The Shape of Water Leads BAFTA Nominations, Blade Runner 2049 Scores 8!


The Golden Globes are a thing of the past, now our attention turns to the most Oscar pertinent awards, most notably the SAG Awards, Oscars and the BAFTAs.

The British Academy unveiled its 2018 nominations and it a similar theme is starting to emerge as director Guillermo del Toro and his The Shape of Water lead the way with 12 nominations, followed behind by recent Golden Globe Best Drama winner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour – which each earned nine nominations.

Behind those three films is a surprise entrant on the awards season calvalcade, Blade Runner 2049, who scored eight nods.

The BAFTAs will be handed out February 18

Best Film

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

Outstanding British Film

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

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The Ghoul
I Am Not a Witch
Jawbone
Kingdom of Us
Lady Macbeth

Film Not in the English Language

Elle
First They Killed my Father
The Handmaiden
Loveless
The Salesman

Documentary

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

Animated Film

Coco
Loving Vincent
My Life as a Courgette

Director

Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Original Screenplay

Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Adapted Screenplay

Call Me By Your Name
The Death of Stalin
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Molly’s Game
Paddington 2

Leading Actress

Annette Bening, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Leading Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

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 Ebbing, Missouri
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Editing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dukirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Production Design

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

Costume Design

Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

Make Up & Hair

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder

Sounds

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Special Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

EE Rising Star Award

Daniel Kaluuya
Florence Pugh
Josh O’Connor
Tessa Thompson
Timothee Chalamet