THE BAFTA AWARDS

Thriller hoping for Bafta glory.

The Constant Gardener follows a diplomat (Fiennes) in Kenya. The Constant Gardener is tipped to be the big winner as some of the world's biggest movie stars gather for the British Academy film awards. It has 10 nominations including best film, best actor for Ralph Fiennes and best actress for Rachel Weisz. The British thriller competes against Ang Lee's cowboy love story Brokeback Mountain and LA racial drama Crash, both with nine nominations. Based on a John le Carre novel, The Constant Gardener follows diplomat Justin Quayle (Fiennes) as he attempts to get to the bottom of his activist wife's death in northern Kenya. The movie has been nominated for four Oscars, including best supporting actress nomination for Weisz, who has already won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Tessa Quayle.

Full list of Bafta nominees

The Constant Gardener, Brokeback Mountain and Crash were nominated in the best film category alongside Capote and Good Night, and Good Luck. Fiennes faces competition in the leading actor category from Oscar favourite Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote. Good Night, and Good Luck has six nominations, including best original screenplay and best director for George Clooney. Clooney is short-listed for a total of four Baftas, including best supporting actor nominations for Good Night, and Good Luck and oil thriller Syriana. Joe Wright's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice also has six nominations, as does Rob Marshall's adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha.
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS

Constant Gardener - 10
Brokeback Mountain - 9
Crash - 9 [pictured]
Good Night, And Good Luck - 6
Memoirs of a Geisha -6
Pride and Prejudice - 6
Capote - 5

In the leading actress category, Weisz vies with fellow British star Dame Judi Dench for British comedy Mrs Henderson Presents. They compete against Charlize Theron for North Country, Ziyi Zhang for Memoirs of a Geisha and Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. In the best director category, Brokeback Mountain's Ang Lee goes head to head with Clooney, Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener, Bennet Miller for Capote and Paul Haggis for Crash.
Crash also received three nominations in the supporting acting categories - Matt Dillon and Don Cheadle for supporting actor, and Thandie Newton for supporting actress. Haggis, the screenwriter behind last year's Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby, also received a nomination in the original screenplay category with co-writer Bobby Moresco.

Brokeback Mountain dominated this year's Golden Globe awards. Pride and Prejudice is a contender for best British film, and director Joe Wright is nominated for the Carl Foreman award - which recognises a special achievement by a British director, writer or producer. Britain's Brenda Blethyn is nominated in the supporting actress category for her role as Mrs Bennet but Keira Knightley missed out on a leading actress nomination.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit received just one nomination for the Alexander Korda award for best British film. Kung Fu Hustle, Joyeux Noel, Le Grand Voyage, Tsotsi and The Beat That My Heart Skipped compete in the foreign film category.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards are broadcast on BBC One at 2100 GMT on Sunday.

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