BAFTAs 2018 nominations - live updates: The Shape of Water leads over Three Billboards and Lady Bird

Lady Bird, Get Out, and Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri have all proven strong contenders

Baftas 2018 nominations: British stars dominate leading actor category

With the Golden Globes all done-and-dusted, it's time for awards season to hit UK shores, as the BAFTAs gear up to announce this year's nominations.

They'll be revealed in full on 9 January at London's own Princess Anne Theatre, with the help of stars Natalie Dormer and Letitia Wright, starting from 7.30am; you can livestream the event from BAFTA's official Facebook page.

Lady Bird and Get Out have been many a prognosticator's picks, though Three Billboards at Ebbing, Missouri's dominance at the Golden Globes (winning Best Drama, Best Actress - Drama, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay) could launch it ahead as a new awards favourite. Surely, however, directors Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig can land Best Director nods? Or does Natalie Portman need to come back and teach everyone a lesson again?

The livestream will also see the new BAFTA host revealed, after Stephen Fry stepped down to "let others take the BAFTAs on to new heights and greater glories”. The comedian had previously hosted 12 BAFTA ceremonies since 2001.

One category that won't be announced is the EE Rising Star Award, voted by the public, which has already been announced to be a contest between Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, Josh O’Connor, Timothée Chalamet and Tessa Thompson.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, 18 February at the Royal Albert Hall. Sponsored by EE, the Awards will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD.

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[9 January 2018 07:51 · Mark Critchley]

Best Actor:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool  

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

[9 January 2018 07:52 · Mark Critchley]

Outstanding British Film:

Darkest Hour The Death of Stalin God's Own Country Lady Macbeth Paddington 2 Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

[9 January 2018 07:53 · Mark Critchley]

Best Film:

Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

[9 January 2018 07:54 · Mark Critchley]

And the new BAFTA host is... Joanna Lumley! She'll be taking over from Stephen Fry, who stepped down after hosting 12 different ceremonies

[9 January 2018 08:13 · Mark Critchley]

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer:

The Ghoul, Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttman, Tom Meeten

I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni, Emily Morgan

Jawbone, Johnny Harris, Thomas Napper

Kingdom of Us, Lucy Cohen

Lady Macbeth, Alice Birch, William Oldroyd, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

[9 January 2018 08:14 · Mark Critchley]

Best Film Not in the English Language:

Elle First They Killed My Father The Handmaiden Loveless The Salesman

[9 January 2018 08:16 · Mark Critchley]

Best Documentary:

City of Ghosts I Am Not Your Negro Icarus An Inconvenient Sequel Jane

[9 January 2018 08:17 · Mark Critchley]

Best Animated Film:

Coco Loving Vincent My Life as a Courgette

[9 January 2018 08:20 · Mark Critchley]

Best Original Music:

Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer

Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli

Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer

Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood

The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat

[9 January 2018 08:25 · Mark Critchley]

Best Cinematography:

Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins

Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel

Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema

The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen

Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Ben Davis