By Creative Media Times
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took top honors at BAFTAs, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning 5 awards including best film, best actress for its lead Frances McDormand, and best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell.
The Shape Of Water, which led the night with 12 nominations, won three including for director Guillermo del Toro.
Gary Oldman, the sole British actor to win an acting award, took home best actor for Darkest Hour and hailed the late prime minister: “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.”
Below is a partial list of winners. For the full list of winners, go to Bafta.org:
BEST FILM
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
DIRECTOR
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo Del Toro
LEADING ACTOR
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
LEADING ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
