78th British Academy Film Awards facts for kids

The 78th British Academy Film Awards, also known as the BAFTAs, was a special event held on February 16, 2025. This ceremony celebrated the best films from around the world that were shown in British cinemas during 2024.

Before the main event, a longlist of films was announced on January 3, 2025. The nominees for the Rising Star Award, which is chosen by the public, were revealed on January 7, 2025. The final list of nominees for all other awards was announced on January 15, 2025, by actors Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe.

The French musical crime film Emilia Pérez received many mentions in the longlists. However, Conclave ended up with the most nominations, getting twelve. Emilia Pérez followed with eleven nominations, and The Brutalist had nine. In the end, The Brutalist and Conclave won the most awards, each taking home four.

Award Winners and Nominees

Brady Corbet, who won Best Director

Adrien Brody, who won Best Actor

Mikey Madison, who won Best Actress

Kieran Culkin, who won Best Supporting Actor

Zoe Saldaña, who won Best Supporting Actress

Jesse Eisenberg, who won Best Original Screenplay

Nick Park, who won for Best Animated Film and Best Children's & Family Film

Jacques Audiard, who won for Best Film Not in the English Language

Edward Berger, who won for Outstanding British Film

Sean Baker and Samantha Quan, who won for Best Casting

Lol Crawley, who won for Best Cinematography

Daniel Blumberg, who won for Best Original Score

The main awards, including the EE Rising Star Award, were announced during the ceremony on February 16, 2025. The winners are listed first and shown in bold letters.

Special BAFTA Honors

BAFTA Fellowship Award

The BAFTA Fellowship is a very high honor given to someone who has made a huge impact in film.

• Warwick Davis received this award.

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

This award celebrates a special contribution to British cinema.

• MediCinema received this award. MediCinema is a charity that builds cinemas in hospitals and care homes.

Main Award Categories

Ceremony Highlights

The inside of the Royal Festival Hall, where the ceremony took place

The BAFTA ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 16, 2025. David Tennant hosted the event for the second year in a row. Parts of the ceremony were shown live on BAFTA's online channels. The main broadcast was shown about an hour later on BBC One in the UK and on BritBox internationally.

David Tennant started the show by singing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers. He then told many "dad jokes" throughout the evening. Even though the show ran longer than planned, the TV broadcast was edited to be a quick two hours.

A new award, the Best Children's & Family Film, was given out for the first time in 2025. This was the first new category since the Best Casting award was added in 2020. Some people thought there was too much overlap between this new award and the Best Animated Film category.

The 2025 BAFTA ceremony was known for having a wide variety of film types nominated. Horror movies and musicals were well-represented, alongside more traditional award-winning genres. Filmmaker Sean Baker received five nominations for his film Anora. Rich Peppiatt became the most-nominated first-time director at the BAFTAs, with four nominations for his film Kneecap.

During the technical awards, the sound briefly cut out when the Best Sound award was presented, but it was fixed for the broadcast. Many winners gave funny, unplanned speeches, like Nick Park for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain. Before the main acting awards, the band Take That performed their song "Greatest Day". This song was featured in the nominated film Anora.

Some winners were a bit of a surprise, like David Jonsson for the EE Rising Star Award and Mikey Madison winning Best Actress. It was also surprising that A Complete Unknown did not win any of its six nominations. However, the favorites for supporting roles, Zoe Saldaña (for Emilia Pérez) and Kieran Culkin (for A Real Pain), both won their categories.

Films with Many Nominations and Wins

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See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Premios BAFTA 2024 para niños