BAFTA Film Awards 2018 Nominations List

The nominations for this year’s Bafta Film Awards have been announced. Here are the contenders in the key categories:

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

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

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

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

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

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 (voted for by the public)

• 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

Documentary

• City Of Ghosts
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Icarus
• An Inconvenient Sequel
• Jane

Animated film

• Coco
• Loving Vincent
• My Life As A Courgette

Original screenplay

• Get Out
• I, Tonya
• Lady Bird
• The Shape Of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Adapted screenplay

• Call Me By Your Name
• The Death Of Stalin
• Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
• Molly’s Game
• Paddington 2

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

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

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

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

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

Make-up 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

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

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

British short animation

• Have Heart
• Mamoon
• Poles Apart

British short film

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

National Television Awards 2018 Nominations List

The full nominations list for this year’s National Television Awards have been announced. Scattered amongst the usual assortment of popular soaps, daytime TV staples and reality shows are best performance nods for Tom Hardy, David Tennant and  Sherdian Smith. Perpetual winners Ant & Dec have once again made the shortlist twice, giving the diminutive double act the chance to add to their vast haul of previous awards. The NTAs will be broadcast by ITV on 23 January and presented by Dermot O’Leary. Till then check out the nominations list in full below:

Drama

Call The Midwife

Casualty

Doctor Foster

Game Of Thrones

Liar

Talent show

Britain’s Got Talent

Strictly Come Dancing

The Voice UK

The X Factor

Challenge show

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Love Island

MasterChef

The Great British Bake Off

Crime drama

Broadchurch

Line Of Duty

Little Boy Blue

Sherlock

TV presenter

Ant & Dec

Bradley Walsh

Holly Willoughby

Phillip Schofield

Factual entertainment

Ambulance

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life And Legacy

Gogglebox

Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs

Drama performance

David Tennant, DI Alec Hardy, Broadchurch

Jenna Coleman, Queen Victoria, Victoria

Sheridan Smith, Julie Bushby, The Moorside

Suranne Jones, Gemma Foster, Doctor Foster

Tom Hardy, James Keziah Delaney, Taboo

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

All Round To Mrs Brown’s

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

Celebrity Juice

The Graham Norton Show

Serial drama

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

Serial drama performance

Barbara Knox, Rita Tanner, Coronation Street

Danny Miller, Aaron Dingle, Emmerdale

Lacey Turner, Stacey Fowler, EastEnders

Lucy Fallon, Bethany Platt, Coronation Street

Comedy

Benidorm

Peter Kay’s Car Share

Still Open All Hours

The Big Bang Theory

Newcomer

Danny Walters, Keanu Taylor, EastEnders

Nathan Morris, Milo Entwistle, Hollyoaks

Ned Porteous, Tom Waterhouse, Emmerdale

Rob Mallard, Daniel Osbourne, Coronation Street

Daytime

Loose Women

The Chase

The Jeremy Kyle Show

This Morning

TV judge

David Walliams, Britain’s Got Talent

Paul Hollywood, The Great British Bake Off

Simon Cowell, Britain’s Got Talent / The X Factor

will.i.am, The Voice UK / The Voice Kids

Golden Globes 2018 Review

The Golden Globes officially kicked off the awards season of 2018 last night in Hollywood, with plenty of deserving winners and more than a few memorable moments. Mariah Carey mistakenly stole Meryl Streep’s seat, James Franco literally gave Tommy Wiseau an on stage facepalm and every man woman & child diligently wore black this year. Other than that it was a fairly typical night of celebration for some of the best work on the big and small screen.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the most easily identifiable ‘big winner’ of the night in the film categories. In addition to a best motion picture win, Frances McDormand scooped a predictable best actress award, with supporting actor Sam Rockwell and Martin McDonagh’s screenplay also winning.

Thanks to the golden globes unique division between drama and comedy categories, Greta Gerwig’s much hyped Ladybird also managed to take home a best picture win and a best actress award for Saoirse Ronan. It will be interesting to see how the two film’s fair when forced to compete more directly against each other in all the other awards seasons encounters. Mcdormand looks set to prevail in future best actress category but best picture could still prove to be a far more open contest.

