Scottish film and writing talent are in the frame for success at this year's Bafta awards.
The annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts short lists include Under the Skin, shot in Scotland, and '71, written by Gregory Burke, in the Outstanding British Film section.
Monkey Love Experiments by Scottish animators Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser and Will Anderson has been short listed for one of the annual awards in the British Short Animation section.
Burke, the writer who penned the National Theatre of Scotland play Black Watch, is also in the running for Outstanding Debut by a British writer, director or producer.
Natalie Usher, director of film at Creative Scotland, said: "We are delighted with the EE British Academy Film Awards nominations for '71, Under the Skin and Monkey Love Experiments.
"This recognition is well-deserved and we are extremely proud to be associated with each production and wish them every success for the awards."
Overall, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel heads the nominations list with 11, one ahead of Michael Keaton's Birdman and The Theory of Everything.
The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing, received nine nods.
All four are on the short-list for Best Film along with Richard Linklater's Boyhood.
Anderson's film's 11 citations include best actor for Ralph Fiennes.
"I'm delighted of course," he said.
"Dom Perignon all around for guests and staff at The Grand Budapest Hotel. And a free sample of Eau de Panache too, darling."
Paddington received two nominations, for best adapted screenplay and outstanding British film.
Mike Leigh's critically-lauded Mr Turner, about the painter JMW Turner, does not appear in the main categories.
The film won Timothy Spall a best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year, but the film has been short listed for technical prizes, including costume design and cinematography at the Baftas.
Other notable absentees include Angelina Jolie's wartime drama Unbroken and Martin Luther King drama Selma.
It had been assumed by some that British star David Oyelowo was guaranteed a nomination for his portrayal of the US civil rights leader, but the film failed to score a single nomination.
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are both in line for Baftas after being nominated in their respective acting categories.
Redmayne faces competition from stars including Keaton and Cumberbatch for the best actor award, while Jones is up against names including Amy Adams and Reese Witherspoon.
The other actors in the running against Redmayne are Ralph Fiennes and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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