2018 BAFTA Awards

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

  • Guillermo del Toro

  • Andres Desplat

[Thanks to Mike Kennedy for the story.]

One thought on “2018 BAFTA Awards

  1. 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.

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