The Shape of Water is leading the pack with 12 nominations for the 2018 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), including Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Director. Guillermo del Toro recently won the Golden Globe for Best Director for The Shape of Water.
Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri are not far behind Shape, both tied for second place with nine nominations each. They are also up for the Best Picture award, with Call Me By Your Name and Dunkirk taking the other two spots. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour are also nominated for Outstanding British Film, along with The Death of Stalin, God's Own Country, Lady Macbeth, and Paddington 2.
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The full list of 2018 nominees was posted on the official BAFTA website. 2018 marks BAFTA's 71st year of existence and Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley has been tapped to host this year's awards' show.
The biggest surprise among the nominations is a number of nods to Blade Runner 2049, including a Best Director nomination for Denis Villeneuve. The film received eight nominations in total, tying it with Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk, for which Nolan was also nominated for Best Director. The two films are competing for a number of the technical awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects.
Annette Bening and Jamie Bell won nominations for Best Leading Actress and Best Leading Actor for their performances in Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Get Out, which many fans thought was wrongly classified at the Golden Globes, won two nominations for Best Original Screenplay and a Best Leading Actor nomination for Daniel Kaluuya. Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, and I, Tonya also secured multiple nominations.
Here is the complete list of 2018 BAFTA nomineees:
Best Film
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
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 - Gareth Tunley (Writer/Director/Producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (Producers)
I Am Not A Witch - Rungano Nyoni (Writer/Director), Emily Morgan (Producer)
Jawbone - Johnny Harris (Writer/Producer), Thomas Napper (Director)
Kingdom Of Us - Lucy Cohen (Director)
Lady Macbeth - Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Producer)
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
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve
Call Me By Your Name - Luca Guadagnino
Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan
The Shape Of Water - Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
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 Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
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 Greenhalgh
Molly's Game - Aaron Sorkin
Paddington 2 - Simon Farnaby, Paul King
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
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
Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
The Shape Of Water - Dan Laustsen
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Ben Davis
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
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
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
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
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
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 - Nominees tbc
War For The Planet Of The Apes - Nominees tbc
British Short Animation
Have Heart
Mamoon
Poles Apart
British Short Film
Aamir
Cowboy Dave
A Drowning Man
Work
Wren Boys
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Daniel Kaluuya
Florence Pugh
Josh O'Connor
Tessa Thompson
Timothee Chalamet
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The 71st BAFTA Awards ceremony airs live February 18 on the BBC and BBC America.
Source: BAFTA