78th British Academy Film Awards
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The 78th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, was a ceremony held on 16 February 2025, honouring films of any nationality that were screened in British cinemas in 2024. The BAFTA longlists were unveiled on 3 January 2025. The Rising Star nominees, which is the only category voted for by the British public, were unveiled on 7 January 2025, with the final nominations for all other categories announced on 15 January 2025 by previous BAFTA award winners Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe. Spanish-language French musical crime film Emilia Pérez had fifteen nods in the longlists, followed by Conclave with fourteen; Conclave received the most nominations with twelve, followed by Emilia Pérez with eleven and The Brutalist with nine. The Brutalist and Conclave ultimately won the most awards with four each.
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| Best Film Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker The Brutalist – Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, and Brady Corbet A Complete Unknown – Alex Heineman, Fred Berger, and James Mangold Emilia Pérez – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard | Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Sean Baker – Anora Edward Berger – Conclave Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice as Donald Trump | Best Actress in a Leading Role Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun as Rona |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl as Annette Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez as Jessi Del Monte Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Felicity Jones – The Brutalist as Erzsébet Tóth Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes |
| Best Original Screenplay Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap | Best Adapted Screenplay Peter Straughan – Conclave Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John "Divine G" Whitfield – Sing Sing James Mangold and Jay Cocks – A Complete Unknown |
| Best Animated Film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek Flow – Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann | Best Documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, and Robert Ford Black Box Diaries – Shiori Itō, Eric Nyari, and Hanna Aqvilin Daughters – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, and Laura Choi Raycroft No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor Will & Harper – Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, and Jessica Elbaum |
| Best Film Not in the English Language Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard and Pascal Caucheteux All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia and Thomas Hakim I'm Still Here – Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, and Rodrigo Teixeira Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, and Jack Tarling The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof and Amin Sadraei | Best Casting Anora – Sean Baker and Samantha Quan The Apprentice – Stephanie Gorin and Carmen Cuba A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez Conclave – Nina Gold and Martin Ware Kneecap – Carla Stronge |
| Best Cinematography The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke | Best Costume Design Wicked – Paul Tazewell Blitz – Jacqueline Durran A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips Conclave – Lisy Christl Nosferatu – Linda Muir |
| Best Editing Conclave – Nick Emerson Anora – Sean Baker Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling Kneecap – Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill | Best Make Up & Hair The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, and Marilyne Scarselli Dune: Part Two – Love Larson and Eva von Bahr Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, and Romain Marietti Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth, and Johanna Nielsen |
| Best Original Score The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Emilia Pérez – Camille and Clément Ducol Nosferatu – Robin Carolan The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers | Best Production Design Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales The Brutalist – Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia Conclave – Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová |
| Best Sound Dune: Part Two – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, and Richard King Blitz – John Casali, Paul Cotterell, and James Harrison Gladiator II – Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, and Danny Sheehan The Substance – Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, and Emmanuelle Villard Wicked – Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, and Nancy Nugent Title | Best Special Visual Effects Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs Gladiator II – Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, and Pietro Ponti Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, and Stephen Unterfranz Wicked – Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, and Anthony Smith |
| Outstanding British Film Conclave – Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, and Peter Straughan Bird – Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Lee Groombridge Blitz – Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Anita Overland Gladiator II – Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, and Peter Craig Hard Truths – Mike Leigh and Georgina Lowe Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh Lee – Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, and Lem Dobbs Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, and Weronika Tofilska The Outrun – Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, and Amy Liptrot Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, and Mark Burton | 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), and Balthazar de Ganay (Producer) Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer) |
| Best British Short Animation Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, and Maarten Swart Adiós – José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, and Bernardo Angeletti Mog's Christmas – Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, and Ruth Fielding | Best British Short Film Rock, Paper, Scissors – Franz Böhm, Ivan, and Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing – Theo Panagopoulos and Marissa Keating Marion – Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, and Marija Djikic Milk – Miranda Stern and Ashionye Ogene Stomach Bug – Matty Crawford and Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou |
| Best Children's & Family Film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek Flow – Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža Kensuke's Kingdom – Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, and Camilla Deakin The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann | EE Rising Star Award David Jonsson Marisa Abela Jharrel Jerome Mikey Madison Nabhaan Rizwan |
| Nominations | Film |
| 12 | Conclave |
| 11 | Emilia Pérez |
| 9 | The Brutalist |
| 7 | Anora |
| Dune: Part Two | |
| Wicked | |
| 6 | A Complete Unknown |
| Kneecap | |
| 5 | Nosferatu |
| The Substance | |
| 3 | The Apprentice |
| Blitz | |
| Gladiator II | |
| Sing Sing | |
| Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | |
| The Wild Robot | |
| 2 | Flow |
| Hard Truths | |
| The Outrun | |
| A Real Pain |
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | The Brutalist |
| Conclave | |
| 2 | Anora |
| Dune: Part Two | |
| Emilia Pérez | |
| A Real Pain | |
| Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | |
| Wicked |
References
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