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The 2025 BAFTA nominations were announced this week, highlighting the immense talent from the big screen.
This year's most nominated film was Edward Berger's Papal thriller Conclave, receiving 12 nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor for Ralph Fiennes and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini. The film is currently in UK cinemas. It has received raved reviews from critics and audiences alike, already surpassing £6.5m at the box office.
Following closely is Pathé's musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez with 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actress for Karla Sofia Gascon and Best Supporting Actress for both Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana. Brady Corbet's period drama The Brutalist took away 9 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor for Adrien Brody and supporting nods for Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.
Blockbusters Wicked and Dune: Part Two each scored seven nominations, while Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora is also in the running for seven prizes.
Anna Higgs, chair of the Bafta film committee, said she is excited by the breadth of nominations. “I’m always keen to see lots of different types of diversity, including around genre, so not just the traditional drama and awards-bait movie, and the members have knocked that out of the park this year. We’ve got thrillers, musicals, sci-fi, biopics, horror and comedy, all in the top 10 most-nominated films.”
This year’s previously announced Bafta rising star nominees are Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan. Warwick Davis will receive the Bafta Fellowship.
The 2025 BAFTA Awards will take place on Sunday 16 February at the Royal Festival Hall.
Here are the nominations for the major categories:
Best Film
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
The Brutalist
Best Director
Sean Baker (Anora)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Best Leading Actor
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Hugh Grant (Heretic)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Best Leading Actress
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Best Supporting Actress
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl)
Ariana Grande (Wicked)