'Tinker Tailor,' 'Marilyn' lead BAFTA race

LONDON -- "My Week With Marilyn" and "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" lead the longlists for your British Academy Film Honours, with 16 mentions each. They are adopted carefully by "The Iron Lady" with 14 records, and "The Artist," "The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo," "Evening amount of time in Paris" and "War Equine," with 13 each. Other prominent photos include "The AssistanceInch and "Hugo" with 12 "Drive," "The Ides of March" and "Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" with 11 and "We must Discuss Kevin" with 10. Of individuals, only the final Potter installment is excluded within the best picture longlist, which includes "The Descendants" (seven mentions), "Moneyball" (eight) and "Senna" (six). The BAFTA longlists includes 15 records in lots of groups, plus five each in animation and documentary, selected inside the first round of voting. 5 nominees are selected readily available longlists inside the second round. The longlists also indicate the most effective five options with the relevant sections, which generally offers a close self-help guide to the likely nominees. With this yardstick, "The Artist" emerges since the leading contender with 10 chapter picks, then "Hugo" with nine, "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" with eight, "My Week With Marilyn" with six and "The AssistanceInch with five. Because of the numerous films incorporated inside the longlists, the omissions are often more notable in comparison to inclusions. "The Tree of Existence" can get only one mention, for cinematography, possibly reflecting the failure of distrib Fox to deliver out a DVD screener to BAFTA voters. You'll find no chapter votes for top picture, nevertheless the five chapter picks for top director are Michel Hazanvicius for "The Artist," Nicholas Winding Refn for "Drive," Martin Scorsese for "Hugo," Tomas Alfredson for "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" and Lynne Ramsay for "We must Discuss Kevin." However, a couple of people films, "The Artist" and "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," may also be among the chapter picks for modified and original script. Aside from "The Artist," another chapter picks for original script are "Bridesmaids," "The Guard," "Evening amount of time in Paris" and "Youthful Adult." Aside from "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," the chapter picks for modified script are "The Descendants," "The Help,In . "The Ides of March" and "Moneyball." "The AssistanceInch features a particularly strong presence inside the acting longlists, with five records including four chapter picks (Viola Davis for leading actress, and Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for supporting actress). "My Week With Marilyn," "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Ides of March" go for five acting mentions, adopted carefully by "The Iron Lady" with four. 5 chapter picks for leading actor are Kaira Pitt for "Moneyball," Gary Oldman for "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," George Clooney for "The Descendants," Jean Dujardin for "The Artist" and Michael Fassbender for "Shame." 5 chapter picks for leading actress are Berenice Bejo for "The Artist," Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady," Michelle Williams for "My Week With Marilyn," Tilda Swinton for "We must Discuss Kevin" and Viola Davis for "The Help.In . BAFTA's new documentary category can be a contest between "George Harrison: Dwelling within the fabric World," "Existence daily,In . "Pina," "Project Nim" and "Senna." "Senna" might be the only real documentary also round the longlist for top picture, which causes it to be the apparent favorite to win the doc prize. Abnormally, you'll find no language films inside the best picture longlist. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com