Bafta nominations: Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton among the contenders

Ramsay is the only British name up for best director, for We Need To Talk About Kevin, adapted from Lionel Shriver’s best-selling novel about the mother of a boy who goes on a high-school killing-spree.

Actress Tilda Swinton is up against Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams for in the best actress category for her part in Ramsay’s film, alongside Viola Davis for The Help, Berenice Bejo for top-nominated film The Artist, and Williams for her role in My Week With Marilyn.

Meryl Streep’s portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams’s role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head. Streep has already won a Golden Globe for her role in The Iron Lady, and is tipped for an Oscar.

Silent film The Artist has scooped the largest number of nominations with 12. Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy follows with 11, including a leading actor nod for Gary Oldman.

His rivals at the awards, the biggest event in the British film calendar, include heartthrobs Brad Pitt for Moneyball and George Clooney for The Descendants.

Irish-German star Michael Fassbender is also up for leading actor for Shame, the movie about sex addiction, and French actor Jean Dujardin is nominated for The Artist.

Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first children’s film, has nine nominations, including best director.

My Week With Marilyn has six nominations and The Help and War Horse are each nominated five times.

Hosted by Stephen Fry, the awards take place on Sunday February 12 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

The full list of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards:

Best Film:

• The Artist

• The Descendants

• Drive

• The Help

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Outstanding British Film:

• My Week With Marilyn

• Senna

• Shame

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• We Need To Talk About Kevin

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer:

• Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (director/writer)

• Black Pond - Will Sharpe (director/writer), Tom Kingsley (director), Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)

• Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (director)

• Submarine - Richard Ayoade (director/writer)

• Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)

Foreign language film:

• Incendies

• Pina

• Potiche

• A Separation

• The Skin I Live In

Director:

• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

• Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

• Hugo - Martin Scorsese

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson

• We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay

Leading actor:

• Brad Pitt - Moneyball

• Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• George Clooney - The Descendants

• Jean Dujardin - The Artist

• Michael Fassbender - Shame

Leading actress:

• Berenice Bejo - The Artist

• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

• Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn

• Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin

• Viola Davis - The Help

Supporting actor:

• Christopher Plummer - Beginners

• Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady

• Jonah Hill - Moneyball

• Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides Of March

Supporting actress:

• Carey Mulligan - Drive

• Jessica Chastain - The Help

• Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn

• Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

• Octavia Spencer - The Help

Documentary:

• George Harrison: Living In The Material World

• Project Nim

• Senna

Animated film:

• The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

• Arthur Christmas

• Rango

Original screenplay:

• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

• Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

• The Guard - John Michael McDonagh

• The Iron Lady - Abi Morgan

• Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen

Adapted screenplay:

• The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

• The Help - Tate Taylor

• The Ides Of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

• Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Original music:

• The Artist

• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

• Hugo

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• War Horse

Cinematography:

• The Artist

• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

• Hugo

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• War Horse

Editing:

• The Artist

• Drive

• Hugo

• Senna

• Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Production design:

• The Artist

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

• Hugo

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• War Horse

Costume design:

• The Artist

• Hugo

• Jane Eyre

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Make up & hair:

• The Artist

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

• Hugo

• The Iron Lady

• My Week With Marilyn

Sound:

• The Artist

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

• Hugo

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• War Horse

Special visual effects:

• The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

• Hugo

• Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

• War Horse

Short animation:

• Abuelas

• Bobby Yeah

• A Morning Stroll

Short film:

• Chalk

• Mwansa The Great

• Only Sound Remains

• Pitch Black Heist

• Two And Two

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award (previously announced, and voted by the public)

• Adam Deacon

• Chris Hemsworth

• Chris O’Dowd

• Eddie Redmayne

• Tom Hiddleston