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BAFTA Awards 2018 nominees list

Well, well, well... BAFTA Awards are the top prize of British cinema, but they go for English language cinema (some kind of less high-profile Oscar, but still very prestigious) and they offer a taste of "how'll be the Oscars". This year they seem to be all smiles for The Shape of Water (12 nominations), followed by Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (9 nominations) and Darkest Hour (same as Three Billboards') and then Dunkirk (8 nominations) and Blade Runner 2049 (8 nominations too). But let me just say that 9 nominations is A LOT for Three Billboards in every way: small productions like this one don't tend to score so many nods and it shows how overrated the movie is. I'm not saying Three Billboards suck... I like the movie, but it's not that damn brilliant.
And then you realise: The Post was completely snubed (it got a 2017 release in UK? maybe not!!!); Hugh Grant got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Paddington 2 "stealing" the spot of one of the Call Me By Your Name supporting contenders (Hammer and Stuhlbarg); both Jamie Bell and Annette Bening got some recognition for they high-caliber performances in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) missed a Best Leading Actress nomination but Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) made it.... AAARRGHHH!!!!
So, just have a look at the complete list of BAFTA Awards 2018 nominees:

 OUTSTANDING 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

 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)

BEST 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 DIRECTOR
  • Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049
  • Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
  • Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
  • Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
  • Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 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
  • Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name

 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 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

 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 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 EDITING
  • Baby Driver
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Shape of Water

 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water

 BEST COSTUME DESIGN
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Darkest Hour
  • I, Tonya
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Shape of Water

 BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • I, Tonya
  • Victoria & Abdul
  • Wonder

 BEST SOUND
  • Baby Driver
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk 
  • The Shape of Water
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • War for the Planet of the Apes

 EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
  • Daniel Kaluuya
  • Florence Pugh
  • Josh O’Connor
  • Tessa Thompson
  • Timothée Chalamet

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