71st British academy awards to be held tonight

Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film "The Shape of Water" leads the nominations at Sunday's British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA), where Hollywood stars will again turn the red carpet black in solidarity with the #MeToo movement. The Cold War-era movie has 12 nominations, while crime drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "Darkest Hour", about British wartime leader Winston Churchill, each have nine. All three are up for the best film award, along with another World War II drama, Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk", and Luca Guadagnino's coming-of-age romance "Call Me By Your Name". Del Toro, Guadagnino, Nolan and Martin McDonagh ("Three Billboards") are up for best director alongside Denis Villeneuve for "Blade Runner 2049" -- an all-male lineup that has drawn criticism, particularly this year.With Hollywood still reeling from the fallout of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, actresses look set to wear all-black outfits at London's Royal Albert Hall, just as they did at last month's Golden Globes. BAFTA nominees Margot Robbie and Allison Janney are among those who say they will repeat the gesture, which was a powerful statement by the A-list against a culture of sexual harassment and abuse. Signatories, including Kate Winslet, Emma Watson, Emma Thompson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keira Knightley and Saoirse Ronan, expressed solidarity with the Time's Up movement in the United States and called for donations to a new "justice and equality fund" for victims. The letter to The Observer newspaper is addressed to "dear sisters", as was a similar statement by US actresses last month, and calls for an international movement to stamp out a culture of abuse exposed by the Weinstein scandal. BAFTA 2018 will take place at the Albert Hall at 9pm (London time) on Sunday, which is 3am Monday in Bangladesh. Timed to fall between the Globes and the Oscars, the BAFTAs' choices often mirror those of its American heavyweights. "The Shape of Water", a story of love between a mute cleaning woman and a mystery merman-like creature, is leading the pack just as it has been across the Atlantic. Aside from the best film and best director nods, Del Toro is up for original screenplay, Sally Hawkins is nominated as leading actress and Octavia Spencer for supporting actress. The British-produced "Three Billboards" has nominations for best film, director and original screenplay for McDonagh, while Frances McDormand is up for leading actress, and Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson for best supporting actors. Gary Oldman's turn as Churchill in "Darkest Hour" won him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nod, and has also put him in line for a BAFTA. In the leading actor category, he is up against Timothee Chalamet ("Call Me by Your Name"), Daniel Day-Lewis ("Phantom Thread"), Daniel Kaluuya ("Get Out") and Jamie Bell ("Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"). "Darkest Hour" has also been nominated in the best film and outstanding British film categories, while Kristin Scott Thomas is up for supporting actress for her role as Churchill's wife Clementine. Robbie is nominated for leading actress for "I, Tonya", alongside McDormand, Hawkins, Annette Bening ("Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool") and Saoirse Ronan ("Lady Bird").

Full list of nominees:

Best filmCall Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriOutstanding British filmDarkest Hour The Death of Stalin God’s Own Country Lady Macbeth Paddington 2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriOutstanding debut by a British writer, director or producerThe Ghoul – Gareth Tunley (writer/director/producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (producers) I Am Not a Witch – Rungano Nyoni (writer/director), Emily Morgan (Producer) Jawbone – Johnny Harris (writer/producer), Thomas Napper (director) Kingdom of Us – Lucy Cohen (director) Lady Macbeth – Alice Birch (writer), William Oldroyd (director), Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (producer)Best film not in the English languageElle First They Killed My Father The Handmaiden Loveless The SalesmanBest documentaryCity of Ghosts I Am Not Your Negro Icarus An Inconvenient Sequel JaneBest animated filmCoco Loving Vincent My Life as a CourgetteBest directorDenis 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 Ebbing, MissouriBest original screenplayGet Out I, Tonya Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest adapted screenplayCall Me by Your Name The Death of Stalin Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Molly’s Game Paddington 2Best actressAnnette Bening, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Saoirse Ronan, Lady BirdBest actorDaniel 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 NameBest supporting actressAllison Janney, I, Tonya Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Octavia Spencer, The Shape of WaterBest supporting actorChristopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Hugh Grant, Paddington 2 Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest original musicBlade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of WaterBest cinematographyBlade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest editingBaby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest production designBeauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water Best costume design Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour I, Tonya Phantom Thread The Shape of WaterBest make up and hairBlade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour I, Tonya Victoria & Abdul WonderBest soundBaby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last JediBest special visual effectsBlade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the ApesBest British short animationHave Heart Mamoon Poles ApartBest British short filmAamir Cowboy Dave A Drowning Man Work Wren BoysEE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)Daniel Kaluuya Florence Pugh Josh O’Connor Tessa Thompson Timothée ChalametBAFTA fellowshipRidley Scott