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This years BAFTA nominations were announced a few days ago. Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the nominations, each with 8. Some random nominations as always with BAFTA, but that's why I love 'em! Less predictable than other major award ceromonies. I think An Education will be the big winner of the night, taking 'Best Film' (but not the Best British Film). Best director is between Cameron and Bigelow the way I see it.

Best Film:
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air

Outstanding British Film:
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

Director:
James Cameron, Avatar
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Lone Schefig, An Education
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

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

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer:
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers - Mugabe And The White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director - Shifty Stuart
Hazeldine Writer/Director - Exam
Duncan Jones Director - Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood Director - Nowhere Boy

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
Coco Before Chanel
Let The Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Animated Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
Up

Music:
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr Fox
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Up

Cinematography:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Road

Editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air

Production Design:
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds

Costume Design:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
A Single Man
The Young Victoria

Sound:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up

Special Visual Effects:
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek

Make Up & Hair:
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Short Animation:
The Gruffalo
The Happy Duckling
Mother Of Many

Short Film:
14
I Do Air
Jade
Mixtape
Off Season

The Orange Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public):
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart

Winners will be announced on February 21. Let's hope the stars actually show up!