The Shape Of Water dominates BAFTA nominations

Taking the lead again - The Shape Of Water

The nominations for this year's BAFTAs were announced today, with The Shape Of Water, which just secured the Best Director prize for Guillermo Del Toro at the Golden Globes, taking a spectacular lead. Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri are next in the pack, with nine nominations apiece, and there is some love shown for blockbusters Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which fans have complained have been overlooked by other awards bodies.

The awards have been criticised for their lack of diversity, with no women featuring in the Director category and no people of colour in either the Best Leading Actress or the Best Supporting Actor categories. BAFTA has previously made a commitment to increasing diversity in the film industry.

The awards ceremony will take place on 18 February.

Those nominations in full:-

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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

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

EE Rising Star Award

• 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

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 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 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Makeup 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best British short animation

• Have Heart
• Mamoon
• Poles Apart

Best British short film

• Aamir
• Cowboy Dave
• A Drowning Man
• Work
• Wren Boys