The 2025 British Academy Film Awards – aka the BAFTAs – have wrapped, offering a final major showcase of film awards before the Oscars.

Conclave, the Vatican-set drama directed by Edward Berger, emerged as the big winner of the night, taking home four awards, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. Berger, who previously swept the BAFTAs with All Quiet on the Western Front, used his acceptance speech to highlight the film’s themes of power and faith. “We live in a time of a crisis of democracy,” he said. “Institutions that used to bring us together are tearing us apart. It’s hard to keep faith in these situations, but that’s why we make films like these.” Quoting Leonard Cohen, he added, “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”

Tied for the most wins was Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, an epic post-WWII drama that took four awards, including Best Director and Best Leading Actor for Adrien Brody. In his acceptance speech, Brody, who has spent significant time in the UK recently, thanked the British public for embracing his creative endeavours, saying, “England has felt quite a lot like home lately.”

Among the night’s biggest surprises was Mikey Madison’s win for Best Leading Actress in Anora, a category largely dominated this season by Demi Moore (The Substance). Madison, visibly shocked, took the stage and joked, “I probably should have listened to my publicist and wrote something.” She gave a heartfelt shout-out to her mother, who had supported her acting journey, and used her platform to advocate for sex workers, stating, “I see you. You deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and an ally and I implore others to do the same.”

Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop biopic, secured only one win despite six nominations, with writer-director Rich Peppiatt accepting the award for Outstanding British Debut. “Kneecap is more than a film, it’s a movement about how everyone should have their language respected, their culture respected and their homeland respected,” Peppiatt said.

Another major moment came with Jesse Eisenberg’s unexpected win for Best Original Screenplay for A Real Pain. Eisenberg, who also collected the Best Supporting Actor award on behalf of Kieran Culkin, joked, “This just confirms my theory that we have a similar life but his is about 27% better than mine.”

Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, a musical crime drama, picked up Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña. Audiard dedicated his award to the film’s cast, including lead Karla Sofía Gascón, who was notably absent from the ceremony following controversy over past social media posts.

Hosted by David Tennant for the second year in a row, the ceremony opened with a comedic monologue poking fun at the nominees, including a jab at A Complete Unknown, which he dubbed “Mamma Mia for middle-aged dads.” He also warned winners, “Please keep your speeches the opposite of your films: nice and short.”

With the BAFTAs now behind us, attention turns to the Oscars. The Brutalist and Conclave remain major contenders, while Madison’s win in Leading Actress shakes up the race. Kieran Culkin’s continued dominance in Supporting Actor all but guarantees his name will be in the Academy Award envelope.

Scroll down for the full list of BAFTA 2025 winners, including available acceptance speech videos:

Let’s kick off with the opening monologue from host David Tennant …

And now, the awards…

Best Film

• Conclave – WINNER
• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Emilia Pérez

Outstanding British Film

• Conclave – WINNER
• Bird
• Blitz
• Gladiator II
• Hard Truths
• Kneecap
• Lee
• Love Lies Bleeding
• The Outrun
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Leading Actress

• Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER
• Cynthia Erivo — Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste — Hard Truths
• Demi Moore — The Substance
• Saoirse Ronan — The Outrun

Leading Actor

• Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER
• Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo — Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes — Conclave
• Hugh Grant — Heretic
• Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

Supporting Actress

• Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER
• Selena Gomez — Emilia Pérez
• Ariana Grande — Wicked
• Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
• Jamie Lee Curtis — The Last Showgirl
• Isabella Rossellini — Conclave

Supporting Actor

• Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER
• Yura Borisov — Anora
• Clarence Maclin — Sing Sing
• Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice

Director

• Brady Corbet — The Brutalist – WINNER
• Sean Baker — Anora
• Edward Berger — Conclave
• Denis Villeneuve — Dune: Part Two
• Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
• Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• Kneecap – WINNER
• Hoard
• Monkey Man
• Santosh
• Sister Midnight

Film Not in the English Language

• Emilia Pérez – WINNER
• All We Imagine As Light
• I’m Still Here
• Kneecap
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Documentary

• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – WINNER
• Black Box Diaries
• Daughters
• No Other Land
• Will & Harper

Animated Film

• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• The Wild Robot

Children’s and Family Film

• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER
• Flow
• Kensuke’s Kingdom
• The Wild Robot

Original Screenplay

• A Real Pain – WINNER
• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Kneecap
• The Substance

Adapted Screenplay

• Conclave – WINNER
• A Complete Unknown
• Emilia Pérez
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing

BAFTA Rising Star Award

• David Jonsson – WINNER
• Marisa Abela
• Jharrel Jerome
• Mikey Madison
• Nabhaan Rizwan

Original Score

• Daniel Blumberg — The Brutalist – WINNER
• Volker Bertelmann — Conclave
• Camille, Clément Ducol — Emilia Pérez
• Robin Carolan — Nosferatu
• Kris Bowers — The Wild Robot

Casting

• Anora – WINNER
• The Apprentice
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Kneecap

Cinematography

• The Brutalist – WINNER
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu

Costume Design

• Wicked – WINNER
• Blitz
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Nosferatu

Editing

• Conclave – WINNER
• Anora
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Kneecap

Production Design

• Wicked – WINNER
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu

Make-Up and Hair

• The Substance – WINNER
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Sound

• Dune: Part Two – WINNER
• Blitz
• Gladiator II
• The Substance
• Wicked

Special Visual Effects

• Dune: Part Two – WINNER
• Better Man
• Gladiator II
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

British Short Film

• Rock, Paper, Scissors – WINNER
• The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
• Marion
• Milk
• Stomach Bug

British Short Animation

• Wander to Wonder – WINNER
• Adiós
• Mog’s Christmas