71st British Academy Film Awards


The 71st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 18 February 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2017. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2017. Following revelations of sexual harassment in the film industry, many attendees wore black or a badge to show their support for the Time's Up movement.
The nominees were announced on 9 January 2018 by actresses Natalie Dormer and Letitia Wright. The Shape of Water received the most nominations in twelve categories; Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri followed with nine each. As with the 75th Golden Globe Awards, there was criticism for the lack of female nominees for Best Director, with Greta Gerwig notably not nominated for Lady Bird.
English actress Joanna Lumley hosted the ceremony for the first time, replacing Stephen Fry following his twelve years of service as host.

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on 9 January 2018. The winners were announced on 18 February 2018.

[BAFTA Fellowship]

Best FilmBest Director

  • Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
  • * Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name
  • * Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • * Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
  • * Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
    • Best Actor in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role
  • Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill
  • * Jamie Bell – Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Peter Turner
  • * Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
  • * Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
  • * Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington
  • Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes
  • * Annette Bening – Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame
  • * Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito
  • * Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding
  • * Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
    • Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Jason Dixon
  • * Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
  • * Hugh Grant – Paddington 2 as Phoenix Buchanan
  • * Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Sheriff Bill Willoughby
  • * Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World as J. Paul Getty
  • Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden
  • * Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock
  • * Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
  • * Kristin Scott Thomas – Darkest Hour as Clementine Churchill
  • * Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water as Zelda Fuller
    • Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
  • Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • * Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water
  • * Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
  • * Jordan Peele – Get Out
  • * Steven Rogers – I, Tonya
  • James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
  • * Simon Farnaby and Paul King – Paddington 2
  • * Matt Greenhalgh – Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
  • * Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider – The Death of Stalin
  • * Aaron Sorkin – Molly's Game
    • Best CinematographyOutstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
  • 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
  • Rungano Nyoni and Emily Morgan – I Am Not a Witch
  • * Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttmann, and Tom Meeten – The Ghoul
  • * Johnny Harris and Thomas Q. Napper – Jawbone
  • * Lucy Cohen – Kingdom of Us
  • *Alice Birch, William Oldroyd, and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly – Lady Macbeth
    • Outstanding British FilmBest Documentary
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
  • *Darkest Hour – Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, and Douglas Urbanski
  • * The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci, Kevin Loader, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Ian Martin, and David Schneider
  • * God's Own Country – Francis Lee, Manon Ardisson, and Jack Tarling
  • * Lady Macbeth – William Oldroyd, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, and Alice Birch
  • * Paddington 2 – Paul King, David Heyman, and Simon Farnaby
  • I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck
  • * City of Ghosts – Matthew Heineman
  • * Icarus – Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
  • * ' – Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
  • * Jane – Brett Morgen
    • Best Original MusicBest Sound
  • The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
  • * Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer
  • * Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
  • * Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
  • * Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
  • Dunkirk – Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten
  • * Baby Driver – Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Dan Morgan, Jeremy Price, and Julian Slater
  • * Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, and Mac Ruth
  • * The Shape of Water – Christian Cooke, Nelson Ferreira, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, and Brad Zoern
  • * ' – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, and Matthew Wood
    • Best Production DesignBest Special Visual Effects
  • The Shape of Water – Paul Denham Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, and Shane Vieau
  • * Beauty and the Beast – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
  • * Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola
  • * Darkest Hour – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
  • * Dunkirk – Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis
  • Blade Runner 2049 – Richard R. Hoover, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, and John Nelson
  • * Dunkirk – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Paul Corbould, and Andrew Lockley
  • * The Shape of Water – Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell, Mike Hill, and Kevin Scott
  • * ' – Stephen Aplin, Chris Corbould, Ben Morris, and Neal Scanlan
  • * War for the Planet of the Apes – Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, and Joel Whist
    • Best Costume DesignBest Makeup and Hair
  • Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
  • * Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran
  • * Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
  • * I, Tonya – Jennifer Johnson
  • * The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira
  • 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 and Lou Sheppard
  • * Wonder – Naomi Bakstad, Robert Pandini, and Arjen Tuiten
    • Best EditingBest Film Not in the English Language
  • Baby Driver – Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
  • * Blade Runner 2049 – Joe Walker
  • * Dunkirk – Lee Smith
  • * The Shape of Water – Sidney Wolinsky
  • * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory
  • The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook and Syd Lim
  • * Elle – Paul Verhoeven and Saïd Ben Saïd
  • * First They Killed My Father – Angelina Jolie and Rithy Panh
  • * Loveless – Andrey Zvyagintsev and Alexander Rodnyansky
  • * The Salesman – Asghar Farhadi and Alexandre Mallet-Guy
    • Best Animated FilmBest Short Animation
  • Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
  • * Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, and Ivan Mactaggart
  • * My Life as a Courgette – Claude Barras and Max Karli
  • Poles Apart – Paloma Baeza and Ser En Low
  • * Have Heart – Will Anderson
  • * Mamoon – Ben Steer
    • Best Short FilmEE Rising Star Award
  • Cowboy Dave – Colin O'Toole and Jonas Mortensen
  • * Aamir – Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, and Oliver Shuster
  • * Bronco – SLB
  • * A Drowning Man – Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Patrick Campbell
  • * Work – Aneil Karia and Scott O'Donnell
  • * Wren Boys – Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, and John Fitzpatrick
  • Daniel Kaluuya'''
  • * Timothée Chalamet
  • * Josh O'Connor
  • * Florence Pugh
  • * Tessa Thompson

    • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsFilm
    12The Shape of Water
    9Darkest Hour
    9Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    8Blade Runner 2049
    8Dunkirk
    5I, Tonya
    4Call Me by Your Name
    4Phantom Thread
    3Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
    3Lady Bird
    3Paddington 2
    2Baby Driver
    2Beauty and the Beast
    2The Death of Stalin
    2Get Out
    2Lady Macbeth
    2

    WinsFilm
    5Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    3The Shape of Water
    2Blade Runner 2049
    2Darkest Hour

    Presenters

    The following individuals presented awards at the ceremony: