by Abb Jones
The Reelness

The Vatican drama Conclave was the big winner at the 2025 BAFTA awards, winning Best Picture among its Sunday night haul of four trophies. It had also been the leader in the nominations, scoring 12. The Brutalist also won four BAFTAs, including one for director Brady Corbet.

Below is the full list of nominees. Click on the movie titles highlighted in gold for our reviews.

BEST FILM

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
⭐️ Conclave
Emilia Perez

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Bird
Blitz
⭐️ Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

LEADING ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
⭐️Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

LEADING ACTOR

⭐️ Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Selena Gomez – Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
⭐️ Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez

SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

DIRECTOR

Sean Baker – Anora
⭐️ Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Edward Berger – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Hoard – Luna Carmoon (director/ writer)
⭐️ Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
Monkey Man – Dev Patel (director)
Santosh – Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar de Ganay (producer)
Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

All We Imagine As Light
⭐️ Emilia Perez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

DOCUMENTARY

Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
⭐️ Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

ANIMATED FILM

Flow
Inside Out 2
⭐️ Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
⭐️ Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh
⭐️ A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks
⭐️ Conclave – Peter Straughan
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY

⭐️ The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stephanie Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Perez – Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

EDITING

Anora
⭐️ Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Kneecap

COSTUME DESIGN

Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
⭐️ Wicked

MAKE-UP & HAIR

Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
⭐️ The Substance
Wicked

ORIGINAL SCORE

⭐️ The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
⭐️ Wicked

SOUND

Blitz
⭐️ Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Better Man
⭐️ Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

Adios
Mog’s Christmas
⭐️ Wander To Wonder

BRITISH SHORT FILM

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
⭐️ Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
⭐️ David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan