.K prizes, known as BAFTAs. The contenders were announced at the British academy’s London headquarters by actors Dominic Cooper and Sophie Turner.
Best-picture nominees are “La La Land”; “Arrival”; welfare-state drama “I, Daniel Blake”; Miami coming-of-age story “Moonlight”; and soul-baring domestic drama “Manchester by the Sea.”
Best-actor nominees are Andrew Garfield for “Hacksaw Ridge”; Casey Affleck for “Manchester by the Sea”; Jake Gyllenhaal for “Nocturnal Animals”; Gosling for “La La Land”; and Viggo Mortensen for “Captain Fantastic.”
Best actress contenders are Amy Adams for “Arrival”; Emily Blunt for “The Girl on the Train”; Stone for “La La Land”; Meryl Streep for “Florence Foster Jenkins”; and Natalie Portman for “Jackie.”
Among supporting actor and actress nominees are Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel, both for “Lion”; Jeff Bridges for “Hell or High Water”; Hugh Grant for “Florence Foster Jenkins”; and Viola Davis for “Fences.”
Best director nominations went to Denis Villeneuve for “Arrival”; Ken Loach for “I, Daniel Blake”; Damien Chazelle for “La La land”; Kenneth Lonergan for “Manchester by the Sea”; and Tom Ford for “Nocturnal Animals.”
Winners of the British trophies will be announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 12, two weeks before the Oscars.
The BAFTAs differ from their U.S. counterpart in having a separate category for best British film. Nominees are “I, Daniel Blake”; raucous road trip “American Honey”; courtroom drama “Denial”; wizarding adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”; documentary “Notes on Blindness”; and Iran-set horror film “Under the Shadow.”
BAFTA 2017 Nominations:
BEST FILM
ARRIVALÂ Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder
I, DANIEL BLAKE Rebecca O’Brien
LA LA LANDÂ Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAÂ Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward,
Kevin J. Walsh
MOONLIGHTÂ Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AMERICAN HONEYÂ Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy
DENIALÂ Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMÂ David Yates, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram
I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
NOTES ON BLINDNESSÂ Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison
UNDER THE SHADOWÂ Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Girl With All the Gifts: MIKE CAREY (Writer), CAMILLE GATIN (Producer)
The Hard Stop:Â GEORGE AMPONSAH (Writer/Director/Producer), DIONNE WALKER (Writer/Producer)
Notes on Blindness:Â PETER MIDDLETON (Writer/Director/Producer), JAMES SPINNEY (Writer/Director), JO-JO ELLISON (Producer)
The Pass:Â JOHN DONNELLY (Writer), BEN A. WILLIAMS (Director)
Under the Shadow:Â BABAK ANVARI (Writer/Director), EMILY LEO, OLIVER ROSKILL, LUCAN TOH (Producers)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DHEEPANÂ Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
JULIETA Pedro Almodóvar
MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Charles Gillibert
SON OF SAUL László Nemes, Gábor Sipos
TONI ERDMANNÂ Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski
DOCUMENTARY
13th Ava DuVernay
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK- THE TOURING YEARSÂ Ron Howard
THE EAGLE HUNTRESSÂ Otto Bell, Stacey Reiss
NOTES ON BLINDNESSÂ Peter Middleton, James Spinney
WEINERÂ Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
ANIMATED FILM
FINDING DORYÂ Andrew Stanton
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGSÂ Travis Knight
MOANAÂ Ron Clements, John Musker
ZOOTROPOLISÂ Byron Howard, Rich Moore
DIRECTOR
ARRIVALÂ Denis Villeneuve
I, DANIEL BLAKEÂ Ken Loach
LA LA LANDÂ Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAÂ Kenneth Lonergan
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Tom Ford
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
HELL OR HIGH WATERÂ Taylor Sheridan
I, DANIEL BLAKEÂ Paul Laverty
LA LA LANDÂ Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAÂ Kenneth Lonergan
MOONLIGHTÂ Barry Jenkins
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARRIVALÂ Eric Heisserer
HACKSAW RIDGEÂ Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
HIDDEN FIGURESÂ Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder
LIONÂ Luke Davies
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Tom Ford
LEADING ACTOR
ANDREW GARFIELDÂ Hacksaw Ridge
CASEY AFFLECKÂ Manchester by the Sea
JAKE GYLLENHAALÂ Nocturnal Animals
RYAN GOSLINGÂ La La Land
VIGGO MORTENSENÂ Captain Fantastic
LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMSÂ Arrival
EMILY BLUNTÂ The Girl on the Train
EMMA STONEÂ La La Land
MERYL STREEPÂ Florence Foster Jenkins
NATALIE PORTMANÂ Jackie
SUPPORTING ACTOR
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSONÂ Nocturnal Animals
DEV PATELÂ Lion
HUGH GRANTÂ Florence Foster Jenkins
JEFF BRIDGESÂ Hell or High Water
MAHERSHALA ALIÂ Moonlight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HAYLEY SQUIRESÂ I, Daniel Blake
MICHELLE WILLIAMSÂ Manchester by the Sea
NAOMIE HARRISÂ Moonlight
NICOLE KIDMANÂ Lion
VIOLA DAVISÂ Fences
ORIGINAL MUSIC
ARRIVAL Jóhann Jóhannsson
JACKIEÂ Mica Levi
LA LA LANDÂ Justin Hurwitz
LION Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Abel Korzeniowski
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARRIVALÂ Bradford Young
HELL OR HIGH WATERÂ Giles Nuttgens
LA LA LANDÂ Linus Sandgren
LIONÂ Greig Fraser
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Seamus McGarvey
EDITING
ARRIVALÂ Joe Walker
HACKSAW RIDGEÂ John Gilbert
LA LA LANDÂ Tom Cross
MANCHESTER BY THE SEAÂ Jennifer Lame
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Joan Sobel
PRODUCTION DESIGN
DOCTOR STRANGEÂ John Bush, Charles Wood
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMÂ Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
HAIL, CAESAR! Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
LA LA LANDÂ Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Shane Valentino, Meg Everist
COSTUME DESIGN
ALLIEDÂ Joanna Johnston
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMÂ Colleen Atwood
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINSÂ Consolata Boyle
JACKIEÂ Madeline Fontaine
LA LA LANDÂ Mary Zophres
MAKE UP & HAIR
DOCTOR STRANGEÂ Jeremy Woodhead
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINSÂ J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips
HACKSAW RIDGEÂ Shane Thomas
NOCTURNAL ANIMALSÂ Donald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORYÂ Nominees tbc
SOUND
ARRIVAL Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare
DEEPWATER HORIZONÂ Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMÂ Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp
HACKSAW RIDGE Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright
LA LA LANDÂ Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ARRIVALÂ Louis Morin
DOCTOR STRANGEÂ Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMÂ Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins
THE JUNGLE BOOKÂ Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORYÂ Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE ALAN DIMENSIONÂ Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh
A LOVE STORYÂ Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King
TOUGHÂ Jennifer Zheng
BRITISH SHORT FILM
CONSUMEDÂ Richard John Seymour
HOME Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell
MOUTH OF HELLÂ Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson
THE PARTYÂ Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor MacNeill
STANDBYÂ Charlotte Regan, Jack Hannon
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
LAIA COSTA
LUCAS HEDGES
RUTH NEGGA
TOM HOLLAND
The BAFTA ceremony will be held on the 12th of February and will be hosted by Stephen Fry.