The Favourite

"The Favourite," directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Wednesday, with 12 nods for the costume piece that has already won its leading actress Olivia Colman several prizes.

"The Favourite" led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Wednesday, with 12 nods for the costume piece that has already won its leading actress Olivia Colman several prizes.

The American Film Institute has ranked weird wave Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's "The Favorite" in fifth place among its Top 10 movies for 2018, after the period comedy drama was nominated for five Golden Globes in four categories earlier this week and reaped 10 prizes at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday.

Yorgos Lanthimos's "The Favourite," an absurdist period comedy about two cousins courting the favor of Queen Anne in 18th century England, has won the jury prize - essentially the silver medal - at the 75th Venice Film Festival.

Olivia Colman won best actress for her role as the queen.

Left to right, British actor Nicholas Hoult, US actress Emma Stone, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, British actress Olivia Colman and British actor Joe Alwyn pose during a photocall for "The Favorite" at the 75th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Italy, Thursday.

Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos appears to have definitely emerged as the country’s “fair haired boy” on the European scene, with the magazine Deadline reporting this week that he’s in contact with Kate Winslet and Emma Stone to star in his next project, called “The Favourite”.