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‘Conclave’ Wins Best Film At 2025 BAFTA Awards

Feb 21, 2025

There are only two full voting days left for the 97th Academy Awards and if any members haven’t voted yet, perhaps the 2025 BAFTA Awards will influence their choices. Frankly, it likely won’t, but the crossover in membership between the two organizations may provide a hint of who AMPAS will crown on March 2. In a ceremony hosted by David Tennant, Edward Berger’s “Conclave” made Oscar season more intriguing as it took home four BAFTAs including Best Film.

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The Best British Film winner, the Focus Features drama also saw Peter Straughan win Adapted Screenplay and Nick Emerson honored for Editing.

Brady Corbet won Best Director and Adrien Brody won Best Actor for “The Brutalist.” Released by Focus Features overseas and A24 in the U.S., the period drama also made noise as Daniel Blumberg won Original Score and Lol Crowley won Cinematography.

Despite a genuinely substantial crossover in membership, the BAFTA Best Film winner has only lined up with The Academy’s Best Picture winner seven times since 2010. More disconcerting, it’s only happened twice, “Nomadland” and “Oppenheimer,” in the past decade.

In a super competitive field, Mikey Madison won Best Actress for “Anora.” Sean Baker’s dramedy also won Best Casting.

“Emilia Perez” found love as Zoe Saldana took Supporting Actress and the movie won Film Not in the English Language. “The Substance” took the Makeup and Hair BAFTA.

Kieran Culkin continued his Da’Vine Joy Randolph-esque run by taking another Supporting Actor trophy for “A Real Pain.” In a slight surprise, his director and screenwriter, Jesse Eisenberg finally got on the board winning Original Screenplay in a super-competitive category.

“Dune: Part Two” took two below the honors, Special Visual Effects and Sound. “Wicked” won Production Design and Costume Design.

The very British “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” won both the Animated Film and Children’s & Family Film awards. “The Wild Robot” or “Flow” are expected to win the Oscar for Animated Film.

Disappointingly, “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” took the Documentary BAFTA over Oscar contenders “No Other Land” and “Daughters.”  

Among the other films with multiple nominations, “A Complete Unknown,” “Nosferatu,” “The Outrun,” “Sing Sing,” and “The Apprentice” went home empty-handed.

David Jonsson won the Rising Star Award, an honor determined by a public vote. Previous winners include Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, and Emma Mackey. Last year’s winner was Mia McKenna Bruce.

A complete list of this year’s winners and nominees are as follows:

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BEST FILM

ANORA Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, and Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold

CONCLAVE Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman – ***WINNER***

EMILIA PÉREZ Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard

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 – ***WINNER***

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) – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

THE WILD ROBOT Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

DIRECTOR                                                          

ANORA Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

THE SUBSTANCE Written by Coralie Fargeat

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE Screenplay by Peter Straughan – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

DEMI MOORE The Substance

SAOIRSE RONAN The Outrun

LEADING ACTOR

ADRIEN BRODY The Brutalist – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

SUPPORTING ACTOR

YURA BORISOV Anora

KIERAN CULKIN A Real Pain – ***WINNER***

CLARENCE MACLIN Sing Sing

EDWARD NORTON A Complete Unknown

GUY PEARCE The Brutalist

JEREMY STRONG The Apprentice

CASTING

ANORA Sean Baker, Samantha Quan – ***WINNER***

THE APPRENTICE Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Yesi Ramirez

CONCLAVE Nina Gold, Martin Ware

KNEECAP Carla Stronge

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE BRUTALIST Lol Crawley – ***WINNER***

CONCLAVE Stéphane Fontaine

DUNE: PART TWO Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ Paul Guilhaume

NOSFERATU Jarin Blaschke

EDITING

ANORA Sean Baker

CONCLAVE Nick Emerson – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

WICKED Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth

ORIGINAL SCORE

THE BRUTALIST Daniel Blumberg – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

SOUND

BLITZ John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison

DUNE: PART TWO Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

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 – ***WINNER***

STOMACH BUG Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou

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