Shape Of Water, Three Billboards, Darkest Hour lead BAFTA noms

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IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

A day after the Golden Globes comes the nominations for the BAFTAs, the British Oscars so to speak.

The Globes set the tone for the awards season so it isn't surprising that the BAFTA nominations follow a similar script.

For the first time in 12 years the BAFTAs will not be hosted by Stephen Fry.

The droll and funny Fry has retired from the fray and says he will watch the BAFTAs on the telly henceforth at his home.

British actress Joanna Lumley -- who by the way was born in Srinagar a year before Indian Independence -- has been handed over the baton. If Joanna does well at this year's BAFTAs on February 18, she may be asked to stick around next year.

Meanwhile, the main nominations:

Best Film:
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

Outstanding British Film:
Darkest Hour
The Death of Stalin
God's Own Country
Lady Macbeth
Paddington 2
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name.

Best Actress:
Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird.

IMAGE: Will Margot Robbie win for her work in I, Tonya?

Best Director:
Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

Supporting Actress:
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water.

IMAGE: Blade Runner 2049 has eight nominations.

Best Cinematography:
Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins
Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema
The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Ben Davis.

IMAGE: Daniel Day Lewis makes Phantom Thread a must watch. Is it really his final film?

Best Original Music:
Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli
Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat.

Best Animated Film:
Coco
Loving Vincent
My Life as a Courgette.

Best Film Not in the English Language:
Elle
First They Killed My Father
The Handmaiden
Loveless
The Salesman.

Best Original Screenplay:
Get Out, Jordan Peele
I, Tonya, Steven Rogers
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh.

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Call Me By Your Name, James Ivory
The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Matt Greenhaigh
Molly's Game, Aaron Sorkin
Paddington 2, Simon Farnaby, Paul King.