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WHEN: Sunday, February 16, 2025 beginning at 7PM This year, "the British Oscars", better known as the BAFTA Awards, was televised live on Sunday evening, February 16, 2025 on BBC One from 19:00-21:00 GMT from Royal Festival Hall in London. In the US, the BAFTAs were carried live on Britbox, Returning to host the 2025 BAFTAs for the second time in a row was actor David Tennant. 2025 BAFTA nominees (also see WINNERS, below) saw "Conclave" a frontrunner earning a total of 12 nominations including Best Film and a leading actor nod for Ralph Fiennes and a supporting actress nomination for Isabella Rossellini, “Emilia Pérez,” received 11 nominations, including best film, director, leading actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and supporting actress for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana.
New this year? BAFTA includes a new film category, Best Children & Family Film, with inaugural nominees that include The annual Rising Star Award nominees also include some of the most buzzed about new names in film, and voted on by the general public. Nominated this year wre Marisa Abela (“Back to Black”), Jharrel Jerome (“Unstoppable”), David Jonsson, (“Alien: Romulus”, WINNER), Mikey Madison (“Anora”) and Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”).
DID YOU KNOW? BAFTA Awards trivia • They're still talking about Meryl Streep's appearance when she blurted out "I would like to spank..." rather than " I "would like to thank..." at the 2003 awards presentation. • The first ever Rising Star Award was won by Scottish actor James McAvoy in 2006. Other nominess that inaugural year included Gael García Bernal, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michelle Williams. • The very first BAFTA awards ceremony took place in May 1949 when "The Best Years of Our Lives" won Best Film. • British actress Maggie Smith has the most Best Actress wins for her roles in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), "A Private Function" (1984), "A Room with a View" (1986) and "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" (1988). • British actor Peter Finch holds the record with five BAFTA Best Actor awards for his roles in "A Town Like Alice" (1956), "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" (1960), "No Love for Johnnie" (1961), "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971) and "Network" (1976). • The BAFTA voting public know talent when they see it. BAFTA Rising Star Award winners have included names like Tom Holland, John Boyega, James McAvoy, Tom Hardy and Daniel Kaluuya, along with its youngest recipient, Kristen Stewart, who took home the prize at the age of 19 in 2009.
Below, surf the rest of the Web for more history and BAFTA trivia, current news & information, plus star-studded photo galleries chronicling the UK's highest film award:
British Academy Film Awards - Check out Wikipedia for background history, photos, and a complete list of BAFTA winners dating back to 1969.
BAFTA AWARDS 2025 Nominees & WINNERS BEST FILM “Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker “The Brutalist” “A Complete Unknown” — Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold “Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman (WINNER) “Emilia Pérez” 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” 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” 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) 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” 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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Anora” — written by Sean Baker “The Brutalist” — written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold “Kneecap” — written by Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “A Real Pain” — written by Jesse Eisenberg (WINNER) “The Substance” — written by Coralie Fargeat ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “A Complete Unknown” — screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks “Conclave” — screenplay by Peter Straughan (WINNER) “Emilia Pérez” — screenplay by Jacques Audiard “Nickel Boys” — screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes “Sing Sing” — screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM “Bird” — Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge “Blitz” — Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland “Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan (WINNER) “Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig “Hard Truths” — Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe “Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “Lee” — Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs “Love Lies Bleeding” — Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska “The Outrun” — Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton 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) FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE “All We Imagine as Light” — Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim “Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard (WINNER) “I’m Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”) — Walter Salles “Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei DOCUMENTARY “Black Box Diaries” — Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari “Daughters” — Natalie Rae, Angela Patton “No Other Land” — Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” — Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford (WINNER) “Will & Harper” — Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum ANIMATED FILM “Flow” — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža “Inside Out 2” — Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (WINNER) “The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM “Flow” — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža “Kensuke’s Kingdom” — Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (WINNER) “The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann CASTING “Anora” — Sean Baker, Samantha Quan (WINNER) “The Apprentice” — Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba “A Complete Unknown” — Yesi Ramirez “Conclave” — Nina Gold, Martin Ware “Kneecap” — Carla Stronge CINEMATOGRAPHY “The Brutalist” — Lol Crawley (WINNER) “Conclave” — Stéphane Fontaine “Dune: Part Two” — Greig Fraser “Emilia Pérez” — Paul Guilhaume “Nosferatu” — Jarin Blaschke EDITING “Anora” — Sean Baker “Conclave” — Nick Emerson (WINNER) “Dune: Part Two” — Joe Walker “Emilia Pérez”– Juliette Welfling “Kneecap” — Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill COSTUME DESIGN “Blitz” — Jacqueline Durran “A Complete Unknown” — Arianne Phillips “Conclave” — Lisy Christl “Nosferatu” — Linda Muir “Wicked” — Paul Tazewell (WINNER) MAKE UP & HAIR “Dune: Part Two” — Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr “Emilia Pérez” — Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti “Nosferatu” — David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton “The Substance” — Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli (WINNER) “Wicked” — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth ORIGINAL SCORE “The Brutalist” — Daniel Blumberg (WINNER) “Conclave” — Volker Bertelmann “Emilia Pérez” — Camille, Clément Ducol “Nosferatu” — Robin Carolan “The Wild Robot” — Kris Bowers PRODUCTION DESIGN “The Brutalist” — Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia “Conclave” — Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter “Dune: Part Two” — Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau “Nosferatu” — Craig Lathrop “Wicked” — Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales (WINNER) SOUND “Blitz” — John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison “Dune: Part Two” — Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King (WINNER) “Gladiator II” — Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan “The Substance” — Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard “Wicked” — Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS “Better Man” — Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs “Dune: Part Two” — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe (WINNER) “Gladiator II” — Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz “Wicked” — Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION “Adiós” — José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti “Mog’s Christmas” — Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding “Wander to Wonder” — Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart (WINNER) BRITISH SHORT FILM “The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing” — Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating “Marion” — Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic “Milk” — Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene “Rock, Paper, Scissors” — Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer (WINNER) “Stomach Bug” — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) Marisa Abela Jharrel Jerome David Jonsson (WINNER) Mikey Madison Nabhaan Rizwan
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