Skyfall lands eight surprise nominations at BAFTAs

23rd Bond film 'Skyfall' has been nominated for eight BAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film.

The Sam Mendes-directed record-breaker also received nods for Supporting Actor, for Javier Bardem, Supporting Actress, for Judi Dench, and Original Music, for composer Thomas Newman, while Roger Deakins is recognised for his cinematography on the film.

Steven Spielberg's biopic 'Lincoln' scooped the most nominations with 10, including Best Film, Leading Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, and Supporting Actress for Sally Field.

Meanwhile, 'Les Miserables' and 'Life of Pi' have both received nominations in nine categories, with Ben Affleck's 'Argo' receiving seven and 'Anna Karenina', six.

Up in the hotly-contested Best Film category are 'Argo', Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables', Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi', 'Lincoln' and Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'.

The ceremony will take place February 10 at the Royal Opera House in London, hosted by Stephen Fry.

Here are the key nominations in full:

Best Film
Argo
Les Misérables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Outstanding British Film
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) - The Imposter
David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer) - McCullin
Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer), Danny King (Writer) - Wild Bill
James Bobin (Director) - The Muppets
Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) - I Am Nasrine

Film Not In The English Language
Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
Rust And Bone
Untouchable

Documentary
The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West Of Memphis

Director
Amour - Michael Haneke
Argo - Ben Affleck
Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
Life Of Pi - Ang Lee
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Original Screenplay
Amour - Michael Haneke
Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay
Argo - Chris Terrio
Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life Of Pi - David Magee
Lincoln - Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell

Leading Actor
Ben Affleck - Argo
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Leading Actress
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust And Bone

Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Argo
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Master
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Judi Dench - Skyfall
Sally Field - Lincoln

Cinematography
Anna Karenina - Seamus Mcgarvey
Les Misérables - Danny Cohen
Life Of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins

The EE Rising Star Award (voted For By The Public)
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander