Kate Winslet, "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the 2009 BAFTA Award nominations. The actress follows her double Golden Globe win with two nominations in the Leading Actress category for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" - in which she plays a Nazi prison guard.

"Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are the films with the most nominations, receiving 11 nods each, followed by "The Dark Knight" with nine, and "Changeling" with eight.

All four movies have cast members up for prizes, with couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named in the Leading Actor and Leading Actress categories respectively for their roles in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Changeling."

"Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are both up for the prestigious Best Film accolade and will battle "Frost/Nixon," "Milk" and "The Reader" for the honor.

Brad will fight it out against "Frost/Nixon" actor Frank Langella, "Milk" star Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke - who has already picked up a Golden Globe for his performance in "The Wrestler" - and newcomer Dev Patel who has impressed critics with his turn in "Slumdog Millionaire."

Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his interpretation of The Joker in Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight."

The Orange British Academy Film Awards will be hosted by Jonathan Ross - who is to return to broadcasting on TV and radio at the end of January after a three-month ban for lewd conduct on a BBC radio station - has asked for suggestions from the public for an unlikely word to slip into the ceremony.

He wrote on social networking site Twitter: "Thanks for BAFTA suggestions. Will whittle them down to a top three then slip one in."

The BAFTAs take place on February 8 at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.

List of main 2009 BAFTA award nominations:

Best Film:

"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"

"Frost/Nixon"

"Milk"

"The Reader"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

Director:

"Changeling" - Clint Eastwood

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - David Fincher

"Frost/Nixon" - Ron Howard

"The Reader" - Stephen Daldry

"Slumdog Millionaire" - Danny Boyle

Leading Actor:

Frank Langella - "Frost/Nixon"

Dev Patel - "Slumdog Millionaire"

Sean Penn - "Milk"

Brad Pitt - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler"

Leading Actress:

Angelina Jolie - "Changeling"

Kristin Scott Thomas - "I've Loved You So Long"

Meryl Streep - "Doubt"

Kate Winslet - "The Reader"

Kate Winslet - "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting Actor:

Robert Downey Jr. - "Tropic Thunder"

Brendan Gleeson - "In Bruges"

Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Doubt"

Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight"

Brad Pitt - "Burn After Reading"

Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams - "Doubt"

Penelope Cruz - "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Freida Pinto - "Slumdog Millionaire"

Tilda Swinton - "Burn After Reading"

Marisa Tomei - "The Wrestler"

Outstanding British Film:

"Hunger"

"In Bruges"

"Mamma Mia!"

"Man on Wire"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

The Carl Foreman Award - for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film:

Simon Chinn - Producer of "Man On Wire"

Judy Craymer - Producer of "Mamma Mia!"

Garth Jennings - Writer of "Son of Rambow"

Steve McQueen - Director/Writer of "Hunger"

Solon Papadopoulos / Roy Boulter - Producers of "Time And The City"

Original Screenplay:

"Burn After Reading" - Joel Coen / Ethan Coen

"Changeling" - J. Michael Straczynski

"I've Loved You So Long" - Philippe Claudel

"In Bruges" - Martin McDonagh

"Milk" - Dustin Lance Black

Adapted Screenplay:

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"Frost/Nixon"

"The Reader"

"Revolutionary Road"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

Film not in The English Language:

"The Baader Meinhof Complex"

"Gomorrah"

"I've Loved You So Long"

"Persepolis"

"Waltz with Bashir"

Animated Film:

"Persepolis"

"Wall-E"

"Waltz with Bashir"