BAFTA Announce Their Film Nominations

The British Film Academy (BAFTA) announced their nominations in film for 2017 early this morning. Denis Villeneuve’s Director nod for Blade Runner 2049 was an epic surprise for fans of the sci-fi reboot. But traditionally, BAFTA likes to sway towards British talent, and coincidentally many of the big-hitters this awards season are dominant here.

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water heads the nomination pack, but Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, and Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk all scored well. There was, however, no mention of Wright in the Director category. Other British mentions include Paddington 2, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, God’s Own Country, and Lady MacBeth.

American movies all over the awards race Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird were missing in many of the usual categories – including Film and Director. Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya continues its consistent citing of the actresses. But Steven Spielberg’s The Post and Des Rees’ Mudbound were nowhere to be seen.

Here is the full list of nominees:
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AAMIR – Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster
COWBOY DAVE – Colin O’Toole, Jonas Mortensen
A DROWNING MAN – Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Patrick Campbell
WORK – Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell
WREN BOYS – Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, John Fitzpatrick
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
HAVE HEART – Will Anderson
MAMOON – Ben Steer
POLES APART – Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
SOUND
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
MAKE UP & HAIR
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
I, TONYA
VICTORIA & ABDUL
WONDER
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
PRODUCTION 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
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
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
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
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD – Christopher Plummer
THE FLORIDA PROJECT – Willem Dafoe
PADDINGTON 2 – Hugh Grant
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Woody Harrelson
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Sam Rockwell
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
DARKEST HOUR – Kristin Scott Thomas
I, TONYA – Allison Janney
LADY BIRD – Laurie Metcalf
PHANTOM THREAD – Lesley Manville
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Octavia Spencer
LEADING ACTOR
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – Timothée Chalamet
DARKEST HOUR – Gary Oldman
FILM STARTS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL – Jamie Bell
GET OUT – Daniel Kaluuya
PHANTOM THREAD – Daniel Day-Lewis
LEADING ACTRESS
FILM STARTS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL – Annette Bening
I, TONYA – Margot Robbie
LADY BIRD – Saoirse Ronan
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Sally Hawkins
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Frances McDormand
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – James Ivory
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
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
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
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
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 Cohen (Director)
LADY MACBETH – Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Producer)
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
DARKEST HOUR
THE DEATH OF STALIN
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
LADY MACBETH
PADDINGTON 2
BEST FILM
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI