The 2025 BAFTA Film Nominations Are In

The countdown is on: there’s just one month to go before the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards return to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. And the nominees are…

Analysis: Which Films Are Poised To Win Big?

Which films have the most 2025 BAFTA nominations – and are they even British? Leading the pack is Conclave, Ralph Fiennes’ pope drama directed by Austrian-Swiss Edward Berger and written by Brit Peter Straughan, based on fellow Brit Robert Harris’ 2016 novel. Conclave is up for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Leading Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Best Leading Actress (Isabella Rossellini), Best Casting, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score and Best Production Design – so it’s poised to bag at least a handful of trophies.

Conclave is closely followed by Emilia Perez – French director Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language Mexican-drug-cartel transition drama filmed in France, perhaps one of the most controversial films on this year’s awards circuit – with 11 nominations in many of the same categories. Brady Corbet’s architectural epic The Brutalist is next up with nine nominations, and after bagging Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes, along with two more awards, is poised to be a hot contender at the 2025 BAFTAs. They’re all trailed by Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked with seven nominations each; A Complete Unknown and Kneecap with six nominations each; and Nosferatu and The Substance with five nominations each.

This is a big year for BAFTA Film newcomers – though you’ll certainly recognise their names: Cynthia Erivo, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong have all earned their first nominations in 2025, with more than half of the 24 performance nominees nominated for their very first BAFTA Film award.

For British film fans, the category to keep your eye on is Outstanding British Film, with 10 films up for the prestigious prize, won last year by Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (for the full list of 2024 nominees, click here). This year’s nominees span ancient Rome to WWII, ‘80s New Mexico to today’s Orkney Islands; Bird, Blitz, Conclave, Gladiator II, Hard Truths, Kneecap, Lee, Love Lies Bleeding, The Outrun and Aardman’s claymation Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl are all up for the prize.

‘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,’ comments BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip. ‘The film industry has delivered in spades once again. We look forward to acknowledging this amazing body of work at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. With just over a month to go, we encourage film fans everywhere to watch as many films as possible – there really is something for everyone.’

And the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the 2025 EE Rising Stars, which we get to vote for at home. This year, the following stars are nominated: Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan. Cast your vote for the 2025 winner at ee.co.uk/bafta Elsewhere, EE Rising Stars alumni Cynthia Erivo (2019) and Timothée Chalamet (2018) are nominated for BAFTA Film awards.

2025 BAFTA Nominations In Full

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 & Harper

Best Animated Film

Flow

Inside Out 2

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best Children’s & Family Film

Flow

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

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 Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

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 & 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 (Public Vote)

Marisa Abela

Jharrel Jerome

David Jonsson

Mikey Madison

Nabhaan Rizwan

WATCH

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will return to the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 16 February, airing live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and @BAFTA.