Date: 21st January 2010

BAFTA Nominations 2010 Announced


The 2010 BAFTA nominations have been announced, and three films boast a whopping eight nominations, with Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker leading the pack. Just behind is District 9 with seven, followed by Up In The Air and Inglourious Basterds with six.

The BBC film An Education, Nick Hornby's adaptation of the journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of how, as a teenager, she was seduced by a well-off predatory scoundrel, is nominated in both the best film and best British film categories. Its star, Carey Mulligan, is up for best actress and Alfred Molina, who plays her buttoned-up father, is shortlisted for best supporting actor. The other nominations are for best director (Lone Scherfig), best adapted screenplay, best costume design, and best makeup and hair.

BEST FILM

AVATAR - James Cameron, Jon Landau

AN EDUCATION - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

THE HURT LOCKER - Nominees TBC

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

UP IN THE AIR - Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki


OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

AN EDUCATION - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby

FISH TANK - Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold

IN THE LOOP - Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche

MOON - Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker

NOWHERE BOY - Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh


DIRECTOR

AVATAR - James Cameron

DISTRICT 9 - Neill Blomkamp

AN EDUCATION - Lone Scherfig

THE HURT LOCKER - Kathryn Bigelow

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS - Quentin Tarantino


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE HANGOVER - Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

THE HURT LOCKER - Mark Boal

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS - Quentin Tarantino

A SERIOUS MAN - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

UP - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

Source: Press Release