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Watch for this year's nominees to be announced on January 21, 2010 — kicking off a round of voting by BAFTA members to see who wins the coveted British award for best movie, acting and direction.

A month later, the BBC will air the official awards show on Sunday, February 21, 2009 from the Royal Opera House in London.

Like the Oscars, the Baftas are the country's top honor given to both British and international movie hits, and in recent years has closely mimicked Hollywood (and vice versa), with some surprises. This year, however, most predictions point to Best Film and a slew of acting awards going to BBC Films' An Education (opening in autumn 2009) kicking off a huge British sweep at most 2010 major awards ceremonies. Stay tuned ...

The Bafta Awards around the Web:

Below, check surf the rest of the Web for more history and Bafta trivia, current news & information, plus star-studded photo galleries chronicling the UK's highest film award, an annual harbinger of who wins an Oscar ...

BAFTA - The official site of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with related feature stories and interviews, nominees, winners & photos.

IMDb: BAFTA Awards - Good, but brief background history and a complete list of BAFTA winners dating back to 1969.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Overview from the Museum of Broadcast Communications on how it all began with historical highlights, membership, determination of nominees and details on the awards.

BAFTA 2009 Nominees & * Winners

Best film
* Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

Best British film
* Man On Wire
Hunger
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Slumdog Millionaire

Leading actor
* Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Leading actress
* Kate Winslet - The Reader
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristen Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting actor
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Supporting actress
* Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams - Doubt
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Director
* Danny Boyle - Slumdog Milllionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Original screenplay
* In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
I've Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
Changeling - J Michael Straczynski

Adapted screenplay
* Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
The Curious case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe

Film not in the English language
* I've Loved You So Long
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Gomorrah
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir

Animated film
* Wall-E
Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir

The Carl Foreman award for special achievement
* Steve McQueen (Director/Writer) - Hunger
Simon Chinn (Producer) Man On Wire
Judy Craymer (Producer) - Mamma Mia!
Garth Jennings (Writer) - Son of Rambow
Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter (Producers) - Of Time And The City

Music
* Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
Wall-E - Thomas Newman

Cinematography
* Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Editing
* Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
Changeling - Joel Cox, Gary D Roach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
In Bruges - Jon Gregory

Production design
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J Zolfo
Changeling - James J Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby, Michelle Day

Costume design
* The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
Changeling - Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight - Lindy Hemming\
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

Sound
* Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
Changeling - Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
Quantum Of Solace - Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
Wall E - Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood

Special visual effects
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
The Dark Knight - Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Pablo Helman
Iron Man - Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
Quantum Of Solace - Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug

Make-up and hair
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
The Dark Knight - Peter Robb-King
The Duchess - Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
Frost/Nixon - Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
Milk - Steven E Anderson, Michael White

Short animation
* Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
Codswallop - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
Varmints - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste

Short film
* September - Stewart le Marechal, Esther May Campbell
Kingsland #1 The Dreamer - Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
Love You more - Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
Ralph - Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
Voyages D'Affaires (The Business Trip) - Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
* Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell

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