BAFTA Nominees Announced with ‘The Shape of Water’ Taking the Lead

The EE British Academy Film Awards have been announced for the 2018 ceremony with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Shape of Water, and Darkest Hour leading the pack of nominations.

Some other standouts in the round-up include multiple nominations for Paddington 2, which has taken critics by storm in the past week and may prove to the world just how good a sequel can still be. Other under-appreciated British films this year that will be given their spotlight are Lady Macbeth, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool and The Death of Stalin.

Check out the full list of nominees below and the ceremony will take place on February 18 at Royal Albert Hall.

Best Film

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

Outstanding British Film

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

Best Director

Denis Villenueve, 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 Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Leslie Manville, Phantom Thread

Best Supporting Actor

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Original Screenplay

Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
I, Tonya, Steven Rogers
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
Get Out, Jordan Peele

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 Greenhalgh
Paddington 2, Simon Farnaby, Paul King
Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer

The Ghoul, Gareth Tunley (director/writer/producer), Jack Heely Guttman and 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)

Best Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins
Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema
The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
Three Billbooards Outside 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 Billbooards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Jon Gregory

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 and 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 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 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 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

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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