BAFTAs 2018: 7 Ups & 6 Downs

5. Three Billboards Wins Outstanding British Film

It wasn't at all surprising but still disappointing that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri scooped the Outstanding British Film award in addition to Best Film later in the night.

It's a superb film, no question, but it's easily the "least British" of the five nominees, without any major roles for British actors or being set at all in the UK.

Giving the film both awards feels somewhat redundant when every other Outstanding British Film nominee - Darkest Hour, The Death of Stalin, God's Own Country, Lady Macbeth and Paddington 2 - felt more in tune with the spirit of what the award is supposed to be.

This isn't the first time there's been an uproar over this category's winner, though: when Gravity scooped the same award back in 2014, many were left wondering how a film directed by a Mexican, starring two Americans and having not a single ounce of Britishness in its storytelling could be eligible for the award.

Above all else, it would've been nice to see BAFTA spread the love a little more, because this was such a predictable route to go.