The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominations for the 2018 BAFTA Film Awards. Here are the contenders of genre interest:
Best film
- The Shape Of Water
Outstanding British film
- Paddington 2
Director
- Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve
- The Shape Of Water – Guillermo Del Toro
Leading actress
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape Of Water
Leading actor
- Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Supporting actress
- Octavia Spencer – The Shape Of Water
Supporting actor
- Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Daniel Kaluuya
Animated film
- Coco
- Loving Vincent
- My Life As A Courgette
Original screenplay
- Get Out
- The Shape Of Water
Adapted screenplay
- Paddington 2
Original music
- Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
- The Shape Of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
- Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
- The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
Editing
- Blade Runner 2049 – Joe Walker
- The Shape Of Water – Sidney Wolinsky
Production and design
- Beauty And The Beast – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
- The Shape Of Water – Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
Costume design
- Beauty And The Beast – Jacqueline Durran
- The Shape Of Water – Luis Sequeira
Make-up and hair
- Blade Runner 2049 – Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn
Sound
- Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth
- 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
- 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
[Thanks to Chip Hitchcock for the story.]