Contenders in 2018 do, as expected, include the likes of Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outisde Ebbing Missouri, The Shape of Water, I Tonya, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out and Lady Bird.

British movies that have picked up more attention here than at other international awards shows include Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool and Paddington 2, for which Hugh Grant has received a Best Supporting Actor nod.

This morning also saw the unveiling of the 2018 BAFTAs host as Joanna Lumley, after Stephen Fry stepped down. Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman are among the favourites.

The EE Rising Star Award haf already unveiled its contenders - and voting is now open.

Best Film

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

Best British Film

• Darkest Hour
• Death of Stalin
• Gods Own Country
• Lady Macbeth
• Paddington 2
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Our
• Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
• Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Benning, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Margot Robbie, I Tonya
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Saorise Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Direction

• 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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
• Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Willem Defoe, The Florida Prokect
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Kristen Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
• Laurie Metcalfe, Lady Bird
• Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Film Not in the English Language

• Elle
• First They Killed My Father
• The Handmaiden
• Loveless
• The Salesman

Bet Animated Film

• Coco
• Loving Vincent
• My Life as a Courgette

Best Documentary

• City of Ghosts
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Icarus
• An Inconvenient Sequel
• Jane

Best Short Film

• Aamir
• Cowboy Dave
• A Drowning Man
• Work
• Wren Boys

Best Short Animation

• Have Heart
• Mamoon
• Poles Apart

Best Original Screenplay

• Jordan Peele, Get Out
• Steven Rogers, I Tonya
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
• Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay

• James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name,
• Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider, Death of Stalin
• Matt Greenhalgh, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
• Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
• Simon Farnaby and Paul King, Paddington 2

Best Cinematography

• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Sound

• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner, 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Film Music

• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Phantom Thread
• The Shape of Water

Best Production Design

• Beauty 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 Water

Best Editing

• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• The Ghoul
• I Am Not A Witch
• Jawbone
• Kingdom of Us
• Lady Macbeth

Best Special Visual Effects

• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Makeup and Hair

• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• I, Tonya
• Victoria and Abdul
• Wonder

EE Rising Star Award

• Josh O'Connor
• Daniel Kaluuya
• Tessa Thompson
• Florence Pugh
• Timothee Chalamet