Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the biggest success at the Bafta Film Awards with five wins, while Gary Oldman was the only British star to take an acting award.
The ascerbic story of a strong woman standing up for justice in small-town America was a fitting winner on a night when Time’s Up pins and black dresses were an ever present reminder of the sexual harassment scandal coursing through the entertainment world.
The point was not lost on Martin McDonagh, its British director.
“What I’m most proud of, especially in this Time’s Up year,” he said, “is it is a film about a woman who refuses to take any more s***.”
Its star, Frances McDormand, won the leading actress award and acknowledged the theme of the night even though she admitted failing “compliance” with the protest dress code of black.
“I want you to know that I stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black and I also want to say that I appreciate a well-organised act of civil disobedience and I’m thrilled that activists all over the world have been inspired by the set decorations of the film and have taken to the streets and let it be a part of the positive discourse that’s happening,” she said, referring to a surge in use of billboards to highlight injustice since the film hit cinema screens.Its dominance, claiming the gongs for best film, leading actress, original screenplay, original music and outstanding British film, overshadowed The Shape Of Water, which was nominated for 12 awards but only won three
Oldman became emotional as he accepted the leading actor award and thanked Sir Winston Churchill, whom he played in Darkest Hour.
“Winston Churchill, the man himself, in those dark uncertain days in 1940 held the line for honour, for integrity and freedom, for his nation. I thank you, Sir Winston, I thank you the Churchill family and once again Bafta, I am so grateful and incredibly honoured.
Guillermo del Toro picked up director for The Shape Of Water and acknowledged “important figure” novelist Mary Shelley, who he said: “Gave a voice to the voiceless and a presence to the invisible”.
Joanna Lumley, who hosted the awards, praised the “dogged determination” of the suffragettes, and the “powerful” Time’s Up movement.
In her first time hosting the Baftas after taking over from Stephen Fry, she poked fun at stars including Angelina Jolie, who she joked: “Already knocked up 400 portions of risotto for the after show dinner.”
Best film
- Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Call Me By Your Name
- Darkest Hour
- Dunkirk
- The Shape Of Water
Outstanding British film
- Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Darkest Hour
- The Death of Stalin
- God’s Own Country
- Lady Macbeth
- Paddington 2
Leading actress
- Winner: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
- Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape Of Water
- Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Leading actor
- Winner: Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
- Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
- Jamie Bell – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
- Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
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Supporting actress
- Winner: Allison Janney – I, Tonya
- Kristin Scott Thomas – Darkest Hour
- Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
- Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
- Octavia Spencer – The Shape Of Water
Supporting actor
- Winner: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Plummer – All The Money In The World
- Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
- Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
- Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director
- Winner: The Shape Of Water – Guillermo Del Toro
- Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve
- Call Me By Your Name – Luca Guadagnino
- Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Winner: Daniel Kaluuya
- Florence Pugh
- Josh O’Connor
- Tessa Thompson
- Timothee Chalamet
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
- Winner: I Am Not A Witch
- The Ghoul
- Jawbone
- Kingdom Of Us
- Lady Macbeth
Film not in the English language
- Winner: The Handmaiden
- Elle
- First They Killed My Father
- Loveless
- The Salesman
Documentary
- Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
- City Of Ghosts
- Icarus
- An Inconvenient Sequel
- Jane
Animated film
- Winner: Coco
- Loving Vincent
- My Life As A Courgette
Original screenplay
- Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Get Out
- I, Tonya
- Lady Bird
- The Shape Of Water
Adapted screenplay
- Winner: Call Me By Your Name
- The Death Of Stalin
- Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
- Molly’s Game
- Paddington 2
Original music
- Winner: The Shape Of Water – Alexandre Desplat
- Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
- Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
- Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
- Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
Cinematography
- Winner: Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
- Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel
- Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema
- The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Ben Davis
Editing
- Winner: Baby Driver – Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
- Blade Runner 2049 – Joe Walker
- Dunkirk – Lee Smith
- The Shape Of Water – Sidney Wolinsky
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory
Production design
- Winner: The Shape Of Water – Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
- Beauty And The Beast – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
- Darkest Hour – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- Dunkirk – Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Costume design
- Winner: Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
- Beauty And The Beast – Jacqueline Durran
- Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
- I, Tonya – Jennifer Johnson
- The Shape Of Water – Luis Sequeira
Make-up and hair
- Winner: Darkest Hour – David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji
- Blade Runner 2049 – Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn
- I, Tonya – Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee
- Victoria & Abdul – Daniel Phillips
- Wonder – Naomi Bakstad, Robert A Pandini, Arjen Tuiten
Sound
- Winner: Dunkirk – Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten
- Baby Driver – Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater
- Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, 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
- Winner: Blade Runner 2049 – Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
- Dunkirk – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson
- 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
- Winner: Poles Apart
- Have Heart
- Mamoon
British short film
- Winner: Cowboy Dave
- Aamir
- A Drowning Man
- Work
- Wren Boys
Fellowship
- Sir Ridley Scott
Outstanding contribution to British cinema
- National Film and Television School