Bafta Film Awards 2018: Three Billboards wins top prizes
Tehran(KNA) : Guests at the Bafta Film Awards showed their support for the Time's Up and Me Too campaigns by wearing black and sending messages from the stage.
The drama won five trophies including best film, best British film and best actress for Frances McDormand.
Gary Oldman won best actor for playing Winston Churchill - one of two awards for World War Two epic Darkest Hour.
Fantasy romance The Shape of Water took three trophies, including best director for Guillermo Del Toro.
But there were few surprises among the main awards on a night when the main talking point came from the fact most guests wore black in support of the Time's Up and Me Too campaigns.
Three Billboards, set in the wake of a gruesome killing in Missouri, was written and directed by British-born Martin McDonagh and had British financial backing - it was a 50/50 joint production between the UK's Film4 and US company Fox Searchlight.
The Bafta (British Academy Film Awards) results will strengthen its chances at the Oscars in two weeks - although Bafta's last three best films have not gone on to win best picture at the Oscars.
As well as best film, best British film and best actress, its haul included best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell and best original screenplay for McDonagh.
The Shape of Water led the Bafta nominations with 12, but came away with three - best director, production design and original music.
This was Gary Oldman's first Bafta for acting - although he won for writing and directing Nil By Mouth 20 years ago
Allison Janney, best known for The West Wing, won best supporting actress for I, Tonya - it was her first Bafta nomination
Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya was a popular winner of the Rising Star award, and paid a heartfelt thanks to his mum in his speech
At the age of 89, James Ivory - of Merchant Ivory fame - won best adapted screenplay for Call Me By Your Name
Sir Ridley Scott has never won a competitive Bafta but got his third honorary award with the Bafta Fellowship (he got a "special award" in 1992 and an "outstanding contribution" in 1995).
Best film
Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Outstanding British film
Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Leading actress
Winner: Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Leading actor
Winner: Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Supporting actress
Winner: Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Supporting actor
Winner: Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director
Winner: The Shape Of Water - Guillermo Del Toro
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public )
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: I Am Not A Witch
Film not in the English language
Winner: The Handmaiden
Documentary
Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
Original screenplay
Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Adapted screenplay
Winner: Call Me By Your Name
Original music
Winner: The Shape Of Water - Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Winner: Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
Editing
Winner: Baby Driver - Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
Production design
Winner: The Shape Of Water - Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
Costume design
Winner: Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges
Make-up and hair
Winner: Darkest Hour - David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji
Sound
Winner: Dunkirk - Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten
Special visual effects
Winner: Blade Runner 2049 - Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
Source: BBC