Awards -- BAFTA (British Academy) Awards

Possibly the most influential voting body this year in terms of possible Oscar cross-over, as the BAFTAs will be handed out in supreme voting time for Oscar winners. Not surprised at many of this year's nominees, and as always a few nice surprises here and there, and a few not to nice. The nominees for this year's BAFTAs are...

BEST FILM

• Avatar
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Precious
• Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR

• Kathryn Bigelow -- "The Hurt Locker"
• Neill Blomkamp -- "District 9"
• James Cameron -- "Avatar"
• Lone Scherfig -- "An Education"
• Quentin Tarantino -- "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST 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"

BEST ACTRESS

• Carey Mulligan -- "An Education"
• Saoirse Ronan -- "The Lovely Bones"
• Gabourey Sidibe -- "Precious"
• Meryl Streep -- "Julie & Julia"
• Audrey Tautou -- "Coco Before Chanel"

BEST 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"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Anne-Marie Duff -- "Nowhere Boy"
• Vera Farmiga -- "Up in the Air"
• Anna Kendrick -- "Up in the Air"
• Mo'Nique -- "Precious"
• Kristin Scott Thomas -- "Nowhere Boy"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Hangover
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• A Serious Man
• Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• District 9
• An Education
• In the Loop
• Precious
• Up in the Air

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Road

BEST FILM EDITING

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglrourious Basterds
• Up in the Air

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Avatar
• District 9
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Inglourious Basterds

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Bright Star
• Coco Before Chanel
• An Education
• A Single Man
• The Young Victoria

BEST SOUND

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Star Trek
• Up

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar
• District 9
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Star Trek

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

• Coco Before Chanel
• An Education
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria

BEST MUSIC

• Avatar
• Crazy Heart
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
• Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Broken Embraces
• Coco Before Chanel
• Let the Right One In
• A Prophet
• The White Ribbon

BEST BRITISH FILM

• An Education
• Fish Tank
• In the Loop
• Moon
• 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"

BEST SHORT FILM

• 14
• I Do Air
• Jade
• Mixtape
• Off Season

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• The Gruffalo
• The Happy Duckling
• Mother of Many

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

• Jesse Eisenberg
• Nicholas Hoult
• Carey Mulligan
• Tahar Rahim
• Kristen Stewart