Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire looks favourite to add BAFTA honours to its huge Golden Globe success.

The film - which picked up four Globes this week including best picture - is nominated in 11 categories including best film, best director (Boyle), best actor (Dev Patel), best supporting actresss (Freida Pinto), best adapted screenplay and Outstanding British Film.

It is also nominated in the cinematography, editing, music, production design and sound categories.

But it shares top billing with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button which was also nominated 11 times, including best film, best director (David Fincher), best actor (Brad Pitt), best adapted screenplay and cinematography.

The Dark Knight was nominated in nine categories and Clint Eastwood's The Changeling in eight.

The other best film nominees are Milk, The Reader and Frost/Nixon while best British film nominees alongside Slumdog are Mamma Mia! The Movie, Man On Wire, Hunger and In Bruges.

Double-Globe winner Kate Winslet is nominated for best actress for both The Reader and Revolutionary Road.

Brad Pitt is another double nominee for both Benjamin Button as lead actor and Burn After Reading as supporting actor.

Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton and Academy Chairman David Parfitt announced the nominations.

The ceremony will be held at London's Royal Opera House on February 8 hosted by Jonathan Ross.

Nominations in full

BEST FILM

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin

Frost/Nixon- Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard

Milk- Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen

The Reader - Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris

Slumdog Millionaire- Christian Colson

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Hunger- Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh

In Bruges- Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

Mamma Mia!- Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson

Man On Wire- Simon Chinn, James Marsh

Slumdog Millionaire- Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD

Simon Chinn(Producer) - Man On Wire

Judy Craymer(Producer) - Mamma Mia!

Garth Jennings(Writer) - Son Of Rambow

Steve McQueen (Director/Writer) - Hunger

Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter (Producers) - Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR

Changeling- Clint Eastwood

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - David Fincher

Frost/ Nixon - Ron Howard

The Reader - Stephen Daldry

Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Changeling- J. Michael Straczynski

I've LovedYouSo Long- Philippe Claudel

In Bruges- Martin McDonagh

Milk- Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth

Frost/Nixon- Peter Morgan

The Reader- David Hare

Revolutionary Road- Justin Haythe

Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The Baader Meinhof Complex - Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel

Gomorrah - Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone

I've LovedYouSo Long- Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel

Persepolis - Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud

Waltz WithBashir- Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud

WALL-E - Andrew Stanton

Waltz WithBashir - Ari Folman

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

BradPitt- 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

MUSIC

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat

The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard

Mamma Mia! - Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman

WALL-E - Thomas Newman

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