Gary Oldman collected best actor for his prosthetic clad turn as wartime icon Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, while James Franco collected the comedic award for playing a very different type of icon Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist. We’ll never know what Wiseau would have said had Franco permitted him to speak during his acceptance speech, but perhaps it’s more fun to wonder…

On that note, the supporting acting awards were won by two scene stealing turns from previously mentioned Sam Rockwell and Alison Janey. Janey’s delightfully foul mouthed portrayal of infamous skater Tonya Harding’s ruthlessly belligerent mother in I, Tonya alongside Margot Robbie could easily see her collect more statues as awards season progresses.

Best director was won by Guillermo Del Toro a man who’s impressively unique vision is matched only by his affable warmth in real life. Seeing him collect another prize for his darkly romantic fairytale The Shape Of Water is a welcome sight for all those who have had the privilege of being in his presence.

Rounding out the film categories Disney’s Coco picked up best animated film while In The Fade won in the best foreign language category. Hugh Jackman musical The Greatest Showman at least took home a token best song win, having arguabl missed it’s best chance of awards season in the comedy/musical categories.

In the television categories The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo and Big Little Lies largely divided honours amongst themselves. Rachel Brosnahan, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Elizabeth Moss on the various best actress categories while Ewan Mcgregor, Aziz Ansari, Alexander Skarsgard and Sterling K Brown took home the best actor awards.

Check Out Video Interviews below with Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Sam Rockwell, Alison Janey, Martin McDonagh and Guillermo Del Toro.

Golden Globes 2018 Winners List

All the winners at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards, held in Los Angeles on 7 January 2018.

Film categories

Best motion picture – drama

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best motion picture – comedy or musical

Lady Bird

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – drama

Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – drama

Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – comedy or musical

James Franco, The Disaster Artist

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – comedy or musical

Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Alison Janney, I, Tonya

Best director – motion picture

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best screenplay – motion picture

Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best animated film

Coco

Best foreign language film

In the Fade

Best original score – motion picture

The Shape of Water

Best original song – motion picture

This Is Me – The Greatest Showman

Television categories

Best television series – drama

The Handmaid’s Tale

Best television series – comedy

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Best actor in a television series – drama

Sterling K Brown, This is Us

Best actress in a television series – drama

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best actor in a television series – musical or comedy

Aziz Ansari, Master of None

Best actress in a television series – musical or comedy:

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Best television limited series or motion picture made for television:

Big Little Lies

Best actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television:

Ewan McGregor, Fargo

Best actress in a limited series or motion picture made for television:

Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television:

Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

Best supporting actress in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television:

Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

EE Rising Star Award Nominees

The five nominees for this year’s EE Rising Star Award were announced at BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly in London. Revealed by film broadcaster, Edith Bowman and 2013 EE Rising Star Award winner Juno Temple, the nominees consist of five actors and actresses who have each shown exceptional talent on the big screen over the past 12 months and have captured the attention of the public and film industry alike.

The EE Rising Star Award nominees for 2018 are:

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET received widespread praise for his leading performance in Call Me By Your Name, which has been labelled a triumph by film critics, along with his role in comedy-drama Lady Bird, which both premiered in November 2017. Having previously starred in big screen hit Interstellar, Chalamet was first noticed in his role in the spy thriller TV show Homeland. He also received glowing reviews for his performance in Miss Stevens and coming-of-age drama Hot Summer Nights. He has also received the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor for his performance in John Patrick Shanley’s play Prodigal Son. Next up, he’ll be seen in the upcoming feature film Hostiles, starring opposite Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike.

Timothée Chalamet, commenting on his nomination, said: “I want to thank BAFTA and the jury for this incredible honour of a nomination for the EE Rising Star Award. I have seen many actors and peers that I admire get nominated for this award in previous years, so I am overjoyed to see my name included in 2018. Call Me By Your Name came out in the UK prior to the states, and British audiences embraced the film in a uniquely strong and passionate way. I feel an enduring sense of gratitude seeing this response echoed around the world, and for being included in this category.”

