BAFTAS 2018 nominations full list: The Shape of Water rides high as The Post fails to receive single nod
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk, and Paddington 2 have also helped form a strong British presence
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Your support makes all the difference.Awards season hits UK shores with 2018's BAFTAs - who will walk away as the night's big winner?
On nominations alone, it could very well be Guillermo del Toro's aquatic romance The Shape of Water, which garnered 12 nods, the most of any film this year. However, though the film similarly dominated the Golden Globes nominations, it was actually Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri which walked away as the night's big winner - with four awards in total. The film is nominated in nine categories at the BAFTAs.
Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour ties Three Billboards with nine nominations, with Gary Oldman's lead performance a likely shoo-in for Best Actor. Indeed, this year's BAFTAs boast a strong British presence: Christopher Nolan's epic Dunkirk has eight nominations, while Paddington 2 and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool both have three nominations each.
The BAFTA nominations have, however, been fairly damning for both Lady Bird and Get Out's hopes in the awards race. Though initial favourites, the films seem to slowly be being phased out of the awards conversation, with neither managing to land Best Film or Best Director nods. The same can be said of Steven Spielberg's The Post, which was largely anticipated as a shoo-in before its release, but has failed to gain much interest from voting bodies.
You can read the full list of BAFTA nominations here.
Outstanding British Film:
Darkest Hour
The Death of Stalin
God's Own Country
Lady Macbeth
Paddington 2
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Best Film:
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
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
Best Actress:
Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Director:
Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Screenplay:
Get Out, Jordan Peele
I, Tonya, Steven Rogers
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
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Best Adapted Screenplay:
Call Me By Your Name, James Ivory
The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Matt Greenhaigh
Molly's Game, Aaron Sorkin
Paddington 2, Simon Farnaby, Paul King
Supporting Actress:
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
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
Best Film Not in the English Language:
Elle
First They Killed My Father
The Handmaiden
Loveless
The Salesman
Best Documentary:
City of Ghosts
I Am Not Your Negro
Icarus
An Inconvenient Sequel
Jane
Best Animated Film:
Coco
Loving Vincent
My Life as a Courgette
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
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
Best Editing:
Baby Driver, Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
Blade Runner 2049, Joe Walker
Dunkirk, Lee Smith
The Shape of Water, Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Jon Gregory
Best Production Design:
Beauty and the Beast, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Blade Runner 2049, Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
The Shape of Water, Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
Best Costume Design:
Beauty and the Beast, Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour, Jacqueline Durran
I, Tonya, Jennifer Johnson
Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges
The Shape of Water, Luis Sequeira
Best Make Up & Hair:
Blade Runner 2049, Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn
Darkest Hour, David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji
I, Tonya, Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee
Victoria & Abdul, Daniel Phillips
Wonder, Naomi Bakstad, Robert A. Pandini, Arjen Tuiten
Best Sound:
Baby Driver, Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater
Blade Runner 2049, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth
Dunkirk, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten
The Shape of Water, Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Zoern
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
Best Special Visual Effects:
Blade Runner 2049, Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
Dunkirk, Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson
The Shape of Water, Dennis Berardi Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best British Short Animation:
Have Heart, Will Anderson
Mamoon, Ben Steer
Poles Apart, Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low
Best British Short Film:
Aamir, Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster
Cowboy Dave, Colin O'Toole, Jonas Mortensen
A Drowning Man, Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Patrick Campbell
Work, Aneil Karia, Scott O'Donnell
Wren Boys, Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, John Fitzpatrick
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