BAFTA Awards 2025 nominations: “Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” lead the pack

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The race for cinematic glory is officially on as the BAFTA Film Awards 2025 nominations are revealed, celebrating a year of storytelling, spectacle and outstanding performances. Topping the list is ConclaveEdward Berger’s gripping mystery-thriller set in the Vatican, with an impressive 12 nominations. Close behind is Jacques Audiard’s bold and genre-defying Emilia Perezcollecting 11 BAFTA nods. Both films have set the stage for an unpredictable awards season, packed with fresh faces, seasoned icons and a few eyebrow-raising surprises.

Among the nominees, The Brutalist holds its place with nine BAFTA nominations, while Anora, Dune: Part Twoand Evil follow with seven each. But the omission of Evil from the coveted Best Picture category has sparked a lot of chatter on social media, as has BAFTA’s continued snub of Denzel Washington, this time for his acclaimed performance in Gladiators 2.

A sudden mischievous grin … Hugh Grant in Heretic; nominates for BAFTA Film Awards 2025 | Photo: Kimberley French/IMDb

The nominations reveal a refreshing diversity of talent, with first-time BAFTA nominees such as Selena Gomez (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (Anora), and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice). Meanwhile, industry stalwarts like Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun), Hugh Grant (Heretic), and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl) have also secured their places among this year’s acclaimed contenders.

The BAFTA ceremony, which will take place at London’s iconic Royal Festival Hall on February 16, will once again see David Tennant host what promises to be an unforgettable night. Below, we dive into the full list of BAFTA Awards 2025 nominations and the stories behind the year’s most talked-about films and performances.

BEST MOVIE

  • “Anora” – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist”
  • “A Complete Unknown” – Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
  • “Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
  • “Emilia Perez”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

  • “Bird” – Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
  • “Blitz” – Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
  • “Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
  • “Gladiator II” – Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
  • “Hard Truths” – Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
  • “Knee Bowl” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Caralláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
  • “Lee” – Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
  • “Love Lies Bleeding” – Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
  • “The Outrun” – Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

  • “Hoard” – Luna Carmoon (director, script)
  • “Kneecap” – Rich Peppiatt (director, screenwriter)
  • “Monkey Man” – Dev Patel (Director)
  • “Santosh” – Sandhya Suri (director, script), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar de Ganay (producer), also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge
  • “Sister Midnight” – Karan Kandhari (Director, Script)

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • “Everything we imagine as light” – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard
  • “I’m Still Here” – Walter Salles
  • “Kneecap” – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • “Black Box Diaries” – Shiori Ito, Hannah Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
  • “Daughters” – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
  • “No Other Country” – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
  • “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
  • “Will & Harper” – Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE

  • “Flow” – Gints Siibalodis, Mat?ss Kaža
  • “Inside Out 2” – Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
  • “The Wild Robot” – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

BEST CHILDREN & FAMILY MOVIES

  • “Flow” – Gints Siibalodis, Mat?ss Kaža
  • “Kensuke’s Kingdom” – Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
  • “The Wild Robot” – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

BEST DIRECTOR

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbett
  • “Conclave” – ​​​​Edward Berger
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard
  • “The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

BEST ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY

  • “Anora” – written by Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist” – written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
  • “Knee Bowl” – written by Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Caralláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
  • “A Real Pain” – written by Jesse Eisenberg
  • “The Substance” – written by Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT

  • “A Complete Unknown” — screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
  • “Conclave” — screenplay by Peter Straughan
  • “Emilia Pérez” — screenplay by Jacques Audiard
  • “Nickel Boys” — screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
  • “Sing Sing” — screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

BEST ACTOR

  • Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
  • Karla Sofia Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
  • Mikey Madison, “Anora”
  • Demi Moore, “The Substance”
  • Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun”

BEST LEADING ACTING

  • Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
  • Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
  • Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
  • Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
  • Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

BEST ENTERTAINING ACTING

  • Selena Gomez, “Emilia Perez”
  • Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
  • Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl”
  • Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
  • Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Perez”

BEST SCENE TRACK

  • Yura Borisov, “Anora”
  • Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
  • Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
  • Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
  • Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

BEST CASTING

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
  • “The Apprentice” – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
  • “A Complete Unknown” – Yesi Ramirez
  • “Conclave” – ​​Nina Gold, Martin Ware
  • “Kneecap” – Carla Stronge

BEST FILM ART

  • “The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley
  • “Conclave” – ​​Stéphane Fontaine
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
  • “Emilia Perez” – Paul Guilhaume
  • “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke

BEST EDITING

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker
  • “Conclave” – ​​​​Nick Emerson
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Joe Walker
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Juliette Welfling
  • “Kneecap” – Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • “Blitz” – Jacqueline Durran
  • “A Complete Unknown” – Arianne Phillips
  • “Conclave” – ​​Lisy Christl
  • “Nosferatu” – Linda Muir
  • “Wicked” – Paul Tazewell

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

  • “Dune: Part Two” – Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
  • “Nosferatu” — David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
  • “The Substance” – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
  • “Wicked” – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth

BEST ORIGINAL GRADE

  • “The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg
  • “Room” – Volker Bertelmann
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Camille, Clément Ducol
  • “Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan
  • “The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • “The Brutalist” – Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
  • “Conclave” – ​​Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
  • “Nosferatu” – Craig Lathrop
  • “Wicked” – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

BEST SOUND

  • “Blitz” – John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
  • “Gladiator II” – Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
  • “The Substance” – Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
  • “Wicked” – Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • “Better Man” – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
  • “Dune: Part Two” — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
  • “Gladiator II” – Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
  • “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
  • “Wicked” – Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

  • “Adiós” — José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
  • “Mog’s Christmas” – Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
  • “Wander to Wonder” — Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart

BRITISH SHORT FILM

  • “The flowers stand silent and bear witness” – Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
  • “Marion” — Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
  • “Milk” – Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
  • “Rock, Paper, Scissors” – Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
  • “Stomach Bug” – Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou

EE RISING STAR AWARD (Voted by the public)

  • Marisa Abel
  • Jharrel Jerome
  • David Johnson
  • Mike Madison
  • Nabhaan Rizwan

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