71st British Academy Film Awards

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71st British Academy Film Awards
Date18 February 2018
Site Royal Albert Hall, London
Hosted by Joanna Lumley
Highlights
Best Film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best British Film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour
Best Actress Frances McDormand
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Most awards Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (5)
Most nominations The Shape of Water (12)

The 71st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 18 February 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2017. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2017. Following revelations of sexual harassment in the film industry, many attendees wore black or a badge to show their support for the Time's Up movement. [1]

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The nominees were announced on 9 January 2018 by actresses Natalie Dormer and Letitia Wright. [2] The Shape of Water received the most nominations in twelve categories; Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri followed with nine each. [3] As with the 75th Golden Globe Awards, there was criticism for the lack of female nominees for Best Director, with Greta Gerwig notably not nominated for Lady Bird . [4]

English actress Joanna Lumley hosted the ceremony for the first time, replacing Stephen Fry following his twelve years of service as host. [5]

Winners and nominees

Guillermo del Toro, Best Director winner Guillermo del Toro in 2017.jpg
Guillermo del Toro, Best Director winner
Gary Oldman, Best Actor winner Gary Oldman in 2017 (36334517524).jpg
Gary Oldman, Best Actor winner
Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg
Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner
Sam Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor winner Sam Rockwell (8279227257).jpg
Sam Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor winner
Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress winner Allison-Janney in 2014.jpg
Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress winner
Martin McDonagh, Best Original Screenplay winner Martin McDonagh 2012.jpg
Martin McDonagh, Best Original Screenplay winner
James Ivory, Best Adapted Screenplay winner James Ivory (1991.09).jpg
James Ivory, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Music winner Alexandre Desplat 2015.jpg
Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Music winner
Daniel Kaluuya, EE Rising Star Award winner Daniel Kaluuya by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Daniel Kaluuya, EE Rising Star Award winner

The nominees were announced on 9 January 2018. [3] The winners were announced on 18 February 2018. [6]

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

  • Poles ApartPaloma Baeza and Ser En Low
    • Have Heart – Will Anderson
    • Mamoon – Ben Steer
  • Cowboy Dave – Colin O'Toole and Jonas Mortensen
    • Aamir – Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone and Oliver Shuster
    • A Drowning ManMahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Patrick Campbell
    • Walk – Aneil Karia and Scott O'Donnell
    • Wren Boys – Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon and John Fitzpatrick

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
12 The Shape of Water
9 Darkest Hour
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8 Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
5 I, Tonya
4 Call Me by Your Name
Phantom Thread
3 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Lady Bird
Paddington 2
2 Baby Driver
Beauty and the Beast
The Death of Stalin
Get Out
Lady Macbeth
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
5 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3 The Shape of Water
2 Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour

Presenters

The following individuals presented awards at the ceremony: [9]

In Memoriam

See also

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