Will this be where Emma Stone wins her first BAFTA? Preparations get underway as the great and good of Hollywood prepare to descend on the British Academy Film Awards
Preparations were well underway on Thursday morning ahead of what one hopes will be a glittering night at the 70th annual EE British Academy Film Awards.
With the great and good of Hollywood poised to appear at the prestigious event on Sunday evening, organisers are busy taking care of the all-important seating arrangements inside London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Strategically placed placards denoting each celebrity guest’s place reveal award favourites Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Dev Patel, Naomie Harris, are grouped closely together.
Scroll down for video and full list of nominations
Getting ready: Preparations were well underway on Thursday morning ahead of what one hopes will be a glittering night at the 70th annual EE British Academy Film Awards
In contention: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are forerunners at this year's ceremony thanks to their leading roles in musical drama La La Land
Stone and Gosling head up the Leading Actress and Leading Actor categories courtesy of their roles in musical drama La la Land.
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Though La La Land continues to be the success story of awards season thus far, Best Film nods also go to Arrival, I, Daniel Blake, Manchester By The Sea and Moonlight.
The males recognised in the Best Supporting Actor category this year include Patel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Dev Patel, Jeff Bridges and Mahershala Ali.
Hot favourite: Emma Stone features in the Leading Actress category for her role in La La Land
Strategic: With the great and good of Hollywood poised to appear at the prestigious event on Sunday evening, organisers are busy taking care of the all-important seating arrangements inside London’s Royal Albert Hall
Star-studded: The cavernous Royal Albert hall will welcome the cream of Hollywood on Sunday evening
In contention: Naomie Harris and Dev Patel feature in the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories
Hard at work: British director Ken Loach will take a seat next to compatriot Naomie Harris, who will have further good company in the form of Ryan Gosling
British star Patel has been nominated for the profoundly moving Lion, a film about a five-year-old Indian boy who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta.
He is adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later and sets out to find his long-lost family.
Compatriot Harris features in the Best Supporting Actress category alongside Hayley Squires, Michelle Williams, Nicole Kidman and Viola Davis.
Popular: Ryan Gosling heads up Leading Actor category courtesy of his starring role in musical drama La la Land
Competition: Though La La Land continues to be the success story of awards season thus far, Best Film nods also go to Arrival, I, Daniel Blake, Manchester By The Sea and Moonlight
In with a shout: Michelle Williams (L) and Nicole Kidman (R) also feature in the categork for Best Supporting Actress
Side by side: Placards denoting each celebrity guest’s place reveal the award favourites are grouped closely together
Coming soon: This year's EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 12 February at the Royal Albert Hall in London
Harris's nomination follows critical acclaim for her role as crack cocaine addicted single mother Paula in Moonlight, a screen adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.
This year's EE Rising Star award nominations - announced last week and voted for by the public - go to Laia Costa, Lucas Hedges, Ruth Negga and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Hosted by Stephen Fry, this year's EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 12 February at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Decisions decisions: But Dev eventually found a place between Emily Blunt and Viola Davis
Powerful drama: The actor gets a Best Supporting Actor nod for his role in the profoundly moving Lion
Quite a line up: Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Naomie Harris will be shoulder to shoulder on Sunday night
Harrowing: Harris's nomination follows critical acclaim for her role as crack cocaine addicted single mother Paula in Moonlight, a screen adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
There you go: British actor-writer-director Noel Clarke's seat was established on Thursday morning
EE British Academy Film Awards 2017 - full list of nominations
BEST FILM
ARRIVAL Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder
I, DANIEL BLAKE Rebecca O'Brien
LA LA LAND Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward,Kevin J. Walsh
MOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AMERICAN HONEY Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy
DENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM David Yates, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram
I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, Paul Laverty
NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison
UNDER THE SHADOW 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: GEORGE AMPONSAH (Writer/Director/Producer), DIONNE WALKER (Writer/Producer)
Notes on Blindness: PETER MIDDLETON (Writer/Director/Producer), JAMES SPINNEY (Writer/Director), JO-JO ELLISON (Producer)
The Pass: JOHN DONNELLY (Writer), BEN A. WILLIAMS (Director)
Under the Shadow: BABAK ANVARI (Writer/Director), EMILY LEO, OLIVER ROSKILL, LUCAN TOH (Producers)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DHEEPAN Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
JULIETA Pedro Almodóvar
MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Charles Gillibert
SON OF SAUL László Nemes, Gábor Sipos
TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski
DOCUMENTARY
13TH Ava DuVernay
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK- THE TOURING YEARS Ron Howard
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Otto Bell, Stacey Reiss
NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney
WEINER Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
ANIMATED FILM
FINDING DORY Andrew Stanton
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Travis Knight
MOANA Ron Clements, John Musker
ZOOTROPOLIS Byron Howard, Rich Moore
DIRECTOR
ARRIVAL Denis Villeneuve
I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach
LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Tom Ford
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
HELL OR HIGH WATER Taylor Sheridan
I, DANIEL BLAKE Paul Laverty
LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan
MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARRIVAL Eric Heisserer
HACKSAW RIDGE Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
HIDDEN FIGURES Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder
LION Luke Davies
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Tom Ford
LEADING ACTOR
ANDREW GARFIELD Hacksaw Ridge
CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea
JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nocturnal Animals
RYAN GOSLING La La Land
VIGGO MORTENSEN Captain Fantastic
LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS Arrival
EMILY BLUNT The Girl on the Train
EMMA STONE La La Land
MERYL STREEP Florence Foster Jenkins
NATALIE PORTMAN Jackie
SUPPORTING ACTOR
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON Nocturnal Animals
DEV PATEL Lion
HUGH GRANT Florence Foster Jenkins
JEFF BRIDGES Hell or High Water
MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake
MICHELLE WILLIAMS Manchester by the Sea
NAOMIE HARRIS Moonlight
NICOLE KIDMAN Lion
VIOLA DAVIS Fences
ORIGINAL MUSIC
ARRIVAL Jóhann Jóhannsson
JACKIE Mica Levi
LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz
LION Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Abel Korzeniowski
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARRIVAL Bradford Young
HELL OR HIGH WATER Giles Nuttgens
LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren
LION Greig Fraser
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Seamus McGarvey
EDITING
ARRIVAL Joe Walker
HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert
LA LA LAND Tom Cross
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Jennifer Lame
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Joan Sobel
PRODUCTION DESIGN
DOCTOR STRANGE John Bush, Charles Wood
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
HAIL, CAESAR! Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
LA LA LAND Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Shane Valentino, Meg Everist
COSTUME
DESIGNALLIED Joanna Johnston
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Colleen Atwood
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Consolata Boyle
JACKIE Madeline Fontaine
LA LA LAND Mary Zophres
MAKE UP & HAIR
DOCTOR STRANGE Jeremy Woodhead
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips
HACKSAW RIDGE Shane Thomas
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Donald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Nominees tbc
SOUND
ARRIVAL Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare
DEEPWATER HORIZON Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp
HACKSAW RIDGE Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright
LA LA LAND Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ARRIVAL Louis Morin
DOCTOR STRANGE Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins
THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE ALAN DIMENSION Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh
A LOVE STORY Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King
TOUGH Jennifer Zheng
BRITISH SHORT FILM
CONSUMED Richard John Seymour
HOME Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell
MOUTH OF HELL Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson
THE PARTY Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor MacNeill
STANDBY Charlotte Regan, Jack Hannon
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
LAIA COSTA
LUCAS HEDGES
RUTH NEGGA
TOM HOLLAND
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