British Academy Film Awards 2018
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The 71st British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on February 18, 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to honor the best films of the 2017 film year . As usual, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards were presented in 22 categories . After Stephen Fry hosted the event for twelve years, British actress Joanna Lumley led the evening for the first time .
The nominations were announced on January 9, 2018. Shape of Water - The Whispering of Water by Guillermo del Toro was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 12 categories , including for best director and best screenplay. The film won three prizes, including best director. The British-American tragic comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh won most of the awards . She was able to convince the jury in the important categories of Best Film , Best British Film , Best Screenplay and Best Actress (for Frances McDormand ).
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
Shape of Water - The whisper of water | 12 | 3 |
The darkest hour | 9 | 2 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 9 | 5 |
Blade Runner 2049 | 8th | 2 |
Dunkirk | 8th | 1 |
I, Tonya | 5 | 1 |
Call Me by Your Name | 4th | 1 |
The silk thread | 4th | 1 |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | 3 | 0 |
Lady Bird | 3 | 0 |
Paddington 2 | 3 | 0 |
Baby driver | 2 | 1 |
The Death of Stalin | 2 | 0 |
Get out | 2 | 0 |
Lady Macbeth | 2 | 0 |
Beauty and the Beast | 2 | 0 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Graham Broadbent , Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
- Call Me by Your Name - Emilie Georges , Luca Guadagnino , Marco Morabito and Peter Spears
- The Darkest Hour - Tim Bevan , Lisa Bruce , Eric Fellner , Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski
- Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale
Best British Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
- The Death of Stalin - Armando Iannucci , Kevin Loader, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Ian Martin, David Schneider
- The Darkest Hour - Joe Wright , Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
- God's Own Country - Francis Lee , Manon Ardisson, Jack Tarling
- Lady Macbeth - William Oldroyd , Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly , Alice Birch
- Paddington 2 - Paul King , David Heyman , Simon Farnaby
Best director
Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro
- Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve
- Call Me by Your Name - Luca Guadagnino
- Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
Best Actor
Gary Oldman - The Darkest Hour
- Daniel Day-Lewis - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
- Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
- Jamie Bell - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
Best main actress
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Annette Bening - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
- Sally Hawkins - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
- Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Best supporting actor
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
- Hugh Grant - Paddington 2
- Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Plummer - All the money in the world (All the Money in the World)
The best supporting actress
- Lesley Manville - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
- Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
- Kristin Scott Thomas - The Darkest Hour
- Octavia Spencer - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
Best adapted script
Call Me by Your Name - James Ivory
- The Death of Stalin - Armando Iannucci , Ian Martin and David Schneider
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool - Matt Greenhalgh
- Molly's Game - Everything on One Card (Molly's Game) - Aaron Sorkin
- Paddington 2 - Simon Farnaby and Paul King
Best original script
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
- Get Out - Jordan Peele
- I, Tonya - Steven Rogers
- Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Best camera
Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
- The Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel
- Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Ben Davis
Best production design
Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Paul Denham Austerberry , Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau
- Blade Runner 2049 - Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola
- The Darkest Hour - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
- Dunkirk - Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis
- Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast) - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
Best costume design
The Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges
- The Darkest Hour - Jacqueline Durran
- I, Tonya - Jennifer Johnson
- Beauty and the Beast - Jacqueline Durran
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Luis Sequeira
Best makeup and best hairstyles
The Darkest Hour - David Malinowski , Ivana Primorac , Lucy Sibbick and Kazuhiro Tsuji
- Blade Runner 2049 - Donald Mowat and Kerry Warn
- I, Tonya - Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee
- Victoria & Abdul - Daniel Phillips
- Wonder (Wonder) - Naomi Bakstad , Robert Pandini and Arjen Tuiten
Best film score
Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat
- Blade Runner 2049 - Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer
- The Darkest Hour - Dario Marianelli
- Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer
- The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread) - Jonny Greenwood
Best cut
Baby Driver - Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss
- Blade Runner 2049 - Joe Walker
- Dunkirk - Lee Smith
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Sidney Wolinsky
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory
Best tone
Dunkirk - Alex Gibson , Richard King , Gregg Landaker , Gary A. Rizzo , Mark Weingarten
- Baby Driver - Tim Cavagin , Mary H. Ellis , Dan Morgan, Jeremy Price, Julian Slater
- Blade Runner 2049 - Ron Bartlett , Theo Green , Doug Hemphill , Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Christian Cooke , Nelson Ferreira , Glen Gauthier , Nathan Robitaille , Brad Zoern
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ren Klyce , David Parker , Michael Semanick , Stuart Wilson , Matthew Wood
Best visual effects
Blade Runner 2049 - Gerd Nefzer and John Nelson
- Dunkirk - Scott Fisher , Andrew Jackson , Paul Corbould , Andrew Lockley
- Planet of the Apes: Survival (War for the Planet of the Apes) - Daniel Barrett , Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , Joel Whist
- Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Dennis Berardi , Trey Harrell , Kevin Scott
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Stephen Aplin, Chris Corbould, Ben Morris , Neal Scanlan
Best animated film
Coco - more alive than life! (Coco) - Lee Unkrich , Darla K. Anderson
- Loving Vincent - Dorota Kobiela , Hugh Welchman , Ivan Mactaggart
- My life as a zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette) - Claude Barras , Max Karli
Best British Animated Short Film
Poles Apart - Paloma Baeza , Ser En Low
- Have Heart - Will Anderson
- Mamoon - Ben Steer
Best British Short Film
Cowboy Dave - Colin O'Toole , Jonas Mortensen
- Aamir - Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster
- A Drowning Man - Mahdi Fleifel , Signe Byrge Sørensen , Patrick Campbell
- Work - Aneil Karia, Scott O'Donnell
- Wren Boys - Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, John Fitzpatrick
Best documentary
I Am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck
- City of Ghosts - Matthew Heineman
- Icarus - Dan Cogan and Bryan Fogel
- Still an Inconvenient Truth - Our time is running out (An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power) - Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
- Jane - Brett Tomorrow
Best foreign language film
The pickpocket (아가씨, Agassi) - Park Chan-wook
- Elle - Paul Verhoeven
- Loveless (Нелюбовь) - Andrei Svyagintsev
- The Salesman (فروشنده, Forūšande) - Asghar Farhadi
- The long journey of hope (First They Killed My Father) - Angelina Jolie
Best young talent
I Am Not a Witch - Rungano Nyoni (R, D), Emily Morgan (P)
- The Ghoul - Gareth Tunley (R, D, P), Jack Healy Guttman and Tom Meeten (P)
- Jawbone - Johnny Harris (D, P), Thomas Napper (R)
- Kingdom of Us - Lucy Cohen (R)
- Lady Macbeth - Alice Birch (D), William Oldroyd (R), Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly (P)
Best Young Actor (EE Rising Star Award)
Prizes of honor
Honorary Award (Academy Fellowship)
Ridley Scott - British film director and producer
Best British Contribution to Cinema
National Film and Television School (NFTS) - British film school