F1: Senna Movie Nominated For Three UK BAFTA Awards

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F1: Senna Movie Nominated For Three UK BAFTA Awards

The movie on late F1 legend Ayrton Senna has received good support in the UK...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted January 17, 2012 Balen (BEL)

Ayrton Senna sits in his car during practice for the Sega European Grand Prix in April 1993 at Donington Park Circuit in Castle Donington, Great Britain. (Photo: Getty Images)

The makers of the Senna movie have received recompense for the Oscar snub by receiving three nominations from the British Film Academy.

The film was ignored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences committee responsible for compiling the Oscar shortlists, and thus the full membership has not had a chance to vote for it.

However, in the UK it has received good support. Unusual for a documentary, Senna has overcome a lot of strong opposition to make the top five in Outstanding British Film, alongside Shame, My Week with Marilyn, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

It is also in the last three for Best Documentary. Its rivals in that category are Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World, and Project Nim, about a chimpanzee raised in New York.

Senna has also received a third nomination for Best Editing, where the opposition comes from The Artist, Drive, Hugo and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

The nominations were announced Tuesday morning by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger. The awards will be handed out in London on Feb. 12, a fortnight before the Oscars.