2025 BAFTAs: All the Nominations for the 78th Annual Awards

The 78th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts, otherwise known as the BAFTAs, is set to take place on February 16, 2025. As the most prestigious film awards ceremony in Britain, BAFTA awards are some of the most coveted prizes around the world and have been known to forecast many winners at the next big awards ceremony, the Oscars.

The BAFTAs feature 26 categories including Outstanding British Film, Best Director, and Best Leading Actor, and gather together a comprehensive list of the best of cinema in Britain and abroad from the past year. Check out the full list of BAFTa nominees for the 78th annual awards below!

The 78th Annual Awards BAFTA Nominees

Best film

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

Outstanding British film

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

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

• Hoard, Luna Carmoon (director, writer)
• Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
• Monkey Man, Dev Patel (director)
• Santosh, Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar De Ganay (producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]
• Sister Midnight, Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

Best film not in the English language

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

Best documentary

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

Best animated film

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

Best children’s & family film

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

Best director

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

Best original screenplay

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

Best adapted screenplay

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

Best leading actress

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

Best leading actor

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

Best supporting actress

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

Best supporting actor

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

Best casting

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

Best cinematography

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

Best editing

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

Best costume design

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

Best make up & hair

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

Best original score

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

Best production design

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

Best sound

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

Best special visual effects

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

Best British short animation

• Adiós
• Mog’s Christmas
• Wander to Wonder

Best British short film

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

Rising Star award (voted for by the public)

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

The 2025 BAFTAs will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2025. The full ceremony will be broadcast on the BBC One and the BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom.