Tinker Tailor wins British film BaftaTinker Tailor Soldier Spy has been named outstanding British film at the 65th Baftas.
Best supporting actor prizes have gone to 82-year-old Christopher Plummer, for Beginners, and Octavia Spencer, for civil rights drama The Help.
The Artist, with its 12 nods, won a series of early awards while director Michel Hazanavicius took the best original screenplay prize.
Stars at the ceremony include George Clooney and Meryl Streep.
Bookmakers have The Descendants star Clooney and the Iron Lady's Streep as favourites to win the best actor and actress prizes.
The Baftas, hosted by Stephen Fry, are taking place at London's Royal Opera House. They will be shown, with a two-hour delay, on BBC One at 2100 GMT.
Among those honoured was veteran actor John Hurt who picked up the outstanding contribution to British cinema award.
Adam Deacon, star of films including Adulthood and Anuvahood, beat competition from Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestone to win the audience-voted rising star award.
And Senna, which tells the life story of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, won best documentary beating Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World and Project Nim, about a chinmpanzee raised as a child in the 1970s.
Speaking on the red carpet, George Clooney, also nominated as a writer for The Ides Of March, told BBC News the Baftas was "a fun thing and a much bigger deal in the last 10 years".
"It makes such a big difference now and it help films, particularly smaller films like We Need to Talk About Kevin.
"If they get award nominations they get to keep making films like that."
Friend and best actor rival, Brad Pitt - nominated for baseball drama Moneyball - said he had been attracted to his film's underdog story "and this idea of getting second chances and all the talented and under-valued people that might be out there and going up against conventional wisdom".
Best actress nominee Viola Davis, from civil rights drama The Help, said she was the only major cast member in previous film Doubt not to be nominated at the 2009 Baftas.
"I said, 'oh I want to go to the Baftas' so this time it's just been a real treat."
Jessica Chastain, who is pitched against The Help co-star Octavia Spencer in the best supporting actress category, insisted there was no competition between the pair.
"None. Every time she wins, I'm so happy for her - she's been working for so long and I have zero rivalry with her."
Best supporting actor nominee Kenneth Branagh, meanwhile, praised his My Week with Marilyn co-star Michelle Williams - up for best actress - saying she "seemed to become Marilyn Monroe before our very eyes".
The Artist competes against The Descendants, Drive, The Help and British spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for best film.
The silent film has a total of 12 nominations, including best actor and actress nods for Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, while Cold War-era movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has 11.
Directed by Tomas Alfredson, the film is a contender in categories including best director, best British film and best actor, for Oldman.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo - a 3D adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret - has nine nominations, including best director.
Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World, missed out on best documentary but he will be honoured with the British Academy fellowship on the night.
Other documentaries up for a prize include Senna, which tells the life story of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, and Project Nim, about a chinmpanzee raised as a child in the 1970s.
Apart from Scorsese, the contenders for best director are Nicolas Winding Refn, for violent crime thriller Drive, and Lynne Ramsay, for British psychodrama We Need To Talk About Kevin.
That film competes against Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Senna, Shame and My Week With Marilyn for the title of Outstanding British film.
Jim Broadbent, who plays Denis Thatcher in The Iron Lady, is up for best supporting actor, as is Branagh for his portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn.
Jonah Hill is also recognised in the same category for Moneyball, along with Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Ides of March.
Dame Judi Dench also gets a nod for My Week With Marilyn in the best supporting actress category, but faces stiff competition from The Help's Chastain and Spencer.
They are pitched against Carey Mulligan, who stars in Drive and Melissa McCarthy for her role in comedy Bridesmaids.
Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestone compete for the audience-voted rising star award.
Veteran actor John Hurt will receive the outstanding contribution to cinema award.
Best supporting actor prizes have gone to 82-year-old Christopher Plummer, for Beginners, and Octavia Spencer, for civil rights drama The Help.
The Artist, with its 12 nods, won a series of early awards while director Michel Hazanavicius took the best original screenplay prize.
Stars at the ceremony include George Clooney and Meryl Streep.
Bookmakers have The Descendants star Clooney and the Iron Lady's Streep as favourites to win the best actor and actress prizes.
The Baftas, hosted by Stephen Fry, are taking place at London's Royal Opera House. They will be shown, with a two-hour delay, on BBC One at 2100 GMT.
Among those honoured was veteran actor John Hurt who picked up the outstanding contribution to British cinema award.
Adam Deacon, star of films including Adulthood and Anuvahood, beat competition from Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestone to win the audience-voted rising star award.
And Senna, which tells the life story of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, won best documentary beating Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World and Project Nim, about a chinmpanzee raised as a child in the 1970s.
Speaking on the red carpet, George Clooney, also nominated as a writer for The Ides Of March, told BBC News the Baftas was "a fun thing and a much bigger deal in the last 10 years".
"It makes such a big difference now and it help films, particularly smaller films like We Need to Talk About Kevin.
"If they get award nominations they get to keep making films like that."
Friend and best actor rival, Brad Pitt - nominated for baseball drama Moneyball - said he had been attracted to his film's underdog story "and this idea of getting second chances and all the talented and under-valued people that might be out there and going up against conventional wisdom".
Best actress nominee Viola Davis, from civil rights drama The Help, said she was the only major cast member in previous film Doubt not to be nominated at the 2009 Baftas.
"I said, 'oh I want to go to the Baftas' so this time it's just been a real treat."
Jessica Chastain, who is pitched against The Help co-star Octavia Spencer in the best supporting actress category, insisted there was no competition between the pair.
"None. Every time she wins, I'm so happy for her - she's been working for so long and I have zero rivalry with her."
Best supporting actor nominee Kenneth Branagh, meanwhile, praised his My Week with Marilyn co-star Michelle Williams - up for best actress - saying she "seemed to become Marilyn Monroe before our very eyes".
The Artist competes against The Descendants, Drive, The Help and British spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for best film.
The silent film has a total of 12 nominations, including best actor and actress nods for Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, while Cold War-era movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has 11.
Directed by Tomas Alfredson, the film is a contender in categories including best director, best British film and best actor, for Oldman.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo - a 3D adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret - has nine nominations, including best director.
Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World, missed out on best documentary but he will be honoured with the British Academy fellowship on the night.
Other documentaries up for a prize include Senna, which tells the life story of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, and Project Nim, about a chinmpanzee raised as a child in the 1970s.
Apart from Scorsese, the contenders for best director are Nicolas Winding Refn, for violent crime thriller Drive, and Lynne Ramsay, for British psychodrama We Need To Talk About Kevin.
That film competes against Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Senna, Shame and My Week With Marilyn for the title of Outstanding British film.
Jim Broadbent, who plays Denis Thatcher in The Iron Lady, is up for best supporting actor, as is Branagh for his portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn.
Jonah Hill is also recognised in the same category for Moneyball, along with Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Ides of March.Dame Judi Dench also gets a nod for My Week With Marilyn in the best supporting actress category, but faces stiff competition from The Help's Chastain and Spencer.
They are pitched against Carey Mulligan, who stars in Drive and Melissa McCarthy for her role in comedy Bridesmaids.
Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestone compete for the audience-voted rising star award.
Veteran actor John Hurt will receive the outstanding contribution to cinema award.
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