DANIEL KALUUYA shot to fame last year in the American genre film, Get Out, the film for which he won an MTV Movie Award and was most recently nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actor’s Guild Award and Gotham Award in the category of Best Actor. Already known for his roles in hit TV shows, Skins, Psychoville and Black Mirror, Kaluuya has also starred in a slew of big screen feature films, including crime thriller Sicario, Johnny English Reborn and Kick Ass 2. Kaluuya also joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Ryan Coogler’s highly anticipated Black Panther this February, followed by a starring role in Steve McQueen’s upcoming heist thriller, Widows.

Daniel Kaluuya, commenting on his nomination, said: “I have always admired the work of all the previous nominees of the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award. I’m honoured and grateful to BAFTA and the Jury for the nomination and can’t wait to celebrate it in my home city.”

 

JOSH O’CONNOR has garnered critical acclaim for his roles across film, television and theatre and was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit last year. Josh made his big-screen debut in The Riot Club, followed by The Program and Florence Foster Jenkins, before taking on the lead role of Johnny Saxby in God’s Own Country, a bold love story heralded as one of the most successful British films of last year. Josh has also starred in hit period TV dramas Peaky Blinders and Ripper Street and will be returning to TV screens as Lawrence “Larry” Durrell for the third season of The Durrells, in April this year. He has also recently finished filming his next feature film Only You alongside Laia Costa, which will be released in cinemas this year.

Josh O’Connor, commenting on his nomination, said: “I would like to thank BAFTA and the jury for nominating me for the EE Rising Star award. It was such a special experience making God’s Own Country and I don’t think any of us working on the Yorkshire Moors filming this intimate story expected the incredible journey it has been on in the past year. I’m so grateful to everyone who has embraced Johnny’s story and I am truly honoured and touched to be mentioned alongside an array of outstanding talent – thank you.”

 

FLORENCE PUGH’s performance as Katherine in Lady Macbeth earned her critical acclaim and in turn, led to her being named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit last year. Pugh made her film debut in The Falling, which helped garner her widespread attention and for which she received a nomination for Best Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival Awards. Pugh has recently finished shooting Outlaw King with Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor-Johnson for release on Netflix and will soon commence filming on The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC. She is also set to star on the big screen in horror film Malevolent, wrestling comedy Fighting With My Family and action thriller The Commuter, all set for release this year.

 

Florence Pugh, commenting on her nomination, said: “I feel truly honoured to be nominated for an EE Rising Star Award. The journey to get to this rewarding moment has been exhilarating, and so to feel recognition for doing something I love and the hard work many have put in feels very touching. It’s a very proud moment indeed.”

 

TESSA THOMPSON is currently starring as the female lead in the third instalment of the Thor franchise, Thor: Ragnarok where she was praised for her role as Valkyrie. Her career took off following the widespread attention she garnered in the critically acclaimed film Dear White People, where her performance landed her a Gotham Award for “Breakthrough Actor”.  She then followed up with a memorable role in the film “Selma.”  Her place as a star in Hollywood was solidified with the portrayal of Bianca in Creed, where she starred opposite Sylvester Stallone. Tessa also stars in the Emmy nominated HBO Series Westworld and will star in sci-fi films, Annihilation this February and Sorry To Bother You out later this year.

Tessa Thompson, commenting on her nomination, said: “I am honoured to be chosen by BAFTA and the jury as a candidate for the EE Rising Star Award. It means so much that my work has been embraced in the UK and that I get to share this recognition with so many wonderfully talented actors. I look forward to learning the names of the other Rising Star honourees that I hope to be partying with the night of the BAFTA’s!”

2018 celebrates the 13^th year of the EE Rising Star Award, the only award at the EE British Academy Film Awards voted for by the British public. Voting is now open at ee.co.uk/BAFTA and the winner will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 18 February 2018.