It's that time of year again, when members of the movie industry anxiously wait to see who will walk off with a BAFTA award. Today this year's shortlist of nominees was revealed.
Out in front are Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, each with 11 nominations, while The Dark Knight defied expectations with nine and Clint Eastwood's Changeling received eight. So here they are:-
BEST FILM
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy / Frank Marshall / Ceán Chaffin
Frost/Nixon - Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard
Milk - Dan Jinks / Bruce Cohen
The Reader - Anthony Minghella / Sydney Pollack / Donna Gigliotti / Redmond Morris
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Hunger - Laura Hastings-Smith / Robin Gutch / Steve McQueen / Enda Walsh
In Bruges - Graham Broadbent / Pete Czernin / Martin McDonagh
Mamma Mia! - Judy Craymer / Gary Goetzman / Phyllida Lloyd / Catherine Johnson
Man On Wire - Simon Chinn / James Marsh
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson / Danny Boyle / Simon Beaufoy
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD (for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film)
SIMON CHINN - Producer – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER - Producer – Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS - Writer – Son Of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN - Director/Writer – Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS / ROY BOULTER - Producers – Of Time And The City
DIRECTOR
Changeling - Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
Changeling - J. Michael Straczynski
I’ve Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Bernard Eichinger / Uli Edel
Gomorrah - Domenico Procacci / Matteo Garrone
I've Loved You So Long - Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel
Persepolis - Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
Waltz With Bashir - Serge Lalou / Gerhard Meixner / Yael Nahl Ieli / Ari Folman
ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
WALL•E - Andrew Stanton
Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman
LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA - Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL - Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN - Milk
BRAD PITT - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE - The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE - Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS - I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP - Doubt
KATE WINSLET - The Reader
KATE WINSLET - Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. - Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON - In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - Doubt
HEATH LEDGER - The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT - Burn After Reading
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS - Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO - Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON - Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI - The Wrestler
MUSIC
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman
WALL•E - Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges / Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
Changeling - Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill / Dan Hanley
In Bruges - Jon Gregory
Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling - James J. Murakami / Gary Fettis
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea / Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby / Michelle Day
If you'd like the chance to get involved with this year's BAFTAs, you can vote for who you think should win the Orange Rising Star Award. This year's nominees are Michael Cera, Noel Clarke, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Hall and Toby Kebbell. Visit www.orange.co.uk/bafta to place your vote. And if you want to discuss who you think should win awards this year, join in the debate on our forum.
The BAFTA awards ceremony will be held in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on the 8th of February. Watch this space for the results.
