The BAFTA Film Award nominations for 2025 threw up a very mixed field after a great year for cinema with blockbusters such as Gladiator II doing big business alongside strong independent films like Anora, which proved a huge hit with audiences and critics alike.
The British Academy’s longlists, from which the nominees were narrowed down, was announced earlier this month. The awards hosted by David Tennant, will take place on 16 February at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
After the winners of the top six categories at last year’s BAFTAs also went on to win the Academy Award, this year’s nods are expected to be a strong indicator for the Oscars.
The BAFTA EE Rising Star Award 2025 nominations had previously been unveiled by film critic Ali Plumb at London’s Savoy Hotel on January 7.
Marisa Abela, was recognised for her portrayal of Amy Winehouse in Back to Black; Jharrel Jerome, was nominated for his role as Anthony Robles in Unstoppable; David Jonsson, who played Andy in Alien: Romulus got a nod; Mikey Madison, was lauded for her lead role as Ani in the critically acclaimed Anora; and Nabhaan Rizwan, nominated for his performance as Aden in the indie film In Camera,” will all be hoping to take home the award at the ceremony.
Warwick Davis is also set to receive the Bafta fellowship.
The nominations are as follows:
Best Film
- Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – TBC
- A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
- Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
- Emilia Pérez – TBC
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
- 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)
- 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, Tbd
- I’m Still Here – Walter Salles, Tbd
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Director
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Edward Berger – Conclave
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Original Screenplay
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, story By Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Jj Ó Dochartaigh
- A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown – James Mangold, Jay Cocks
- Conclave – Peter Straughan
- Emilia Pérez – 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