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The Shape of Water gained 12 nominations at BAFTAs
The BAFTA ceremony will be held in February this year
Guillermo del Toro is also nominated as best director at BAFTAs
Mirroring the Golden Globes' picks, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) showered crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri with nine nominations after the movie picked up four trophies on Sunday.
Matching such BAFTA hopes was Darkest Hour, about British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, also with nine nominations ahead of the February 18 ceremony.
The three most-nominated movies all feature in the best film category, along with coming-of-age romance Call Me by Your Name and World War II film Dunkirk.
The Academy also highlights British cinema talent, with 19th-century drama Lady Macbeth and God's Own Country, about a farmer's relationship with a migrant worker, nominated for the outstanding British film award.
The category also includes satire The Death of Stalin as well as Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and the animation Paddington 2.
The BAFTA ceremony will be held at London's Royal Albert Hall, two weeks ahead of the hotly anticipated Oscars on March 4.
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