The King's Speech Leads 2011 BAFTA Award Nominations

So the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced their nominees for the 2011 BAFTA Awards which is due to be announced next month, and as expected; they were balls deep in their local heavyweight The King's Speech which lead the nominations with a staggering 14 nods.

Inception trails with 9 nominations, followed by 127 Hours and True Grit; both with 8 nominations a piece. The Social Network, fresh off their Golden Globe sweep stands at 7 nods.

The awards will be hosted by Jonathan Ross on BBC One. The nominees are as followed:

BEST FILM
•Black Swan
•Inception
•The King’s Speech
•The Social Network
•True Grit

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
•127 Hours
•Another Year
•Four Lions
•The King’s Speech
•Made In Dagenham

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
•Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan- The Arbor
•Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz- Exit Through The Gift Shop
•Chris Morris- Four Lions
•Gareth Edwards-Monsters
•Nick Whitfield- Skeletons

BEST DIRECTOR
•Danny Boyle-127 Hours
•Darren Aronofsky- Black Swan
•Christopher Nolan- Inception
•Tom Hooper- The King’s Speech
•David Fincher- The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
•Black Swan
•The Fighter
•Inception
•The Kids Are All Right
•The King’s Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
•127 Hours
•The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
•The Social Network
•Toy Story 3
•True Grit

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
•Biutiful
•The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
•I Am Love
•Of Gods And Men
•The Secret In Their Eyes

BEST ANIMATED FILM
•Despicable Me
•How To Train Your Dragon
•Toy Story 3

BEST LEADING ACTOR
•Javier Bardem- Biutiful
•Jeff Bridges- True Grit
•Jesse Eisenberg- The Social Network
•Colin Firth- The King’s Speech
•James Franco- 127 Hours

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
•Annette Benning - The Kids Are All Right
•Julianne Moore- The Kids Are All Right
•Natalie Portman- Black Swan
•Noomi Rapace- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
•Hailee Steinfeld- True Grit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
•Christian Bale- The Fighter
•Andrew Garfield- The Social Network
•Pete Postlewaite- The Town
•Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
•Geoffrey Rush- The King’s Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
•Amy Adams- The Fighter
•Helena Bonham Carter- The King’s Speech
Barbara Hershey- Black Swan
•Lesley Manville- Another Year
•Miranda Richardson- Made in Dagenham

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
•127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
•Alice In Wonderland - Danny Elfman
•How To Train Your Dragon- John Powell
•Inception- Hans Zimmer
•The King’s Speech- Alexandre Desplat

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
•127 Hours
•Black Swan
•Inception
•The King’s Speech
•True Grit

BEST EDITING
•127 Hours
•Black Swan
•Inception
•The King’s Speech
•The Social Network

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
•Alice In Wonderland
•Black Swan
•Inception
•The King’s Speech
•True Grit

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
•Alice In Wonderland
•Black Swan
•The King’s Speech
•Made In Dagenham
•True Grit

BEST SOUND
•127 Hours
•Black Swan
•Inception
•The King’s Speech
•True Grit

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
•Alice In Wonderland
•Black Swan
•Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1
•Inception
•Toy Story 3

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR
•Alice In Wonderland
•Black Swan
•Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1
•The King’s Speech
•Made In Dagenham

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
•The Eagleman Stag
•Matter Fisher
•Thursday

BEST SHORT FILM
•Connect
•Lin
•Rite
•Turning
•Until The Rivers Run Red

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD
•Gemma Arterton
•Andrew Garfield
•Tom Hardy
•Aaron Johnson
•Emma Stone