71st_British_Academy_Film_Awards

71st British Academy Film Awards

71st British Academy Film Awards

British award ceremony


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
Gary Oldman, Best Actor winner
Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner
Sam Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor winner
Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress winner
Martin McDonagh, Best Original Screenplay winner
James Ivory, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Music winner
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

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Presenters

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

In Memoriam

See also


References

  1. Loughrey, Clarisse (1 February 2018). "BAFTAs 2018 attendees to endorse Time's Up black dress code following Golden Globes's example". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. Desta, Yohana (9 January 2018). "Zero Female Directors Nominated at the BAFTAs This Year". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. "Joanna Lumley to be new Bafta Film Awards host". BBC News. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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