The 2018 BAFTA Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on February 18. Here are the winners of genre interest:
Director
- The Shape Of Water – Guillermo Del Toro
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Daniel Kaluuya
Animated film
- Coco
Original music
- The Shape Of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
- Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
Production design
- The Shape Of Water – Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
Special visual effects
- Blade Runner 2049 – Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
British short animation
- Poles Apart
Fellowship
- Sir Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott has never won a competitive Bafta but got his third honorary award with the Bafta Fellowship (he got a “special award” in 1992 and an “outstanding contribution” in 1995).
- Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya makes an emotional #EERisingStar acceptance speech dedicated to his mum ???? #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/vsIlF1uWTd
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2018
- Guillermo del Toro
Watch ???? Guillermo del Toro accepting the Director award for @shapeofwater at the #EEBAFTAs ? pic.twitter.com/WWacIb43aS
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2018
- Andres Desplat
Alexandre Desplat (@shapeofwater) accepts the award for Original Music ???? #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/EIM3mR8Om0
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2018
[Thanks to Mike Kennedy for the story.]
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I tuned into the ceremony just in time to catch Ridley Scott’s acceptance speech, which could politely be described as “rambling” and felt almost as long as Prometheus.