As the Golden Globes momentum dies down, the nominees for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) are announced. The film nominees are:
Best Film
- THE ARTIST – Thomas Langmann
- THE DESCENDANTS – Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- DRIVE – Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
- THE HELP – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
Outstanding British Film
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
- SENNA
- SHAME
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
- ATTACK THE BLOCK – Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
- BLACK POND – Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
- CORIOLANUS – Ralph Fiennes (Director)
- SUBMARINE – Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
- TYRANNOSAUR – Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
Director
- THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius
- DRIVE – Nicolas – Winding Refn
- HUGO – Martin Scorsese
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Tomas Alfredson
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – Lynne Ramsay
Documentary
- GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD – Martin Scorsese
- PROJECT NIM – James Marsh, Simon Chinn
- SENNA – Asif Kapadia
Original screenplay
- THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius
- BRIDESMAIDS – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
- THE GUARD – John Michael McDonagh
- THE IRON LADY – Abi Morgan
- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Woody Allen
Adapted screenplay
- THE DESCENDANTS – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- THE HELP – Tate Taylor
- THE IDES OF MARCH – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
- MONEYBALL – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Film not in the English language
- INCENDIES – Denis Villeneuve, Luc Déry, Kim McGraw
- PINA – Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
- POTICHE – François Ozon, Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
- A SEPARATION – Asghar Farhadi
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN – Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar
Animated Film
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN – Steven Spielberg
- ARTHUR CHRISTMAS – Sarah Smith
- RANGO – Gore Verbinski
Leading Actor
- BRAD PITT – Moneyball
- GARY OLDMAN – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- GEORGE CLOONEY – The Descendants
- JEAN DUJARDIN – The Artist
- MICHAEL FASSBENDER – Shame
Leading Actress
- BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist – Film
- MERYL STREEP – The Iron Lady
- MICHELLE WILLIAMS – My Week with Marilyn
- TILDA SWINTON – We Need to Talk About Kevin
- VIOLA DAVIS – The Help
Supporting actor
- CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – Beginners
- JIM BROADBENT – The Iron Lady
- JONAH HILL – Moneyball
- KENNETH BRANAGH – My Week with Marilyn
- PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – The Ides of March
Supporting actress
- CAREY MULLIGAN – Drive
- JESSICA CHASTAIN – The Help
- JUDI DENCH – My Week with Marilyn
- MELISSA MCCARTHY – Bridesmaids
- OCTAVIA SPENCER – The Help
Original music
- THE ARTIST – Ludovic Bource
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- HUGO Howard – Shore
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Alberto Iglesias
- WAR HORSE – John Williams
Cinematography
- THE ARTIST – Guillaume Schiffman
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Jeff Cronenweth
- HUGO – Robert Richardson
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Hoyte van Hoytema
- WAR HORSE – Janusz Kaminsk
Editing
- THE ARTIST – Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
- DRIVE – Mat Newman
- HUGO – Thelma Schoonmaker
- SENNA – Gregers Sall, Chris King
- TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER – SPY Dino Jonsater
Production design
- THE ARTIST – Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
- HUGO – Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
- WAR HORSE – Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
Costume Design
- THE ARTIST – Mark Bridges
- HUGO – Sandy Powell
- JANE EYRE – Michael O’Connor
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – Jill Taylor
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Jacqueline Durran
Sound
- THE ARTIST – Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
- HUGO – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
- WAR HORSE – Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns
Special visual effects
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN – Joe Letteri
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
- HUGO – Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
- RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
- WAR HORSE – Ben Morris, Neil Corbould
Makeup and hair
- THE ARTIST – Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
- HUGO Morag – Ross, Jan Archibald
- THE IRON LADY – Marese Langan
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – Jenny Shircore
Short animation
- ABUELAS – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner
- BOBBY YEAH – Robert Morgan
- A MORNING STROLL – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
Short film
- CHALK – Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini
- MWANSA THE GREAT – Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
- ONLY SOUND REMAINS – Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar
- PITCH BLACK HEIST – John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn
- TWO AND TWO – Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen
Orange Wednesday Rising Star Award
- ADAM DEACON
- CHRIS HEMSWORTH
- TOM HIDDLESTON
- CHRIS O’DOWD
- EDDIE REDMAYNE