'Tinker Tailor,' 'Marilyn' lead BAFTA race

LONDON -- "My Week With Marilyn" and "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" lead the longlists for that British Academy Film Honours, with 16 mentions each. They're adopted carefully by "The Iron Lady" with 14 records, and "The Artist," "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo," "Night 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 and also the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" with 11 and "We have to Discuss Kevin" with 10. Of those, just the final Potter installment is excluded in the best picture longlist, that also includes "The Descendants" (seven mentions), "Moneyball" (eight) and "Senna" (six). The BAFTA longlists includes 15 records in many groups, plus five each in animation and documentary, selected within the first round of voting. 5 nominees are selected from all of these longlists within the second round. The longlists also indicate the very best five options through the relevant sections, which generally supplies a close help guide to the likely nominees. With that yardstick, "The Artist" emerges because 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. Due to the many films incorporated within the longlists, the omissions are frequently more notable compared to inclusions. "The Tree of Existence" will get just one mention, for cinematography, perhaps reflecting the failure of distrib Fox to transmit out a DVD screener to BAFTA voters. You will find no chapter votes for the best picture, however the five chapter picks for the best 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 have to Discuss Kevin." However, only a couple of individuals films, "The Artist" and "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," will also be one of the chapter picks for modified and original script. Apart from "The Artist," another chapter picks for original script are "Bridesmaids," "The Guard," "Night time in Paris" and "Youthful Adult." Apart from "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," the chapter picks for modified script are "The Descendants," "The Assistance,Inch "The Ides of March" and "Moneyball." "The AssistanceInch includes a particularly strong presence within 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" will also get 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 have to Discuss Kevin" and Viola Davis for "The Assistance.Inch BAFTA's new documentary category is really a contest between "George Harrison: Residing in the fabric World," "Existence per day,Inch "Pina," "Project Nim" and "Senna." "Senna" may be the only documentary also around the longlist for the best picture, which makes it the obvious favorite to win the doc prize. Abnormally, you will find no language films within the best picture longlist. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com