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
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
- 2025 BAFTA Nominations: ‘Conclave’ Leads with 12, ‘Emilia Pérez’ Close with 11 - January 15, 2025
- 2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ Tops with 10 - January 14, 2025
- 2025 BAFTA Nomination Predictions: Expect ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ to Lead - January 14, 2025
‘One of Them Days’ Review: KeKe Palmer and SZA are Just Trying to Make it Through the Day Alive but Obvious Madcap Comedy [B-] 
‘Wolf Man’ Review: Christopher Abbott Takes a Lycan for Flesh in Leigh Whannell’s Thrilling and Thoughtful Monster Movie [A-] 
2025 BAFTA Nominations: ‘Conclave’ Leads with 12, ‘Emilia Pérez’ Close with 11 
2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ Tops with 10