2025 BAFTA Film Nominations List: ‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ Lead the Pack

‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’

The 2025 BAFTA Film nominations have officially landed, with Conclave and Emilia Pérez stealing the show, racking up 12 and 11 nominations each.

Joining those two heavyweights in the spotlight are The Brutalist, Anora, and A Complete Unknown, all earning multiple nods, including spots in the coveted Best Film category.

While many of this morning’s announcements went as expected, there were still a few eyebrow-raisers. British-Irish dramedy Kneecap punched well above its weight, snagging six nominations, including Outstanding British Film—a big win for an indie about a Belfast hip-hop duo. But not everyone was so lucky. Big-name contenders like Paddington in Peru, Queer, and Challengers found themselves snubbed, despite earlier Golden Globe recognition. Also surprising – Wicked, left out of both the Best Film and Best Director line-ups.

Emilia Pérez‘s Karla Sofía Gascón made history as the first openly trans actress to earn a BAFTA nomination. And let’s talk about Saoirse Ronan—at just 30 years old, on an incredible streak with her seventh BAFTA nomination, with every nod coming from a different film.

On the technical front, Dune: Part Two and Nosferatu flexed their craft muscles with seven and five nominations each, dominating categories like Production Design, Cinematography, and Makeup & Hair. And let’s not forget the fresh addition of the Children’s & Family Film category, where the likes of Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot are duking it out for the honour.

Check out the full list of the 2025 BAFTA nominations below!

Best Film

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

Director

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

Leading Actor

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

Leading Actress

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

Supporting Actor

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

Supporting Actress

  • Ariana Grande, Wicked
  • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
  • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
  • Margaret Qualley, The Substance
  • Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
  • Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Original Screenplay

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

Adapted Screenplay

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

Outstanding British Film

  • Bird
  • Blitz
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator 2
  • Hard Truths
  • Kneecap
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • The Outrun
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

  • Hoard – Luna Carmoon
  • Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt
  • Monkey Man – Dev Patel
  • Santosh – Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay
  • Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari

Film Not in the English Language

  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Emilia Pérez
  • I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
  • Kneecap
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Children’s & Family Film

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

Documentary

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

Cinematography

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

Original Score

  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu
  • The Brutalist
  • The Wild Robot
  • Conclave

Editing

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

Production Design

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

Costume Design

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

Make Up and Hair

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

Sound

  • Blitz
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Gladiator 2
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

Special Visual Effects

  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Gladiator 2
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Wicked

Casting

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

British Short Animation

  • Adios
  • Mog’s Christmas
  • Wonder to Wonder

British Short Film

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