LONDON -- The flamboyant film-musical ****Moulin Rouge**** has won 13 Bafta nominations, Britain's version of the Oscars, while the fantasy epic ****Lord of the Rings**** is up for 12 awards.

Both productions won nominations for best film on Monday and were joined in the category by the animated movie ****Shrek****, ****A Beautiful Mind****, which is about a mathematical genius and schizophrenia victim, and ****Amelie****.

****Amelie*** was nominated for a total nine awards, ahead of Britain's most recent blockbuster, ****Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone****, which received eight -- many of which were for technical categories such as special effects and makeup.

Baz Luhrmann was nominated for best director for ****Moulin Rouge****, which was also voted for best original screenplay.

The Bafta awards ceremony takes place in London on February 24.