500 Days Of Film Reviews The 2018 BAFTA Winners
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner at the 2018 BAFTAs, winning five awards for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and Best Actress (Frances McDormand).
While The Shape Of Water couldn't quite make good on its 12 nominations, the film still had a good night coming away with three awards - including Best Director for Guillermo del Toro, Best Original Score (for Alexandre Desplat) and Best Production Design.
The acting categories went pretty much as expected. In addition to McDormand and Rockwell's wins, Gary Oldman won Best Actor for his transformative performance in Darkest Hour (the film also won Best Make-Up and Hair). Meanwhile, in what was an extremely competitive category, Allison Janney received the award for Best Supporting Actress (for I, Tonya).
One of my favourite moments of the evening came when legendary cinematographer, Roger Deakins, won the Best Cinematography award for Blade Runner 2049. Surely this is the year when, after 14 nominations, he is finally also rewarded with an Oscar? Denis Villeneuve's film also won the award for Best Visual Effects.
I was also so pleased to see Rungano Nyoni's brilliant film I Am Not A Witch win the award for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer. I would wholeheartedly recommend this stunning film about a little girl in Zambia who is accused of being a witch.
It came as no surprise when Coco won Best Animated Film. Pixar's film is now surely the safest of safe bets for the Oscar. However, I can't let this moment pass without giving some love to the other two superb nominees: Loving Vincent and My Life As A Courgette.
The Rising Star Award (the only category to accept votes from the British public) was another tough one to call. Nominations for this award included Daniel Kaluuya, Timothée Chalamet, Tessa Thompson, Florence Pugh, and Josh O’Connor. Any of these candidates would have been a worthy winner but I was really happy to see Daniel Kaluuya win the award.
In addition, I was so pleased to see Poles Apart win Best Animated Short. There were only three nominees in this category and I enjoyed them all. However, between you and me, I loved Paloma Baeza's stop motion animation the best.
The BAFTA Winners In Full
WINNER BEST FILM: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Nominees
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Peter Spears
DARKEST HOUR Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
WINNER OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
Nominees
DARKEST HOUR Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, Kevin Loader, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Ian Martin, David Schneider
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
WINNER OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: I AM NOT A WITCH Rungano Nyoni (Writer/Director), Emily Morgan (Producer)
Nominees
THE GHOUL Gareth Tunley (Writer/Director/Producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (Producers)
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)
WINNER FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE HANDMAIDEN Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim
Nominees
ELLE Paul Verhoeven, Saïd Ben Saïd
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER Angelina Jolie, Rithy Panh
LOVELESS Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky
THE SALESMAN Asghar Farhadi, Alexandre Mallet-Guy
WINNER DOCUMENTARY: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck
Nominees
CITY OF GHOSTS Matthew Heineman
ICARUS Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
JANE Brett Morgen
WINNER ANIMATED FILM: COCO Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
Nominees
LOVING VINCENT Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE Claude Barras, Max Karli
WINNER DIRECTOR: THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro
Nominees
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Denis Villeneuve
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Luca Guadagnino
DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh
WINNER ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh
Nominees
GET OUT Jordan Peele
I, TONYA Steven Rogers
LADY BIRD Greta Gerwig
THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
WINNER ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME James Ivory
Nominees
THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider
FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Matt Greenhalgh
MOLLY’S GAME Aaron Sorkin
PADDINGTON 2 Simon Farnaby, Paul King
WINNER LEADING ACTRESS: FRANCES McDORMAND Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nominees
ANNETTE BENING Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
MARGOT ROBBIE I, Tonya
SALLY HAWKINS The Shape of Water
SAOIRSE RONAN Lady Bird
WINNER LEADING ACTOR: GARY OLDMAN Darkest Hour
Nominees
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Phantom Thread
DANIEL KALUUYA Get Out
JAMIE BELL Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Call Me by Your Name
WINNER SUPPORTING ACTRESS: ALLISON JANNEY I, Tonya
Nominees
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Darkest Hour
LAURIE METCALF Lady Bird
LESLEY MANVILLE Phantom Thread
OCTAVIA SPENCER The Shape of Water
WINNER SUPPORTING ACTOR: SAM ROCKWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nominees
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER All the Money in the World
HUGH GRANT Paddington 2
WILLEM DAFOE The Florida Project
WOODY HARRELSON Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WINNER ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE SHAPE OF WATER Alexandre Desplat
Nominees
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
DARKEST HOUR Dario Marianelli
DUNKIRK Hans Zimmer
PHANTOM THREAD Jonny Greenwood
WINNER CINEMATOGRAPHY: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Roger Deakins
Nominees
DARKEST HOUR Bruno Delbonnel
DUNKIRK Hoyte van Hoytema
THE SHAPE OF WATER Dan Laustsen
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Ben Davis
WINNER EDITING: BABY DRIVER Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
Nominees
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Joe Walker
DUNKIRK Lee Smith
THE SHAPE OF WATER Sidney Wolinsky
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Jon Gregory
WINNER PRODUCTION DESIGN: THE SHAPE OF WATER Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
Nominees
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
WINNER COSTUME DESIGN: PHANTOM THREAD Mark Bridges
Nominees
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jacqueline Durran
DARKEST HOUR Jacqueline Durran
I, TONYA Jennifer Johnson
THE SHAPE OF WATER Luis Sequeira
WINNER MAKE UP & HAIR: DARKEST HOUR David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji
Nominees
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn
I, TONYA Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee
VICTORIA & ABDUL Daniel Phillips
WONDER Naomi Bakstad, Robert A. Pandini, Arjen Tuiten
WINNER SOUND: DUNKIRK Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten
Nominees
BABY DRIVER Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth
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
WINNER SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
Nominees
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
WINNER BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION: POLES APART Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low
Nominees
HAVE HEART Will Anderson
MAMOON Ben Steer
WINNER BRITISH SHORT FILM: COWBOY DAVE Colin O’Toole, Jonas Mortensen
Nominees
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
WINNER EE RISING STAR AWARD: DANIEL KALUUYA
(voted for by the public)
Nominees
FLORENCE PUGH
JOSH O’CONNOR
TESSA THOMPSON
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
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