The British Academy has revealed the official nominations for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, with this year looking like the most genre-diverse ceremony yet. Edward Berger’s Conclave, a Vatican political-drama thriller, is at the forefront of the BAFTA race with a total of 12 nominations for categories including best film, director, and outstanding British film. Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes is also nominated for leading actor alongside Isabella Rossellini for supporting actress.
Following immensely close at 11 nominations is Emilia Pérez, a musical-thriller about a trans-Mexican cartel boss, with recognition in categories such as best film, director, leading actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and supporting actress for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.
In the nominations press release shared on Wednesday, CEO of BAFTA Jane Millichip acknowledged the variety of genres we see among this year’s nominations, such as musicals (like Wicked) and horror films (The Substance), to historical epics (Blitz) and blockbuster action movies (Dune: Part Two and Gladiator II).
“The 42 films nominated today span a fantastically broad spectrum of genres with enormous breadth in creative expression; from the most intimate character pieces to epic societal commentaries via genre-bending dramas, musicals and comedies,” Millichip said in the release.
Other notable film successes of the year, according to BAFTA’s top nominations, are The Brutalist with nine nominations, and Anora, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked with seven. A Complete Unknown and Kneecap follow behind with six nominations, while Nosferatu and The Substance come in with five.
Out of the 24 nominees in the performance categories,14 have received their first BAFTA nominations. According to the press release, the names include Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).
The BAFTA Film Awards will take place on Feb. 16 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and will see Doctor Who’s David Tennant returning as host.
See the full list of nominations below:
Best Film
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
Outstanding British Film
- Bird
- Blitz
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
- Hard Truths
- Kneecap
- Lee
- Love Lies Bleeding
- The Outrun
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Director
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
- Conclave – Edward Berger
- Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
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 – 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
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- Hoard
- Kneecap
- Monkey Man
- Santosh
- Sister Midnight
Original Screenplay
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Kneecap
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Film Not in the English Language
- All We Imagine As Light
- Emilia Pérez
- 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 and Family Film
- Flow
- Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
EE BAFTA Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Marisa Abela
- Jharrel Jerome
- David Jonsson
- Mikey Madison
- Nabhaan Rizwan
Original Score
- The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
- Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
- Emilia Pérez – Camille, Clément Ducol
- Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
- The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
Casting
- Anora
- The Apprentice
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Kneecap
Cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
Costume Design
- Blitz
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Editing
- Anora
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Kneecap
Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Make-up and Hair
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- 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 Film
- The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
- Marion
- Milk
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Stomach Bug
British Short Animation
- Adiós
- Mog’s Christmas
- Wander to Wonder
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