After the defiant and inspiring Golden Globes, which featured everyone saying #TimesUp to sexual abuse and harassment in light of the abuse in Hollywood, the ceremony also marked the start of Awards season. Next up are the BAFTAs right here in Britain, and the nominees are now out wahoooo! Joanna Lumley will be hosting the event on 18th February which means there's now a month for me to beg, steal and borrow tickets. 

It's a great celebration of film, and British film; lots of the nominated films also featured in the BFI London Film Festival I attended last year, which means the festival really is a good predictor of trophy success!  One of those films was The Shape of Water starring Sally Hawkins and directed by Guillermo Del Toro which picked up 12 nods, trailed closely by another BFI fave Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. My personal favourite features of the list include Paddington 2 making it onto Outstanding British Film, Dunkirk being acclaimed for its music, editing and cinematography, Baby Driver and its phenomenal sound, plus I shall also be putting money on Gary Oldman to win Best Actor for his portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. (I predicted high for La La Land way back in 2016 so that should give me some credibility, surely!?) Also massive props to Denis Villeneuve for his Best Director potential with Blade Runner 2049 - I really do think that film deserves a lot more recognition. However, there's still a noticeable lack of diversity - must we really wait until 2049 (or thereabouts) for more?

Anyhoo, here are some of the nominees...

• Call Me By Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• The Shape Of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Darkest Hour
• The Death Of Stalin
• God's Own Country
• Lady Macbeth
• Paddington 2
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• 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 Ebbing, Missouri

• 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