Nominations announced for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Jan 15, 2025

BAFTA announces the nominations for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 42 films received nominations. 

The ten films with the most nominations are:

12 nominations for Conclave

11 nominations for Emilia Pérez

Nine nominations for The Brutalist

Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked

Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap

Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance

The following films also nominated include:

Three nominations for The Apprentice, Blitz, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot

Two nominations for Flow, Hard Truths, The Outrun and A Real Pain

One nomination for each of the following: All We Imagine As Light, Better Man, Bird, Black Box Diaries, Daughters, Heretic, Hoard, I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), Inside Out 2, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Last Showgirl, Lee, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, No Other Land, Santosh, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sister Midnight, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper

The following British shorts were nominated: Adiós, The Flowers Stand Silently Witnessing, Marion, Milk, Mog’s Christmas, Rock Paper Scissors, Stomach Bug and Wander To Wonder

14 out of 24 nominees in the performance categories have received their first BAFTA Film nomination, including Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez),  Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).

Two former EE Rising Stars are nominated: Cynthia Erivo (2019), and Timothée Chalamet (2018).

In the Best Director category, three of the six are first-time Director nominees (and nominees for Original Screenplay): Sean Baker (Anora) (who has the most nominations this year, with five), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).

BAFTA Breakthroughs are well represented: Luna Carmoon, (Director/Writer, Hoard), Natalie Rae and Angela Patton (Directors, Daughters) are Breakthrough participants from 2024 and Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer, The Outrun), Rose Glass (Director/Screenwriter, Love Lies Bleeding) and Oliver Kassman Producer, Love Lies Bleeding) are Breakthrough participants from 2019.

Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said: “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. 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, depending where in the world you live, please tune in on 16 February to BBC One, iPlayer, BritBox, and many other platforms worldwide.”

Sara Putt, Chair of BAFTA, said: “From a total of 235 films entered, we are delighted to announce 42 extraordinary and creatively ambitious films that have been nominated. The skills on display from creative and technical practitioners across the board are phenomenal. I look forward to celebrating the many talented people in front of and behind the camera at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 ceremony on 16 February.”

Anna Higgs, Chair of BAFTA Film Committee, added: “Congratulations to all the 42 films nominated today. The selection of films is an incredible showcase of the very best in creative talent working in filmmaking today in Britain and globally. I’m delighted that 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories are receiving their first BAFTA film nomination and that 12 of the nominated films are directed by women. Our BAFTA voting members now have the unenviable task of selecting the winners which will be celebrated at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards on 16 February.”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

CONCLAVE Stéphane Fontaine AFC

DUNE: PART II Greig Fraser ASC ACS

EMILIA PÉREZ Paul Guilhaume AFC

NOSFERATU Jarin Blaschke

THE BRUTALIST Lol Crawley BSC

 

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 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

 

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 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

 

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

 

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

SELENA GOMEZ Emilia Pérez

ARIANA GRANDE Wicked

FELICITY JONES The Brutalist

JAMIE LEE CURTIS The Last Showgirl

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Conclave

ZOE SALDAÑA Emilia Pérez

 

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

 

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)

 

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

THE SUBSTANCE Written by Coralie Fargeat

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE Screenplay by Peter Straughan

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

 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim

EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard, TBD

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

 

BEST CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

FLOW

KENSUKE’S KINGDOM

WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

THE WILD ROBOT

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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