James McAvoy was nominated for a British Academy Film Award.
Atonement (film) . It also garnered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards , winning both Best Film and Production Design , and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture -- Drama . The British Academy Film Awards or BAFTA Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) to honour the best British and international contributions to film . James McAvoy . The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement ( 2007 ) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination .