The film, which is hotly tipped for glory at the upcoming Academy Awards, was unveiled as the favourite when the BAFTA nominations were announced by actors Alice Eve and Jeremy Irvine in London on Wednesday morning (09Jan13).
The haul of 10 nominations puts Lincoln ahead of Les Miserables and Life of Pi, which both scored nine nods from the British Academy.
All three will compete for the coveted Best Film prize, along with Ben Affleck’s Argo and Kathryn Bigelow’s gritty drama Zero Dark Thirty, while Day-Lewis heads up the Leading Actor category along with Affleck, Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) and Joaquin Phoenix (The Master).
In the Leading Actress category, Zero Dark Thirty’s star Jessica Chastain will go up against Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) and Oscar winners Marion Cotillard (Rust And Bone) and Dame Helen Mirren (Hitchcock).
The best director award will be a tough race between Affleck, Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Michael Haneke (Amour), Ang Lee (Life Of Pi) and Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty).
Another hotly-tipped contender at the upcoming prizegiving is Bond blockbuster Skyfall, which has secured nominations for Dame Judi Dench (Supporting Actress) and Javier Bardem (Supporting Actor), while the movie is also nominated in categories for Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Outstanding British Film. The nominations top a stellar year for 007 after Skyfall became the first ever Bond movie to break the billion dollar mark at the global box office.
The trophies will be handed out during a ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on 10 February (13). The show will be hosted by actor/funnyman Stephen Fry.
The nominees are as follows:
Best Film:
Argo
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Outstanding British Film:
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall
Director:
Michael Haneke – Amour
Ben Affleck – Argo
Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
Ang Lee – Life Of Pi
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Leading Actor:
Ben Affleck – Argo
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Leading Actress:
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Dame Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust And Bone
Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin – Argo
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams – The Master
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Sally Field – Lincoln
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:
Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis – The Imposter
David Morris, Jacqui Morris – McCullin
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King – Wild Bill
James Bobin – The Muppets
Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine
Documentary:
The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West Of Memphis
Original Screenplay:
Amour – Michael Haneke
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Adapted Screenplay:
Argo
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Film Not In The English Language:
Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
Rust And Bone
Untouchable
Animated Film:
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
Original Music:
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Cinematography:
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Editing:
Argo
Django Unchained
Life Of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Production Design:
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Costume Design:
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Snow White And The Huntsman
Sound:
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Skyfall
Special Visual Effects:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life Of Pi
Avengers Assemble (The Avengers)
Prometheus
Make-up & Hair:
Anna Karenina
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Short Animation:
Here To Fall
I’m Fine Thanks
The Making Of Longbird
Short Film:
The Curse
Good Night
Swimmer
Tumult
The Voorman Problem
Orange Rising Star Award:
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander
Suraj Sharma.