Awards season’s north star may be Hollywood’s Academy Awards, but for one day in February, the British Academy of Film and Television of Arts has its say. Hosted by David Tennant at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, the 2025 BAFTA Awards highlighted the best in British film and all the high-quality entertainment from across the pond and beyond. Conclave made the papacy proud, winning four of its 12 nominations, including Best Film and Best . The BAFTAs also did like many others and nominated the hell out of Emilia Pérez. Perhaps voting passed before the controversies surrounding Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón exploded into the public consciousness because the film continues to bag awards. Netflix’s big gamble on a cartel musical about a trans gangster amid the streamer’s deluge of fiercely anti-trans comedy specials appears to have paid off. Pérez won the non-English language film award—a little strange since the movie’s most discussed moment is sung in English—and co-star Zoe Saldaña, who sings said song, won supporting actress, beating fellow co-star Selena Gomez.
Check out the rest of the winners.
Anora, Sean Baker
Conclave, Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
LEADING ACTRESS
Mikey Madison, Anora
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
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
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Yura Borisov, Anora
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
RISING STAR
David Jonsson
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)
Hoard, Luna Carmoon (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)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Real Pain, Written By Jesse Eisenberg
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
The Substance, Written By Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave, Screenplay By Peter Straughan
A Complete Unknown, Screenplay By James Mangold And Jay Cocks
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
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Conclave, Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Anora, Sean Baker
Dune: Part Two, Joe Walker
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
Kneecap, Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
CASTING
Anora, Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice, Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown, Yesi Ramirez
Conclave, Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap, Carla Stronge
DOCUMENTARY
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve, Story Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford
Black Box, Diaries Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
Daughters, Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft
No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Will & Harper, Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
ANIMATED FILM
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
Flow, Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Conclave, Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
Bird, Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
Blitz, Steve Mcqueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
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 & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked, Paul Tazewell
A Complete Unknown Arianne Phillips
Blitz, Jacqueline Durran
Conclave, Lisy Christl
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
MAKE UP & HAIR
The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
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
Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez, Camille, Clément Ducol
Nosferatu, Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
SOUND
Dune: Part Two, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Blitz, John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
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
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Wander To Wonder, Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swar
Adiós, José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
Mog’s Christmas Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
Marion, Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
Milk, Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
Stomach Bug, Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
All We Imagine, As Light Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
I’m Still Here, (Ainda Estou Aqui) Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira
Kneecap Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
Flow, Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Kensuke’s Kingdom, Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wicked, Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
The Brutalist, Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
Conclave, Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two, Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
Nosferatu, Craig Lathrop
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two, Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Better Man, Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
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”
