BAFTAs 2025: Check Out the 11 Big Winners, and Find Out Where You Can Stream Them

BAFTA Awards: Best Film, Best Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Editing

Director Edward Berger’s Conclave dives headfirst into the ancient, secretive procedures that surround the selection of a new pope. Ralph Fiennes gives a masterful performance as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the dean and lead organiser of the conclave, who tries to juggle the flamboyant antics of the top contenders with his own grief at the loss of the Pope and his private aspirations. The main players include Stanley Tucci’s Cardinal Aldo Bellini, a progressive American who is first favoured to come out on top; John Lithgow’s Cardinal Joseph Tremblay, a Canadian moderate with some skeletons in the closet; Lucian Msamati’s conservative Cardinal Joshua Adeyemi, Sergio Castellitto’s Italian traditionalist and most emphatic of vape-smokers Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco, and Carlos Diehz’s dark horse Cardinal Vincent Benitez. Isabella Rossellini also plays a small but memorable role in Conclave as Sister Agnes, which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Supporting Actress.

BAFTA Awards: Lead Actor (Adrien Brody), Director (Brady Corbet), Original Score (Daniel Blumberg), Cinematography (Lol Crawley)

Director Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour epic stars Adrien Brody as the fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth who, after surviving the Holocaust in Europe, finds a new home in the United States. There, he contends with hostility from the locals who are suspicious of both foreigners and jews, while attempting to reestablish his career after receiving a chance commission from a mercurial millionaire, played by Guy Pearce (who was nominated for Supporting Actor). Felicity Jones, who also received a Support Actress nomination, starred as Erzsébet Tóth, László’s journalist wife who eventually makes it out of Europe to join him in the United States.

BAFTA Awards: Film Not in the English Language, Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldaña)

Jacques Audiard’s operatic Emilia Pèrez tells the story of an ambitious but undervalued lawyer in Mexico City, Rita (played by Zoe Saldaña), whose life is changed when she is hired to help notorious cartel leader ‘Manitas’ fake their own death and undergo a gender transition to become a woman named Emilia Pérez — leaving behind her wife Jessi (played by Selena Gomez) and their two children. Years later, Emilia rehires Rita to bring her back into her children's lives, pretending to be Manitas’ a long-lost cousin. Emilia also attempts to right her past wrongs by helping victims of cartel violence get justice across Mexico.

BAFTA Awards: Leading Actress (Mickey Madison), Casting

Director Sean Baker’s Anora successfully balances drama, whirlwind romance, heartbreak, and comedy to create an emotional tapestry that will have you both crying and laughing at different times throughout. Leading Actress winner Mickey Madison heads the picture as the titular Anora, a Brooklyn native and exotic dancer who finds herself suddenly engaged and married to the young son of a Russian oligarch — only to find that his parents are none too pleased with the news and have already sent out their top goons to put a stop to it before they arrive.

BAFTA Awards: Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin), Original Screenplay

Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs, and stars alongside Supporting Actor winner Kieran Culkin in this comedy-drama about two cousins who go on an organised Jewish heritage tour in Poland to honour their late grandmother. Eisenberg plays David, a neurotic introvert who nevertheless manages to keep his life with his wife and son mostly in order. Culkin plays Benji, David’s messy extroverted cousin who is still in the throes of grief after losing their grandmother. As the tour continues, the two try to reach across the yawning gap of their own differences, grief, and inherited trauma to find some common ground on the other side.

BAFTA Awards: Sound, Special Visual Effects

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two may have missed out on the Best Film nomination this time around, but its stunning sound and special visual effects did not go unappreciated. The second instalment in the epic Dune film series continues the story of Paul Atreides (played by Timothée Chalamet) as he grows into his role as the leader of the Fremen as they struggle for freedom from House Harkonnan — and from Paul’s own prophesied destiny. The film features memorable performances from Zendaya, once more resuming her role as the independently-minded Fremen warrior and partner to Paul, Chani, and Austin Butler as the psychotic Harkonnen supersoldier, Feyd-Rautha. 

BAFTA Award: Make-up and Hair

Coralie Fargeat’s horror-drama masterpiece is a terrifying exploration of modern female beauty standards and the fear of aging. Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, a once popular television fitness instructor who is unceremoniously fired by her chauvinistic boss once he deems her too old for the job. Hurt and desperate, Elisabeth turns to a mysterious drug known as ‘the Substance’ to give her back her youthful appearance and allow her to dominate screens once again. But there’s a catch: the Substance splits the user into two forms — the younger and the older original — that must switch every seven days or suffer the consequences. Neither can survive without the other.

BAFTA Awards: Costume Design, Production Design

Jon M Chu’s first of two Wicked films brings fans of the hit Broadway musical into the cinematic world of the Wizard of Oz. Starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, Wicked explores the story of how the Wicked Witch of the West came to be. The film shows Elphaba and Glinda’s arrival at Shiz University, where they forge a deep bond despite Elphaba’s outsider status and Glinda’s desperation for popularity. However, after they meet the Wizard of Oz, they begin to go down different paths that drive a rift between them that lead to disastrous consequences.

BAFTA Awards: Animated Film, Children's and Family Film

Wallace and Gromit are a staple of British entertainment excellence around the world, and Nick Park’s lovable claymation duo’s second feature-length film has only served to confirm their status at the top. In their latest outing, the eccentric Northern inventor Wallace has invented a robotic garden gnome named Norbot, that causes Gromit to worry he is becoming too dependent on technology. When an old enemy resurfaces and hacks into Norbot’s system, creating an army of hostile garden gnomes, it’s down to Gromit — and Wallace — to save the day.

BAFTA Award: Documentary

This moving documentary by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui follows the true story of Christopher Reeve, from his rise to stardom playing Superman onscreen and his nearly-fatal accident in 1995 that left him paralysed from the neck down, to his activism and unwavering support for disabled people around the world. The documentary is a moving testament to the resilience of the human spirit, the importance of visibility, and the bravery of one man who conquered prejudice to become a true superhero to millions both on and off screen.