The Artist
The Artist leads the way at this year’s British Academy Film Awards after receiving a whopping twelve nominations.
The silent film, directed by French director Michael Hazanavicius, is the 13/8 favourite with Paddy Power to win Best Picture while Hazanavicius is the 9/4 second favourite to pick up the BAFTA for Best Director.
The odds on the romantic masterpiece, which was a big hit at this year’s Golden Globes, scooping both major awards are 11/2 with Paddy Power.
In other categories, Paddy Power make George Clooney their 8/15 favourite over Jean Dujardin in the Best Actor category and Golden Globe winner Meryl Streep their 8/11 tip to win Best Actress for her role as Margaret Thatcher.
Meanwhile, there’s very little between Simon Curtis’s My Week With Marilyn at 10/11 and Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy at 7/4 to scoop the accolade for Outstanding British Film.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: "If any movie stands out this year it has got to be The Artist. With a Golden Globe already under its belt, an Oscar very likely and now a BAFTA in the pipeline The Artist has proved that silence really is golden!"
Hosted by Stephen Fry, the BAFTA Awards will broadcast Live from London on Sunday 12 February.
BAFTA Awards - 12th February 2012
Best Film
13/8 The Artist
9/4 The Descendants
7/2 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4/1 Drive
4/1 The Help
Outstanding British Film
10/11 My Week with Marilyn
7/4 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5/1 Shame
6/1 We Need To Talk About Kevin
8/1 Senna
Best Director
Evs Hugo - Martin Scorsese
9/4 The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
4/1 Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
5/1 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
6/1 We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Best Actor
8/15 George Clooney (The Descendants)
2/1 Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
8/1 Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
8/1 Michael Fassbender (Shame)
12/1 Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Best Actress
8/11 Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
6/4 Viola Davis (The Help)
7/4 Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
9/1 Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin)
12/1 Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Best Supporting Actor
1/4 Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
5/2 Kenneth Brannagh (My Week With Marilyn)
9/1 Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady)
20/1 Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
20/1 Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides Of March)
Best Supporting Actress
1/3 Octavia Spencer (The Help)
3/1 Carey Mulligan (Drive)
6/1 Judi Dench (My Week With Marilyn)
11/1 Jessica Chastain (The Help)
12/1 Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Silence is Golden Doubles
9/2 Best Film & Best Actor
11/2 Best Film & Best Director