The Awards Season, from across the pond...

This morning, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced their nominations for the films of 2009.

I'm a little disappointed in this list. Other than some amplified (and undeserved) recognition of An Education, this really just cements the growing Avatar—Hurt Locker battle that ensues this Oscar season. I'd hoped to see at least some of a departure from what we've been seeing all season long.

And really, I'm shocked that not even the Brit's can love Jane Campion's Bright Star, which scored a measly costume nomination. What a waste.

Here are the top categories, with the full list after the cut:

Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air

Best British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

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

Best 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

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Best 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

Best Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy



Best Original Screenplay
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Best Foreign Language Film
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Best Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up

Best Cinematography
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Road

Best Production Design
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds

Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
A Single Man
The Young Victoria

Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air

Best Makeup & Hair
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Music
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Up

Best Sound
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up

Best Special Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek

Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Stuart Hazeldine (writer/director), Exam
Duncan Jones (director), Moon
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock and David Pearson (directors and producers), Mugabe and the White African
Sam Taylor-Wood (director), Nowhere Boy
Eran Creevy (writer/director), Shifty

Rising Star Award
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart

Best Short Film
14
I Do Air
Jade
Mixtape
Off Season

Best Animated Short
The Gruffalo
The Happy Duckling
Mother of Many