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BAFTA Film Awards 2025: The full list of nominees

Kneecap has been nominated for six awards at the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards
Kneecap has been nominated for six awards at the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards

Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and The Brutalist lead the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominations, while the award-winning Irish-language film Kneecap has scored six nods, and Saoirse Ronan is in the running for Leading Actress.

Rich Peppiatt's critically acclaimed movie Kneecap, which stars the Belfast rap trio of the same name, has been nominated in the Outstanding Debut, Original Screenplay, Casting, Film Not in the English Language, Editing, and Outstanding British Film categories.

Saoirse Ronan has also been nominated for Leading Actress for her role in the drama The Outrun, alongside Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths, Demi Moore for The Substance, Mikey Madison for Anora, and Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez.

Saoirse Ronan has been nominated for Leading Actress for The Outrun

The Irish-produced Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice is nominated in three categories: Best Actor for Sebastian Stan, Best Supporting Actor for Jeremy Strong, and Casting.

The EE BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant, will take place at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday 16 February.

The full list of 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

The Ralph Fiennes drama Conclave leads the way with 12 BAFTA Film Awards nominations

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

Emilia Pérez is the second-most-nominated title with 11 nods

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

Sebastian Stan has been nominated for Leading Actor for the Irish-produced 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 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 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

The Brutalist has nine nods including Leading Actor for Adrien Brody and Supporting Actress for Felicity Jones

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

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