District 9 has seven nominations; Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six nominations apiece; and Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up each receive four nominations at the Orange British Academy Film Awards.
Avatar received nominations for Best Film, while James Cameron has a nod in the Director category.
An Education is also in the running for Best Film, vying against The Hurt Locker, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up In The Air.
The Leading Actor category sees Hollywood heart-throb and Up In the Air star George Clooney pitted against Colin Firth for A Single Man, Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker and Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart.
The Leading Actress category will be fought out between Carey Mulligan for An Education, Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones, Gabourey Sidibe for Precious, Meryl Streep for Julie and Julia and Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel.
An Education, a coming-of-age story based on the memoirs of journalist Lynn Barber, also has a nod in the Outstanding British Film category, as does In The Loop, the movie spin-off of the BBC's political comedy The Thick Of It.
Fish Tank, Nowhere Boy and Moon round off the list.
Cameron will battle it out on the director shortlist with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker, the acclaimed Iraq war drama about an elite team of bomb disposal experts.
Also competing for a director gong are Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds, Lone Scherfig for An Education, and Neill Blomkamp for alien film District 9.
