See the full list of 2025 BAFTA nominees; Conclave and Emilia Clarke are up for the award, while films like Wicked missed out on Best Film. Emilia Pérez is the favourite to take home the award. She is the most-chosen.
The 2025 BAFTA film nominees were announced in London this morning. Papal thriller Conclave and musical drama Emilia Perez led the way with 12 and 11 nominations respectively. Actors Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharp announced the nominees on January 2025.
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, while Sandhya Suri’s Santosh and Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight have been nominated for the British Writers’ Award for Best First Novel. Indian director Dev Patel has also been nominated in the same category. Read on to read the full list of 2025 BAFTA nominees.
BAFTA 2025 Nominations
According to the official BAFTA website, the nominated films and websites are as follows:
Best film
Anora
Fauvism
Absolutely not.
Secret Speech
Emilia Perez
Best British Film
Best British debut by a writer, director or producer
Hoard – Luna Carmoon (Director/Screenwriter)
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)
Monkey Man – Dev Patel (Director)
Santosh – Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer
Midnight Sisters – Karan Kandari (Director, Writer)
Non-English Films
All we think about is light.
Emilia Perez
I’m still here.
patella
Cherry tomatoes
Best Documentary
Black Box Diary
daughter
No other land
Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will and Harper
bird
Lightning Strike
Secret Speech
Gladiator II
The Cruel Truth
patella
Erik
Love Bleeds
The Evacuation
Wallace & Gromit: The Ultimate Adventure
Best Animated Feature
stream
Brain Puzzles 2
Wallace & Gromit: The Ultimate Adventure
Robot
Best Children’s or Family Movie
stream
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace & Gromit: The Ultimate Adventure
Robot
Best Leader
Anora – Sean Baker
Brutalism – Brady Corbett
Secret Meeting – Edward Berger
Dune: Part II – Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
The Trouble – Coralie Fargeat
Best Original Screenplay
Anora – Sean Baker
Fauvism – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh
The Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Trouble – Coralie Fargeat
Best of Showtime
Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cox
The Secret Meeting – Peter Straughan
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Vocals – Clint Bentley, Greg Quida, Clarence “The Eye” McLean, John “The Eye” Whitfield
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – “Bad”
Carla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Disturbing Truth
Mikey Madison—Anora
Demi Moore – The Goods
Saoirse Ronan – The Runaways
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Best Actor
Adrien Brody – Animals
Timothee Chalamet – Nobody
Coleman Domingo – Vocals
Ralph Fiennes – The Council
Hugh Grant – Pagan
Sebastian Stan – The Worker
Best Supporting Actress
Selena Gomez – Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande – Evil
Felicity Jones – Monsters
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last of the Showgirls
Isabella Rossellini – The Council
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
Best Actor
Yuri Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – True Pain
Clarence MacLean – Singing
Edward Norton – Nobody Succeeds
Guy Pearce – Fauvism
Jeremy Strong – Worker
Best Actor
Anora – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
Personnel – Stephanie Golin, Carmen Kuba
Unknown – Yesi Ramirez
Council – Nina Gold, Martin Weir
Kneecap – Carla Stronge
Best Cinematography
Fauvism – Laure Crowley
Secret Encounter – Stephanie Fontaine
Dune: Part II – Greg Fraser
Emilia Perez – Paul Guilhome
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
Best Editing
Anora
Secret Conversation
Dune: Part II
Emilia Perez
kneecap
Best Costume Design
Lightning Strike
Absolutely not.
Secret Speech
vampire
bad
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dune: Part II
Emilia Perez
vampire
element
bad
Best scores ever
fauvism
Secret Speech
Emilia Perez
vampire
Robot
Best Design
fauvism
Secret Speech
Dune: Part II
vampire
bad
Best Sound
Lightning Strike
Dune: Part II
Gladiator II
element
bad
Special Visual Effects
Better People
Dune: Part II
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
bad
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British animated short movies
Hello
Merry Christmas
Walk in Wonderland
British Shorts
Silent flowers testify
Puppet
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomachache
EE Rising Star Award (Referendum)
Marisa Abella
Jarrell Jerome
David Johnson
Mickey Madison
Nabaan Rizvan
BAFTA awards will be released exclusively on Lionsgate Play in India on February 16, 2025.
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