The nominations for the British Academy Film and Television Awards have been announced with Avatar, The Hurt Locker and An Education tied with eight nominations apiece. With these three favorites nominated in almost every category it seems likely that each film will go home with at least one award in hand. However, the competition running alongside these movies in categories such as Best Picture and Best Director, are heated with equally deserving movies such as Precious, Up in the Air, District 9 and Inglourious Basterds.
The next biggest nominee contenders include District 9 at seven nominations, Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air with six nominations and Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious and Up receiving four nominations. Check out the main categories below and head over to the BAFTA site for the rest.
BEST FILM
“Avatar,” James Cameron, Jon Landau
“An Education,” Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
“The Hurt Locker,” Nominees TBC
“Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness
“Up In The Air,” Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“An Education,” Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
“Fish Tank,” Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
“In The Loop,” Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
“Moon,” Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
“Nowhere Boy,” Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
DIRECTOR
“Avatar,” James Cameron
“District 9,” Neill Blomkamp
“An Education,” Lone Scherfig
“The Hurt Locker,” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Hangover,” Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
“The Hurt Locker,” Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino
“A Serious Man,” Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“Up,” Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“District 9,” Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
“An Education,” Nick Hornby
“In The Loop,” Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up In The Air,” Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“Broken Embraces,” Agustin Almodovar, Pedro Almodovar
“Coco Before Chanel,” Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
“Let The Right One In,” Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
“A Prophet,” Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
“The White Ribbon,” Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke
ANIMATED FILM
“Coraline,” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox,” Wes Anderson
“Up,” Pete Docter
LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Andy Serkis, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Audrey Tautou, “Coco Before Chanel”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, “It’s Complicated”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff, “Nowhere Boy”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”
Kristin Scott Thomas, “Nowhere Boy”
With so many films holding multiple nominations it is hard to pick a film that has a better chance than its competition. These awards may prove to have an interesting influence, with the BAFTA’s ceremony held on February 21, close to the upcoming Oscars on March 7.
Which film will win the BAFTA for Best Picture?