2025 BAFTA Awards: “Conclave” & “Emilia Pérez” Top Nominations

This year’s awards season brought many surprises our way, and the show will go on at the upcoming BAFTA Awards. The list of nominees has been announced this Wednesday, with the Papal thriller Conclave and the crime musical Emilia Pérez emerging as the top contenders.

Conclave topped the list of nominees with a total of 12 nods, including best film, along with Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, and Emilia Pérez. It’s also been nominated for outstanding British film, while its director Edward Berger, writer Peter Straughan, and stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini received nominations in their respective fields.

As for Emilia Pérez, the acclaimed crime musical will be in the running for 11 out of 15 awards it was initially shortlisted for. Its stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña received acting nods for their respective performances. Jacques Audiard broke into the competitive best director field, and received two more nods as the writer and producer of this hit crime musical.

The Brutalist is right behind with nine nominations, while Anora, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked received seven each. The 2025 British Academy Film Awards will take place at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 16, with David Tennant serving as the host for the second time.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 BAFTA AWARDS:

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 

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” 

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” 

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” 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

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

DIRECTOR 
“Anora,” Sean Baker 
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet 
 “Conclave,” Edward Berger 
“Dune: Part Two,” Denis Villeneuve 
 “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard 
 “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat 

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 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

“All We Imagine as Light,” Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim 
“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard 
“I’m Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”), Walter Salles 
“Kneecap,” Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney 
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

“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 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

“Anora,” written by Sean Baker 
“The Brutalist,” written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold 
“Kneecap,” written by 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 

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) 

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) 

Marisa Abela 
Jharrel Jerome 
David Jonsson 
Mikey Madison 
Nabhaan Rizwan