Well, here come the Brits and the nominations for this year are quite diverse. Sure, the usual contenders weigh in for the big stuff (Avatar, Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker) but as you'd also expect from BAFTA, local produce such as An Education is right up there too. In fact, it has 8 nominations - tying with Cameron and Bigelow's pictures.

Jason Reitman's stellar effort comes in close behind with 6 nominations, joined by Inglourious Basterds. And in 2nd place? Why, it's District 9 with 7. Great to see that getting some attention. Blomkamp's even up for Best Director.

But while he may not nick that from Cameron, it's lovely to see the old Best British Debut Award dish out some praise - stand up Duncan Jones for Moon and Sam Taylor-Wood for Nowhere Boy. That one even got Supporting Actress nods for Kristin Scott-Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff. True to the strength of Jason Reitman's writing, Up in the Air's ladies both got nommed too - although the four of them are destined to lose out to Mo'Nique in Precious.

As for the leading lady, Carey Mulligan's out in force, battling with Meryl Streep and (rather pleasantly) Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel. Other foreign films of note are also head to head, with no clear winner: The White Ribbon is a critic's favourite, but I'm rooting for Let the Right One In. And that's without counting A Prophet, Cannes darling and winner at the London Film Festival.

But while that may be one of the more exciting categories, the night's all about us Brits. So cheer on Andy Serkis in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Colin Firth for A Single Man, and In the Loop's Best Adapted Screenplay. And if things do go all Avatar once again, let's at least hope Kathryn Bigelow gets a bit more gold to take home. After all, the excellent Jeremy Renner has finally got nominated, so anything might happen. The awards get dished out on Sunday 21st February. Read on for the full list of nominees.

BEST FILM

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire

Up In The Air

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

An Education

Fish Tank

In The Loop

Moon

Nowhere Boy

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African

Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty

Stuart Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam

Duncan Jones Director – Moon

Sam Taylor-Wood Director – Nowhere Boy

DIRECTOR James Cameron - Avatar

Neill Blomkamp - District 9

Lone Scherfig - An Education

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Jon Lucas, Scott Moore - The Hangover

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - A Serious Man

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter - Up

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9

Nick Hornby - An Education

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - In The Loop

Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Broken Embraces

Coco Before Chanel

Let The Right One In

A Prophet

The White Ribbon

ANIMATED FILM

Coraline

Fantastic Mr Fox

Up

LEADING 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

LEADING ACTRESS

Carey Mulligan - An Education

Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Audrey Tautou - Coco Before Chanel

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy

Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Kristin Scott-Thomas - Nowhere Boy

MUSIC

Avatar - James Horner

Crazy Heart - T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton

Fantastic Mr Fox - Alexandre Desplat

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Chaz Jankel

Up - Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Avatar - Mauro Fiore

District 9 - Trent Opaloch

The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd

Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson

The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe

EDITING

Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron

District 9 - Julian Clarke

The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke

Up In The Air - Dana E. Glauberman

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Avatar

District 9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Inglourious Basterds

COSTUME DESIGN

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

An Education

A Single Man

The Young Victoria

SOUND

Avatar

District 9

The Hurt Locker

Star Trek

Up

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar

District 9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Star Trek

MAKE UP & HAIR

Coco Before Chanel

An Education

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

SHORT ANIMATION

The Gruffalo

The Happy Duckling

Mother of Many

SHORT FILM

14

I Do Air

Jade

Mixtape

Off Season

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

Jesse Eisenberg

Nicholas Hoult

Carey Mulligan

Tahar Rahim

Kristen Stewart