2025 BAFTA Nominations: ‘Conclave’ Leads with 12, ‘Emilia Pérez’ Close with 11

The 2025 BAFTA Film nominations were revealed this morning in London and as expected, Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave and Jacques Audiard’s trans crime-musical Emilia Pérez led the way with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively.

Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce announced the nominees from the British Academy’s headquarters in London on Wednesday.

Conclave is nominated for best film, outstanding British film, best director for Oscar winner Berger, leading actor for Fiennes and adapted screenplay. Isabella Rossellini is also nominated in the supporting actress category, among others.

In 2023, Berger’s World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front picked up a record-tying 14 BAFTA nominations, equaling the number for a non-English-language film first set by Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from 2000. It ended up with seven BAFTA wins, including best film, and four Oscar wins.

Emilia Pérez, which led the longlists for BAFTA, was just one off from Conclave in nomination totals, including three nods for its actresses, Karla Sofía Gascón in lead and dual supporting honors for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña. The trio, along with co-star Adriana Paz (who made the longlist) collectively won the Best Actress award at Cannes last summer, with the film winning the Jury Prize. Along with these nominations, and directing for Audiard, the film also picked up mentions for adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, film not in the English language, score, and makeup and hair.

The Brutalist was next with nine nominations: best film, best director for Brady Corbet, leading actor for Adrien Brody, supporting actor for Guy Pearce, supporting actress for Felicity Jones and a host technical mentions like cinematography and score.

Joining Gascón in the leading actress category Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths, Mikey Madison for Anora, Demi Moore for The Substance and Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun. Leading actor nominees joining Brody and Fiennes are Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, Hugh Grant for Heretic and Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice. Grant scored his fourth BAFTA Film nomination for his performance in Heretic, thirty years after getting his first nod for Four Weddings And A Funeral. After earning Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, Daniel Craig found himself on the outside of BAFTA for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. In fact, both of Guadagnino’s films this year came up with zero nods, as the Golden Globe-winning and Critics Choice-nominated Challengers also found itself with no nominations today.

Dune: Part Two was a strong performer today with seven nominations. Despite missing a spot in best film, the sci-fi sequel nabbed nods for Denis Villeneuve in directing and down the line technicals like cinematography, editing, sound and visual effects. Sean Baker’s Anora also earned seven, including best film, director, original screenplay, editing and supporting actor for Yura Borisov.

Also with seven, Wicked made a strong showing despite missing best film, with Ariana Grande-Butera in supporting actress, plus costume design, production design, makeup and hair and visual effects.

Along with Moore’s nomination, The Substance landed five nods, including one for Coralie Fargeat in directing, the sole representation by a woman in that category. A Complete Unknown, which had landed 11 spots on the longlists, came up with six nominations today: best film, adapted screenplay, casting, supporting actor for Edward Norton, costume design and Chalamet. Director James Mangold, who just earned a DGA nomination last week, didn’t make the longlist cut.

The Belfast-based rap trio quasi-biopic Kneecap made a big showing today with six nominations, including for outstanding British film, outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer and best casting for stars Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and JJ Ó Dochartaigh. Director Rich Peppiatt has also made BAFTA history by tying the record for nominations for a debut filmmaker.

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu scored five nominations in below the line categories: cinematography, score, makeup and hair, production design and costume design.

But nominations announcements don’t come without some thundering snubs. While Craig missing leading actor was one of them, the continued absence of Gladiator II’s Denzel Washington at BAFTA (he’s never been nominated here) may have been less a snub today and more of an ongoing and oddly consistent miss for the two-time Oscar winner. Nicole Kidman, also an Oscar winner, and the Venice Volpi Cup winner for Best Actress last summer for Babygirl, came up short today as well. Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light was widely predicted to show up in more than the single spot it got today (film not in the English language), but when original screenplay and director nominations were announced her name was nowhere to be found.

BAFTA comprises more than 8,000 film voters across more than 50 countries. The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards below will be unveiled on Sunday, February 16 ceremony in London and hosted once again by David Tennant.

Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST FILM

ANORA Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST TBD

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold

CONCLAVE Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman

EMILIA PÉREZ TBD

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

KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, 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, Writer)

KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)

MONKEY MAN Dev Patel (Director)

SANTOSH Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]

SISTER MIDNIGHT Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim

EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard, TBD

I’M STILL HERE (AINDA ESTOU AQUI) Walter Salles, TBD

KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei

DOCUMENTARY

BLACK BOX DIARIES Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari

DAUGHTERS Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, TBD

NO OTHER LAND 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

ANIMATED FILM

FLOW Gints Siibalodis, Matīss 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

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

FLOW Gints Siibalodis, Matīss 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

DIRECTOR                                                          

ANORA Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet

CONCLAVE Edward Berger

DUNE: PART TWO Denis Villeneuve

EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE Coralie Fargeat

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANORA Written by Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold

KNEECAP Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh

A REAL PAIN Written by Jesse Eisenberg

THE SUBSTANCE Written by Coralie Fargeat

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE Screenplay by Peter Straughan

EMILIA PÉREZ Written by Jacques Audiard

NICKEL BOYS Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

SING SING Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield 

LEADING ACTRESS

CYNTHIA ERIVO Wicked

KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN Emilia Pérez

MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE Hard Truths

MIKEY MADISON Anora

DEMI MOORE The Substance

SAOIRSE RONAN The Outrun

LEADING ACTOR

ADRIEN BRODY The Brutalist

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET A Complete Unknown

COLMAN DOMINGO Sing Sing

RALPH FIENNES Conclave

HUGH GRANT Heretic

SEBASTIAN STAN The Apprentice

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SELENA GOMEZ Emilia Pérez

ARIANA GRANDE-BUTERA Wicked

FELICITY JONES The Brutalist

JAMIE LEE CURTIS The Last Showgirl

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Conclave

ZOE SALDAÑA Emilia Pérez

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

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 Stéphane Fontaine

DUNE: PART TWO Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ Paul Guilhaume

NOSFERATU Jarin Blaschke

EDITING

ANORA Sean Baker

CONCLAVE Nick Emerson

DUNE: PART TWO Joe Walker

EMILIA PÉREZ Juliette Welfling

KNEECAP Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill

COSTUME DESIGN

BLITZ Jacqueline Durran

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE Lisy Christl

NOSFERATU Linda Muir

WICKED Paul Tazewell

MAKE UP & 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

ORIGINAL SCORE

THE BRUTALIST Daniel Blumberg

CONCLAVE Volker Bertelmann

EMILIA PÉREZ Camille, Clément Ducol

NOSFERATU Robin Carolan

THE WILD ROBOT Kris Bowers

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

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

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 SILENTLY, WITNESSING 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 for by the public)

MARISA ABELA

JHARREL JEROME

DAVID JONSSON

MIKEY MADISON

NABHAAN RIZWAN