BAFTA Award Winners, as They Arrive

As ever, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards favor homegrown fare.

Thus many nomination slots that might have included such Hollywood films as “The Post” or “Wonder Woman” went to the likes of “Dunkirk,””Darkest Hour,” and “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.”Leading the BAFTA field was Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” with 12 nominations.

“Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” followed with nine nominations and “Blade Runner 2049” and “Dunkirk” with eight.

“I, Tonya” landed five nominations, “Call Me by Your Name” and “Phantom Thread” had four, “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” “Lady Bird” and “Paddington 2” scored three.One movie that one would expect would do well with the BAFTAs, Stephen Frears’ “Victoria & Abdul,” starring Judi Dench, landed a mere Hair & Makeup nod.

American contenders “Get Out” and “Lady Bird

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