The 78th BAFTA Awards are set to honour outstanding contributions to cinema, with the ceremony taking place at the Royal Festival Hall in London. David Tennant will host the prestigious event, which features a star-studded lineup of presenters, including Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana, Ralph Fiennes, and Mark Hamill.

Edward Berger’s Conclave leads the nominations with 12 nods, followed closely by Emilia Perez with 11. Other highly nominated films include The Brutalist (9), Anora, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked (7 each).

The Best Film category features Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Perez. Meanwhile, Blitz, Conclave, Gladiator II, and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl are among the contenders for Outstanding British Film.

In the acting categories, Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) are among the nominees. First-time BAFTA nominees include Demi Moore, Selena Gomez, and Kieran Culkin.

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Here is the full list of nominees for the 78th BAFTA Awards (2025):

Best Film

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

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)

Film Not in the English Language

  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Emilia Perez
  • I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
  • Kneecap
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Documentary

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

Animated Film

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

Children’s & Family Film

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

Director

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

Original Screenplay

  • Anora – Sean Baker
  • The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
  • Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh
  • A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
  • The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Adapted Screenplay

  • A Complete Unknown – James Mangold, Jay Cocks
  • Conclave – Peter Straughan
  • Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
  • Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
  • Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence 'Divine Eye' Maclin, John 'Divine G' Whitfield

Leading Actress

  • Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
  • Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
  • Mikey Madison (Anora)
  • Demi Moore (The Substance)
  • Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)

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)

Supporting Actress

  • Selena Gomez (Emilia Perez)
  • Ariana Grande (Wicked)
  • Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl)
  • Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
  • Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)

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)

Casting

  • Anora – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
  • The Apprentice – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
  • A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez
  • Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
  • Kneecap – Carla Stronge

Cinematography

  • The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
  • Conclave – Stephane Fontaine
  • Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
  • Emilia Perez – Paul Guilhaume
  • Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Editing

  • Anora – Sean Baker
  • Conclave – Nick Emerson
  • Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
  • Emilia Perez – 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

Makeup & Hair

  • Dune: Part Two – Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
  • Emilia Perez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
  • Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
  • The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stephanie Guillon, Frederique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
  • Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth

Original Score

  • The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
  • Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
  • Emilia Perez – Camille, Clement 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

Sound

  • Blitz – John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
  • Dune: Part Two – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
  • Gladiator II – Stephane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, Danny Sheehan
  • The Substance – Valerie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stephane Thiebaut, 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
  • 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

  • Adios – Jose 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

British Short Film

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

EE Rising Star Award (Voted by the Public)

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