At half past seven this morning (Tuesday 9th January) BAFTA announced the nominees for this year’s awards with The Shape of Water dominating revealing 12 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and in both Leading and Supporting Actress.
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Meanwhile, The Darkest Hour (Best Film, Outstanding British Film) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Leading Actress and two in Supporting Actor) both collected nine nominations and they were just ahead of Dunkirk (Best Film & Best Director) and surprisingly Blade Runner 2049 (Best Director) received eight. I, Tonya picked up five (Leading and Supporting Actress), Phantom Thread and Call Me By Your Name each got four and finally, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, Lady Bird and Paddington 2 all picked up three nominations.
This year’s BAFTA’s does show we’re celebrating the best of British cinema and rightly so with Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya will be competing in the Leading Actor category with legends like Gary Oldman, who’s likely be the favourite for his outstanding portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour and Daniel Day-Lewis’s final performance in Phantom Thread.
Elsewhere, Hugh Grant got his well-deserved Supporting Actor nom for his wonderful performance in Paddington 2 and hopefully, we’ll see the final dance number as the opening for this year’s BAFTA.
Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan continue their dominates over the award season with both nominated in the Leading Actress for their performances in I, Tonya and Lady Bird respectfully.
It was a good to see British films like Gods Own Country, The Death of Starlin and Lady MacBeth getting some love although I was hoping to see Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor in the Leading Actress/Actor categories.
After the nominees were announced, BAFTA revealed that Joanna Lumley will be taking over from Stephen Fry as host and she's the perfect choice.
I don’t feel like I need to explain the reasons, but just in case, Lumley makes perfect sense! She represents the country brilliantly, she’s funny and classy, I’m hoping her opening words will be, “Hello Darlings.”
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Here’s the full list of nominees with my picks in BOLD & Yellow:
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 Starlin
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 Cohan (Director)
Lady MacBeth – Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhia Cronin O’Reilly (Producer)
Leading Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Daniel Kuluuya (Get Out)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool)
Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
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)
Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer (All The Money In The World)
Hugh Grant (Paddington 2)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Williem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Supporting Actress
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Kristen Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)
Octavia Spencer (The Shape Of Water)
Best Director
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049)
Guillermo del Toro (The Shape Of Water)
Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
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 Starlin – Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider
Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool – Matt Greenhaigh
Molly’s Game – Aaron Sorkin
Paddington 2 – Simon Farnaby, Paul King
Cinematography
Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Bruno Delbonnel – Darkest Hour
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen – The Shape Of Water
Ben Davis – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Animated Film
Coco
Loving Vincent
My Life As A Courgette
Documentary
City Of Ghosts
I Am Not Your Negro
Icarus
An Inconvenient Sequel
Jane
Film Not In The English Language
Elle
First They Killed My Father
The Handmaiden
Loveless
The Salesman
Original Music
Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer – Blade Runner 2049
Dario Marinelli – Darkest Hour
Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk
Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
Alexandre Desplat – The Shape Of Water
Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran – Beauty And The Beast
Jacqueline Durran – Darkest Hour
Jennifer Johnson – I, Tonya
Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread
Luis Sequeira – The Shape Of Water
Make-Up & Hair
Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn – Blade Runner 2049
David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji – Darkest Hour
Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee – I, Tonya
Daniel Phillips – Victoria & Abdul
Naomi Bakstad, Robert A Pandini, Arjen Tuiten – Wonder
Production Design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Beauty And The Beast
Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola – Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Darkest Hour
Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis – Dunkirk
Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau – The Shape Of Water
Sound
Tim Cavagin, Mary H Ellis, Julian Slater – Baby Driver
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth – Blade Runner 2049
Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten – Dunkirk
Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Zoern – The Shape Of Water
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Special Visual Effects
Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson – Blade Runner 2049
Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson – Dunkirk
Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott – The Shape Of Water
Nominees TBC – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Nominees TBC – War For The Planet Of The Apes
British Short Film
Aamir
Cowboy Dave
A Drowning Man
Work
Wren Boys
British Short Animated
Have Heart
Mamoon
Poles Apart
Rising Star Award
Daniel Kaluuya
Florence Pugh
Josh O’Connor
Tessa Thompson
Timothee Chalamet
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