Senna has made the final shortlist and thus received an official nomination in two major BAFTA categories.
It 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 this morning by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger.
The awards will be handed out in London on February 12.
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