Sandra Bullock starrer 'Gravity' tops Bafta nominations

Sandra Bullock starrer space drama 'Gravity' has topped 2014's Bafta Film awards nomination list in 11 categories.

The movie is followed by 'American Hustle' and Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave' with ten nominations.

While Tom Hanks starrer 'Captain Phillips' sweeped 9 nominations, 'Behind the Candelabra', which is based on the last ten years of openly gay pianist Liberace, and another one of Hanks' starrer film 'Saving Mr. Banks' got 5 nominations, the BBC reported.

Bullock and Christian Bale, who starred in David O. Russell-helmed 1970s con-artist romp 'American Hustle', are up for best actress and best actor respectively.

'Gravity's filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron has also been nominated for best director.

Most Nominated Films are:

'Gravity' - 11

'American Hustle' - 10

'12 Years a Slave' - 10

'Captain Phillips' - 9

'Behind the Candelabra' - 5

'Saving Mr Banks' - 5

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Here is the list of the nominations in various categories:

Best film

'12 Years a Slave'

'American Hustle'

'Captain Phillips'

'Gravity'

'Philomena'

Actor

Christian Bale - 'American Hustle'

Bruce Dern - 'Nebraska'

Leonardo DiCaprio - 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

Chiwetel Ejiofor - '12 Years a Slave'

Tom Hanks - 'Captain Phillips'

Actress

Amy Adams - 'American Hustle'

Cate Blanchett - 'Blue Jasmine'

Sandra Bullock - 'Gravity'

Judi Dench - 'Philomena'

Emma Thompson - 'Saving Mr Banks'

Director

Alfonso Cuaron - 'Gravity'

Paul Greengrass - 'Captain Phillips'

Steve McQueen - '12 Years a Slave'

David O Russell - 'American Hustle'

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