One for the Weekend...

It's February meaning that once again the Awards season is upon us, the time for the stars to shine and the deserving films to get the gongs. First up it's the Baftas, hosted by Stephen Fry. They can be seen on BBC One and BBC One HD from 9pm this Sunday February 12th 2012.

Below are the nominations for this year's awards.

Best Film

• The Artist


• The Descendants


• Drive


• The Help


• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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)


• Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, Director)


• Submarine (Richard Ayoade, Writer/Director)


• Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine, Director)

Film not in the English Language

• Incendies


• Pina


• Potiche


• A Separation


• The Skin I live in

Documentary Film

• George Harrison: Living in the material world


• Project Nim


• Senna

Animated Film

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn


• Arthur Christmas


• Rango

Director

• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)


• Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)


• Martin Scorsese (Hugo)


• Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)


• Lynne Ramsay (We need to talk about Kevin)

Original Screenplay

• The Artist


• Bridesmaids


• The Guard


• The Iron Lady


• Midnight in Paris

Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants


• The Help


• The Ides of March


• Moneyball


• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Lead Actor

• Brad Pitt (Moneyball)


• Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)


• George Clooney (The Descendants)


• Jean Dujardin (The Artist)


• Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Lead Actress

• Berenice Bejo (The Artist)


• 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 and 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 Kaminski)

Editing

• The Artist (Anne Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius)


• Drive (Mat Newman)


• Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker)


• Senna (Gregers Sall, Chris King)


• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dino Jonsater)

Production Design

• The Artist (Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould)


• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Stuart Craig, Stephanie 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)

Make up and Hair

• The Artist (Julie Hewitt, Cydney Cornell)


• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman)


• Hugo (Morag Ross, Jan Archibald)


• The Iron Lady (Marese Langan, Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland)


• My week with Marilyn (Jenny Shircore)

Sound

• The Artist (Nadine Muse, Gerard 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, Keith Miller, Wayne Stables, Jamie Beard)


• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery)


• Hugo (Rob Legato, Ben Grossmann, Joss Williams, Alex Henning)


• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett)


• War Horse (Ben Morris, Neil Corbould)

Short Animation

• Abuelas


• Bobby Yeah


• A Morning Stroll

Short Film

• Chalk


• Mwansa The Great


• Only Sound Remains


• Pitch Black Heist


• Two and Two

Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award

• Adam Deacon


• Chris Hemsworth


• Chris O'Dowd


• Eddie Redmayne


• Tom Hiddleston

BAFTA Fellowship this year will be awarded to Martin Scorsese

Outstanding Contribution award will be awarded to John Hurt.

Where possible, I have highlighted in blue the ones that I think are the potential winners.

In many ways the shape of the outcomes of the BAFTAs often pre determines the winners of the Oscars. Tune in on Sunday to find out if your favourite is the winner.