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‘Conclave’ leads the 2025 BAFTA Awards with 12 nominations.
The papal thriller – which stars Ralph Fiennes as a clergyman responsible for the selection of the next Pope of the Catholic Church – has nominations in the major categories, including Best Film, Best Actor for Fiennes, Best Director for Edward Berger and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini.
As well as ‘Conclave’, the other Best Film nominees are ‘Anora’, ‘The Brutalist’, ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’.
Fiennes faces competition in the Best Actor category from Adrien Brody for ‘The Brutalist’, Timothée Chalamet for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’, Colman Domingo for ‘Sing Sing’, Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’ and Sebastian Stan for playing Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.
To be crowned Best Supporting Actress, Rossellini must beat Jamie Lee Curtis (‘The Last Showgirl’), Selena Gomez (‘Emilia Pérez’), Ariana Grande (‘Wicked’), Felicity Jones (‘The Brutalist’) and Zoe Saldana (‘Emilia Pérez’).
Hot on the heels of ‘Conclave’ is French Spanish-language crime-musical ‘Emilia Pérez’, which received a total of 11 nominations.
Epic musical ‘Wicked’ – which is the unofficial prequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and an adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical – has received a total of eight nominations, including Best Actress for Cynthia Erivio, Best Supporting Actress for Ariana and Best Sound.
Cynthia – who stars as Elphaba in the musical – will go up against Karla Sofía Gascón for ‘Emilia Pérez’, Marianne Jean-Baptiste for ‘Hard Truths’, Mikey Madison for ‘Anora’, Demi Moore for ‘The Substance’ and ‘Saoirse Ronan for ‘The Outrun’.
In the Outstanding British Film category 10 films have received a nomination; ‘Bird’, ‘Blitz’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Hard Truths’, ‘Kneecap’, ‘Lee’, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, ‘The Outrun’, ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ and epic Rome era sequel ‘Gladiator II’, which was directed by Sir Ridley Scott.
The British Academy Film Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, 16 February.
The 2025 BAFTA Awards full list of nominations:
Best Director:
‘Anora’, Sean Baker
‘The Brutalist’, Brady Corbet
‘Conclave’, Edward Berger
‘Dune: Part Two’, Denis Villeneuve
‘Emilia Pérez’, Jacques Audiard
‘The Substance’, Coralie Fargeat
Best Original Screenplay:
‘Anora’
‘The Brutalist’
‘Kneecap’
‘A Real Pain’
‘The Substance’
Best Adapted Screenplay:
‘A Complete Unknown’
‘Conclave’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘Nickel Boys’
‘Sing Sing’
Best 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’
Best 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’
Best Supporting Actress:
Selena Gomez, ‘Emilia Pérez’
Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’
Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘The Last Showgirl’
Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’
Zoe Saldana, ‘Emilia Pérez’
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’
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)
Best Film Not in the English Language:
‘All We Imagine As Light’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘I’m Still Here’
‘Kneecap’
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Best Documentary:
‘Black Box Diaries’
‘Daughters
‘No Other Land’
‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’
‘Will and Harper’
Best Animated Film:
‘Flow’
‘Inside Out 2’
‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
‘The Wild Robot’
Best Children’s and Family Film:
‘Flow’
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’
‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
‘The Wild Robot’
‘Anora’, Sean Baker
‘The Brutalist’, Brady Corbet
‘Conclave’, Edward Berger
‘Dune: Part Two’, Denis Villeneuve
‘Emilia Pérez’, Jacques Audiard
‘The Substance’, Coralie Fargea
Best 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’
Best Casting:
‘Anora’
‘The Apprentice’
‘A Complete Unknown’
‘Conclave’
‘Kneecap’
Best Cinematography:
‘The Brutalist’
‘Conclave’
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘Nosferatu’
Best Editing:
‘Anora’
‘Conclave’
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘Kneecap’
Best Costume Design:
‘Blitz’
‘A Complete Unknown’
‘Conclave’
‘Nosferatu’
‘Wicked’
Best Make-up and Hair:
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘Nosferatu’
‘The Substance’
‘Wicked’
Best Original Score:
‘The Brutalist’
‘Conclave’
‘Emilia Pérez’
‘Nosferatu’
‘The Wild Robot’
Best Production Design:
‘The Brutalist’
‘Conclave’
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Nosferatu’
‘Wicked’
Best Sound:
‘Blitz’
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Gladiator II’
‘The Substance’
‘Wicked’
Best Special Visual Effects:
‘Better Man’
‘Dune: Part Two’
‘Gladiator II
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
‘Wicked’
Best British Short Animation:
‘Adiós’
‘Mog’s Christmas’
‘Wander to Wonder’
Best British Short Film:
‘The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing’
‘Marion’
‘Milk’
‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’
‘Stomach Bug’
Rising Star Award (voted for by the public):
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
