The nominations for this year's BAFTAs have been announced, with Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape Of Water leading the pack. The monster-romance appears in a dozen categories ahead of *Darkest Hour * and current awards season darling Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which both rack up nine. Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is just behind with eight, as is Blade Runner 2049. Denis Villeneuve's sequel is clearly being considered an artistic success, if not a box-office hit. There's still nothing for The Post though, following its similar snubbing by the Golden Globes.
After twelve years, the BAFTA ceremony this year will have a new presenter: Joanna Lumley is taking over from Stephen Fry. She'll be announcing the winners at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 18 February. The full list of nominations follows.
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)
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 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 Ebbing, Missouri
Best original screenplay
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best adapted screenplay
Call Me By Your Name
The Death Of Stalin
Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Molly’s Game
Paddington 2
Best 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
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 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
Best 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
Best original music
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water
Best cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best production design
Beauty And The Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Best costume design
Beauty And The Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water
Best make up & hair
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
Best sound
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best special visual effects
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Best British short animation
Have Heart
Mamoon
Poles Apart
Best 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
Timothée Chalamet