2025 BAFTA Film Awards: Winners and highlights

On 16 February, the Royal Festival Hall in London dazzled with the finest stars from British cinema and Hollywood in celebration of the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. Hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant—best known for his role as the iconic Doctor Who—the prestigious night honoured new and seasoned performers who have made an impact in cinema in the past year. 

Vatican drama Conclave led the night with 12 nominations ahead of Jacques Audiard’s campy musical Emilia Pérez with 11 nods and the Brady Corbet-directed The Brutalist’s nine. 

By the end of the night, Conclave and The Brutalist tied with four wins each. The former took home stattuettes for Best Film and Outstanding British Film whilst the latter nabbed Best Director and Best Leading Actor for Corbet and Adrien Brody, respectively.

Meanwhile, Mikey Madison was named the Best Leading Actress at the BAFTAs for her breakout role in Anora, after noticeably being shut out of the 2025 Golden Globes. Zoe Saldaña continues to have a successful awards campaign after picking up another Best Supporting Actress statuette for her performance in Emilia Pérez. 

While it didn’t win any acting awards, Wicked was recognised in Best Production Design and Costume Design whilst indie horror film The Substance took home Best Makeup and Hair. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two also picked up awards for Best Special Effects and Best Sound.

The BAFTAs also honoured legendary British actor and TV host Warwick Davis with the Fellowship Award for his contributions to cinema. The actor is one of the highest-paid supporting actors of all time, with multiple accolades in films such as Willow, the Star Wars film series, and the Harry Potter film franchise.

On the other hand, up-and-comer David Jonsson received the EE Rising Star Award, which is voted by the public. The 31-year-old who has been steadily gaining recognition for his performance in Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus, and Industry, reflected on stage: “I’m just an East London boy…I didn’t really see a space for me in this industry…This award is about the people, and as long as we keep telling stories about people, I think there will be a space for me and for people like me.”

Ahead, find the full list of winners from the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. 

Best Film

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave – WINNER

Emilia Pérez

Outstanding British Film

Bird

Blitz

Conclave – WINNER

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) – WINNER

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 – WINNER

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 – WINNER

Will & Harper

Best Animated Film

Flow

Inside Out 2

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER

The Wild Robot

Best Children’s & Family Dilm

Flow

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER

The Wild Robot

Best Director

Anora, Sean Baker

The Brutalist, Brady Corbet – WINNER

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 – WINNER

The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown

Conclave – WINNER

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 – WINNER

Demi Moore, The Substance

Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

Best Leading Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER

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 – WINNER

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER

Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Casting

Anora – WINNER

The Apprentice

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Kneecap

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist – WINNER

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

Best Editing

Anora

Conclave – WINNER

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Kneecap

Best Costume Design

Blitz

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Nosferatu

Wicked – WINNER

Best Makeup and Hair

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance – WINNER

Wicked

Best Original Score

The Brutalist – WINNER

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Wild Robot

Best Production Design

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked – WINNER

Best Sound

Blitz

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Gladiator II

The Substance

Wicked

Best Special Visual Effects

Better Man

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Gladiator II

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

Best British Short Animation

Adiós

Mog’s Christmas

Wander to Wonder – WINNER

Best British Short Film

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Marion

Milk

Rock, Paper, Scissors – WINNER

Stomach Bug

Rising Star Award

Marisa Abela

Jharrel Jerome

David Jonsson – WINNER

Mikey Madison

Nabhaan Rizwan

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