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Quick facts for kids 78th British Academy Film Awards
Date	16 February 2025
Site	Royal Festival Hall, London
Hosted by	David Tennant
Highlights
Best Film	Conclave
Best British Film	Conclave
Best Actor	Adrien Brody The Brutalist
Best Actress	Mikey Madison Anora
Most awards	**The Brutalist and Conclave** (4)
Most nominations	Conclave (12)
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The 78th British Academy Film Awards, often called the BAFTAs, was a special event held on February 16, 2025. It celebrated the best movies from any country that were shown in British cinemas during 2024.

The list of films that might be nominated, called the "longlists," was first shared on January 3, 2025. The nominees for the Rising Star Award, which is the only award chosen by the public in Britain, were announced on January 7, 2025. The final nominees for all other awards were revealed on January 15, 2025, by past BAFTA winners Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe.

The French musical crime film Emilia Pérez had the most mentions in the early longlists with fifteen. Conclave followed with fourteen. When the final nominations came out, Conclave led with twelve nominations. Emilia Pérez had eleven, and The Brutalist had nine. In the end, The Brutalist and Conclave won the most awards, each taking home four.

About the Awards Ceremony
Winners and Nominees
- Special Awards
  - BAFTA Fellowship
  - Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Main Awards
In Memory
Awards Statistics
See also

About the Awards Ceremony

The inside of the Royal Festival Hall, where the awards took place.

The awards ceremony happened at the Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre on February 16, 2025. David Tennant hosted the show for the second year in a row. The BAFTA's online channels showed content before and after the main event. The ceremony was broadcast a little later in the United Kingdom on BBC One and on various BritBox platforms around the world.

David Tennant started the show by singing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers. He then told some funny, light-hearted jokes. 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 award was announced in 2023. Some people thought it might be too similar to the Best Animated Film award. Other changes for the 2025 awards included new rules for films to be nominated for Best Film and Outstanding British Film.

The films nominated in 2025 were very diverse, including horror movies and musicals, alongside more traditional award-winning films. Filmmaker Sean Baker, who made Anora, received five nominations, which was the second-most for one person at a single ceremony. These included Best Film and Best Director. Rich Peppiatt became the most nominated first-time director at the BAFTAs, with four personal nominations for his film Kneecap.

During the awards for technical achievements, the sound briefly stopped when the Best Sound award was presented. This was fixed for the TV broadcast. Many winners were praised for giving heartfelt, unplanned speeches. These included Nick Park for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain. Before the main acting awards, Take That performed their song "Greatest Day", which was featured in the nominated film Anora.

Later, a video montage showed other awards that were not broadcast live. This included Emilia Pérez winning Best Film Not in the English Language. Some surprising winners were David Jonsson for the EE Rising Star Award and Mikey Madison for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was also a surprise that A Complete Unknown did not win any of its six nominations. Favorites like Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez and Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain won their supporting acting awards. This made people think they would also win at the 97th Academy Awards.

There were not many political comments made during the ceremony. Some jokes by David Tennant about Donald Trump were cut from the broadcast. Rich Peppiatt said that everyone's language, culture, and homeland should be respected. Edward Berger, accepting the Outstanding British Film award for Conclave, mentioned a "crisis of democracy" in relation to upcoming elections. When presenting Best Film, Mark Hamill spoke about "troubling times" but did not name anyone specific. The BBC explained that some comments were cut due to time limits for the broadcast.

Winners and Nominees

Brady Corbet, winner for Best Director.

Adrien Brody, winner for Best Actor.

Mikey Madison, winner for Best Actress.

Kieran Culkin, winner for Best Supporting Actor.

Zoe Saldaña, winner for Best Supporting Actress.

Jesse Eisenberg, winner for Best Original Screenplay.

Nick Park, co-winner for Best Animated Film and Best Children's & Family Film.

Jacques Audiard, co-winner for Best Film Not in the English Language.

Edward Berger, co-winner for Outstanding British Film.

Sean Baker, co-winner for Best Casting.

Lol Crawley, winner for Best Cinematography.

Daniel Blumberg, winner for Best Original Score.

Special Awards

BAFTA Fellowship

The BAFTA Fellowship is a very high honor. The person receiving it was announced on January 10, 2025.

Warwick Davis

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

This award celebrates a great contribution to British movies. The winner was announced on February 6, 2025.

MediCinema

Main Awards

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

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

In Memory

During the "In Memoriam" part of the ceremony, Jeff Goldblum played "As Time Goes By" on the piano. This segment honored people from the film world who had passed away.

Alain Delon – actor, producer
Anouk Aimée – actress
Samantha Davis – actress
Pat Heywood – actress
John Amos – actor
Louis Gossett Jr. – actor
Mitzi Gaynor – actress, dancer, singer
Reuben Barnes – projectionist, technical manager
Phyllis Dalton – costume designer
James Earl Jones – actor
Shelley Duvall – actress
Jim Abrahams – director, writer
Roger Corman – director, producer, actor
Jenne Casarotto – agent
Lynda Obst – producer
Teri Garr – actress
Donald Sutherland – actor
James Hambidge – art director, production designer
Ray Chan – art director, production designer
Robert Towne – writer
Jon Landau – producer
Kris Kristofferson – actor, musician
Gena Rowlands – actress
Dame Joan Plowright – actress
Lisa Westcott – make up & hair designer
Loulia Sheppard – hair designer
Paul Engelen – make up designer
Robert Watts – producer, production manager
Adam Somner – producer, assistant director
Norman Spencer – producer, production manager
David Korda – producer, financier
Dick Pope – cinematographer
Roger Pratt – cinematographer
David Lynch – director
Dame Maggie Smith – actress

Awards Statistics

Films that received many nominations
Nominations	Film
12	Conclave
11	Emilia Pérez
9	The Brutalist
7	Anora
	Dune: Part Two
	Wicked
6	A Complete Unknown
6	Kneecap
5	Nosferatu
5	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

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	The Brutalist
4	Conclave
2	Anora
	Dune: Part Two
	Emilia Pérez
	A Real Pain
	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
	Wicked