Proof that I can at least outdo the BAFTAs.

For the past couple of years, inspired by Kyle Turner doing so back in 2016, every late February I have been putting together fun little thought exercises about how I would have done Awards Season, were I given either control of the whole thing or the ability to contribute to everybody else’s ballots.  And with the Oscars coming next Sunday so we can finally put this whole thing to bed for another (*checks notes*) eight months – Christ, I can remember when Variety were calling this “the most exciting Awards Season in years” before everybody released their nominees list and it turned out they were largely going to fall into drearily predictable lockstep with each other – it’s time once again for me to push out this prime slice of filler!  As usual, this is just how I would do the nominee lists rather than picking any winners, and reasons can be found either in my massive Year in Review from December (a hub filled with links being here) or my BAFTA nomination rundown for this year (and which I scored a clean sweep in predictions on so I am currently hung up about not having bet money on them).

If you’re wondering why it’s so late, blame Universal UK for bodging the release of Lady Bird so hard that it was available to buy on home media in America before it got a cinema release here, the bastards.

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Best Picture

Blade Runner 2049

Colossal

Get Out

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2

Lady Bird

Logan

Nocturama

Paddington 2

The Shape of Water

War for the Planet of the Apes

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Best Director

Bertrand Bonello	Nocturama
Denis Villeneuve	Blade Runner 2049
Greta Gerwig	Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro	The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele	Get Out

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Best Actor

Andy Serkis	Caesar	War for the Planet of the Apes
Ben Whishaw	Paddington Brown	Paddington 2
Daniel Day-Lewis	Reynolds Woodcock	Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya	Chris Washington	Get Out
Kumail Nanjiani	Himself	The Big Sick

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Best Actress

Aubrey Plaza	Ingrid Thorburn	Ingrid Goes West
Cynthia Nixon	Emily Dickinson	A Quiet Passion
Ellie Kendrick	Clover	The Levelling
Sally Hawkins	Elisa Esposito	The Shape of Water
Wu Ke-xi	Lien-Ching	The Road to Mandalay

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Best Supporting Actor

Adam Driver	Kylo Ren	Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Jason Mitchell	Ronsel Jackson	Mudbound
Jason Sudeikis	Oscar	Colossal
Michael Shannon	Colonel Richard Strickland	The Shape of Water
Michael Stuhlbarg	Samuel Pearlman	Call Me by Your Name

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Best Supporting Actress

Allison Williams	Rose Armitage	Get Out
Dafne Keen	Laura/X-23	Logan
Laurie Metcalf	Marion McPherson	Lady Bird
Tiffany Haddish	Dina	Girls Trip
Vicky Krieps	Alma Elson	Phantom Thread

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Best Original Screenplay

Colossal	Nacho Vigalondo
Get Out	Jordan Peele
Lady Bird	Greta Gerwig
The Big Sick	Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
The Shape of Water	Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Blade Runner 2049	Hampton Fancher (story), Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (screenplay)
Call Me by Your Name	James Ivory
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2	James Gunn
Paddington 2	Paul King and Simon Farnaby
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi	Rian Johnson

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Best Animated Film

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Coco

The Boss Baby

The Breadwinner

The LEGO Batman Movie

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Best Cinematography

Baby Driver	Bill Pope
Blade Runner 2049	Roger Deakins
Get Out	Toby Oliver
Nocturama	Leo Hinstin
The Shape of Water	Dan Laustsen

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Best Original Score

Blade Runner 2049	Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch
Dunkirk	Hans Zimmer
Good Time	ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
Phantom Thread	Johnny Greenwood
The Shape of Water	Alexandre Desplat

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Best Editing

Baby Driver	Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
Get Out	Gregory Plotkin
Lady Bird	Nick Houy
Logan Lucky	Mary Ann Bernard (Steven Soderbergh)
Nocturama	Fabrice Rouaud

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Best Production Design

Blade Runner 2049	Dennis Gassner
Get Out	Rusty Smith
Nocturama	Katia Wyszkop
T2 Trainspotting	Patrick Rolfe and Mark Tildesley
The Shape of Water	Paul D. Asterberry

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Best Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2

Paddington 2

The Shape of Water

War for the Planet of the Apes

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Want to join in on this kind of thought exercise?  Why not leave your own fantasy bookings below in the comments!

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