The Polish drama was nominated in the categories: Director, Film not in the English language, Original screenplay (Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski) and Cinematography (Łukasz Żal).
The BAFTA Awards will be announced on 10 February 2019.
Cold War was produced by Opus Film and coproduced by Apocalypso Pictures. It was supported by the Polish Film Institute, MK2 Films, Film4, the British Film Institute and Eurimages.
The several accolades received by the film include best director at Cannes 2018 and best European film, director, scriptwriter, actress and editor at the 31st European Film Awards.