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#BAFTA: Vatican Drama 'Conclave' Tops BAFTA 2025 Race

Religious thriller leads with 12 nominations as newcomers dominate performance categories


BAFTA AWARDS


The Vatican-set thriller "Conclave" leads this year's BAFTA nominations with 12 nods, followed by "Emilia Pérez" with 11 and "The Brutalist" with nine nominations.


The performance categories welcome an impressive wave of newcomers, with 14 out of 24 nominees receiving their first BAFTA recognition. Notable first-timers include Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez for "Wicked" and "Emilia Pérez" respectively, alongside veterans Guy Pearce and Demi Moore.


Three directors join the nominations list for the first time: Sean Baker ("Anora"), Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist"), and Coralie Fargeat ("The Substance"). Baker leads individual nominations with five nods.


It's been a strong year for female directors, with 12 of the nominated films directed by women. In total, 42 films received nominations across all categories.


The winners will be announced at London's Royal Festival Hall on February 16th, broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer. Meanwhile, the public can vote for the EE Rising Star Award, the ceremony's only audience-voted category.


BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip noted the "fantastically broad spectrum of genres" among this year's nominees, encouraging film fans to catch up on the nominated works before the ceremony.


DIRECTOR

ANORA Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet

CONCLAVE Edward Berger

DUNE: PART TWO Denis Villeneuve

EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE Coralie Fargeat


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 ÓDochartaigh

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

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