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The 2018 EE British Academy Film Awards took place last night (18 February) at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with some of Hollywood’s finest gathering to find out who had won at this year’s ceremony.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner on the night, picking up five awards, including Best Film.
Martin McDonagh won Original Screenplay, Sam Rockwell took Supporting Actor, Frances McDormand received the BAFTA for Leading Actress and Gary Oldman won Leading Actor for Darkest Hour.
Stars showed their support for the Time's Up campaign by wearing black on the carpet and pin badges highlighting the cause, while both Rockwell and McDormand used their winner's speeches to highlight issues of diversity and equality in the industry.
The Shape of Water won three awards: Guillermo del Toro won for Director and composer Alexandre Desplat collected the Original Music award, his third BAFTA win; the film also won Production Design.
The Supporting Actress award went to Allison Janney for her role as Tonya Harding’s mother in I, Tonya.
Roger Deakins won his fourth BAFTA for Cinematography for Blade Runner 2049, which also won for Special Visual Effects.
Raoul Peck won the Documentary award for I Am Not Your Negro. Film Not in the English Language was won by South Korean drama The Handmaiden and Coco took the BAFTA for Animated Film.
Writer/director Rungano Nyoni and producer Emily Morgan received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for I Am Not a Witch.
Baby Driver received the BAFTA for Editing and Phantom Thread won for Costume Design. James Ivory won for Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name and Dunkirk for Sound. Cowboy Dave won the British Short Film award.
The Special Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to the National Film and Television School (NFTS).
The Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow was presented to director and producer Sir Ridley Scott by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, President of BAFTA, and Sir Kenneth Branagh.
The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, went to Daniel Kaluuya.
To see the full list of last night’s BAFTAs winners, visit the British Academy Film Awards website.
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