The annual British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were a Searchlight affair, with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water taking three awards including Best Director for del Toro. The strong showing makes the film a strong candidate for the top prizes at the Oscars just two Sundays from now. Disney's Coco took the award for Best Animated Feature as well. 

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Below is a complete list of the Latino Films and Filmmakers that took away awards at the BAFTAs:

DIRECTOR

GUILLERMO DEL TORO
The Shape of Water

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE SHAPE OF WATER
Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

POLES APART
Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low

ANIMATED FILM

COCO
Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

ORIGINAL MUSIC

THE SHAPE OF WATER
Alexandre Desplat

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