The awards continue to recognise more genre-friendly categories like Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Best Horror, and Best Thriller, with plenty of British talent recognised across the board, as well as in the Best British Film shortlist.
It’s also very nice to see filmmakers like Edgar Wright and Peter Jackson recognised for their work in the Best Director category, alongside Alfonso Cuarón, Paul Greengrass, and Steve McQueen, with Cuarón and McQueen also up for the same category at the Oscars.
Greengrass will be receiving the Empire Inspiration Award at the ceremony for his work on the Bourne trilogy and more recently the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Captain Phillips.
To celebrate the nominations announcement, Jameson have commissioned a series of alternate posters from London-based illustrator Luke Drozd to recognise the talents in the Best Actor category, which sees Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), James McAvoy (Filth), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug), and Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) go head-to-head for the award.
The Jameson Empire Awards will be held in London on Sunday, 30th March. Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and then go cast your vote here!
Best Film (Presented by Sky Movies)
- 12 Years a Slave
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Best Director (Presented by Air New Zealand)
- Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
- Edgar Wright – The World’s End
- Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
- Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Jameson Best Actor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
- James McAvoy – Filth
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
- Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Best Actress
- Amy Adams – American Hustle
- Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
- Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
- Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Best British Film
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
- Filth
- Rush
- Sunshine on Leith
- The World’s End
Best Supporting Actress
- Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
- Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
- Mia Wasikowska – Stoker
- Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor
- Daniel Brühl – Rush
- Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
- Sam Claflin – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Richard Armitage – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Tom Hiddleston – Thor: The Dark World
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy (Presented by MediCinema)
- Gravity
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Pacific Rim
- Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Thriller
- Captain Phillips
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Now You See Me
- Prisoners
- Trance
Best Comedy (Presented by Magic)
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- This Is 40
- This Is The End
- The World’s End
Best Horror
- A Field in England
- The Conjuring
- Evil Dead
- World War Z
- You’re Next
Best Female Newcomer
- Adèle Exarchopoulous – Blue is the Warmest Colour
- Antonia Thomas – Sunshine on Leith
- Elizabeth Debicki – The Great Gatsby
- Freya Mavor – Sunshine on Leith
- Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
- Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Male Newcomer (Presented by Tresor Paris)
- Aidan Turner – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
- George MacKay – Sunshine on Leith
- Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
- Tye Sheridan – Mud
- Will Poulter – We’re the Millers