Bafta Awards 2013 Nominations Announced

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The awards season — with its heady mix of squabbles, speculation, and sequins — is officially here. And while Hollywood might win on the glitz and glamour, there's no denying that London knows how to throw an awesome awards party. Yep, we're talking about the BAFTAs.

Alice Eve and Jeremy Irvine announced the 2013 nominations at the British Academy headquarters in Piccadilly this morning. And while these are the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (note emphasis), it was a case of Home 0, Away 1.

Homegrown film lost out to talent across the pond, with U.S. film Lincoln bagging the most nominations, while big Brit films like Skyfall and Les Misérables were excluded from many of the big-hitting categories. Steven Spielberg's presidential biopic got 10 nominations, including five of the major nods, although oddly this did not include one for the director. Tom Hooper's adaptation of the West End musical came away with nine (four major), as did Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Skyfall took eight nominations (five technical). On the upside, Judi Dench got the thumbs up with a Supporting Actress nomination for her role as M. As for the Hobbit, it got pretty much snubbed, with Makeup & Hair, Sound, and Special Visual Effects its only three mentions. Ouch.

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Winners will be announced on Sunday, February 10, in a ceremony at the Royal Opera House hosted by Stephen Fry. Now excuse us while we start on our dress predictions.

Want to see the main categories in full? Coming right up...

Best Film
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Outstanding British Film
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

Director
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ben Affleck, Argo
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Leading Actor
Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Leading Actress
Jessical Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln

Original Screenplay
Michael Haneke, Amour
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

Film Not In The English Language
Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
Rust And Bone
Untouchable

Documentary
The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West Of Memphis

Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman

Original Music
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life Of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall,Thomas Newman

Cinematography
Anna Karenina , Seamus McGarvey
Les Misérables, Danny Cohen
Life Of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Photo: Courtesy of Working Title Films.