The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for its 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced 21 February. BAFTA’s mission is to “support, develop, and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public.”
This year’s nominees are:
Best Film:
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air
Outstanding 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, and David Pearson, directors and producers of Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy, writer/director of Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine, writer/director of Exam
Duncan Jones, director of Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood, director of Nowhere Boy
Director:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Neill Blomkamp for District 9
James Cameron for Avatar
Lone Scherfig for An Education
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Original Screenplay:
The Hangover written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
The Hurt Locker written by Mark Boal
Inglousious Basterds written by Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up written by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
Adapted Screenplay:
District 9 written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education written by Nick Hornby
In the Loop written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche
Precious written by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air written by Jason Reitman and 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
Leading Actor:
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Leading Actress:
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel
Supporting Actor:
Alec Baldwin in It’s Complicated
Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Alfred Molina in An Education
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress:
Anne-Marie Duff in Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious
Kristin Scott Thomas in Nowhere Boy
Music:
Avatar, James Horner
Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Chaz Jankel
Up, Michael Giacchino
Cinematography:
Avatar, Mauro Fiore
District 9, Trent Opaloch
The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
The Road, Javier Aguirresarobe
Editing:
Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, and James Cameron
District 9, Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
Up in the Air, Dana E. Glauberman
Production Design:
Avatar, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair
District 9, Philip Ivey and Guy Potgieter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds, David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco
Costume Design:
Bright Star, Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel, Catherine Leterrier
An Education, Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A Single Man, Arianne Phillips
The Young Victoria by Sandy Powell
Sound:
Avatar, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, and Addison Teague
District 9, Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges, and Ken Saville
The Hurt Locker, Ray Beckett and Paul N.J. Ottosson
Star Trek, Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, and Ben Burtt
Up, Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, and Michael Semanick
Special Visual Effects:
Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones
District 9, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, and Nicolas Aithadi
The Hurt Locker, Richard Stutsman
Star Trek, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, and Burt Dalton
Make Up & Hair:
Coco Before Chanel, Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen and Jane Milon
An Education, Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sarah MonzaniNIne [not the science fiction film], Peter “Swords” King
The Young Victoria, Jenny Shircore
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 by the public):
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart
The BAFTA Video Game Awards nominees will be announced 16 February, with the winners being announced 19 March.
The BAFTA Television Craft Awards nominees will be announced 26 April, with the winners being announced 23 May.
The BAFTA Television Awards nominees will be announced 10 May, with the winners being announced 6 June.