The film awards season is upon us and with it comes an awards ceremony that London is especially proud of, the BAFTAs. Each year the BAFTA awards showcase the best in British films, and judging from the BAFTA awards nominations 2010 is no different. Read on to see the list of the BAFTA awards nominations and see if your favourite British film is one of the nominees.

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

Outstanding Debut
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

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

Original Screenplay
The Hangover – Jon Lucas, Scot Moore
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up – 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

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

The BAFTA Awards Nominations were announced on Thursday 21st January 2010. The 2009 BAFTA Awards will take place on Sunday 21st February 2009 at the Royal Opera House in London.