71st British Academy Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 71st British Academy Film Awards (or BAFTAs) were announced today.

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

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

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

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

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

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

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

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 and 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 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

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

The 71st British Academy Film Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday February 18th, 2018, at 3:00 PM.

Keith Noakes

The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.