‘Conclave’, ‘Emilia Perez’ Lead The Race At BAFTA 2025 Film Award Nominations

January 16, 2025: The nominations for the BAFTA 2025 awards were revealed on Wednesday, and as expected, two films have emerged as the frontrunners. “Conclave” and “Emilia Perez” received the most nominations, with “Conclave” leading the pack with 12 nominations, including Best Film, Director (Edward Berger), and Leading Actor (Ralph Fiennes). Meanwhile, “Emilia Perez”, a Spanish-language musical-thriller directed by Jacques Audiard, earned 11 nominations, including Best Film, Director, Leading Actress (Karla Sofia Gascon), and Supporting Actress (Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana).

Notable Nominations:

1. Best Film
   • “Anora”
   • “The Brutalist”
   • “A Complete Unknown”
   • “Conclave”
   • “Emilia Perez”
2. Outstanding British Film
   • “Bird”
   • “Blitz”
   • “Conclave”
   • “Gladiator II”
   • “Hard Truths”
   • “Kneecap”
   • “Lee”
   • “Love Lies Bleeding”
   • “The Outrun”
   • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
3. Best Director
   • Sean Baker for “Anora”
   • Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist”
   • Edward Berger for “Conclave”
   • Denis Villeneuve for “Dune: Part Two”
   • Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Perez”
   • Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance”
4. Best Actress
   • Cynthia Erivo for “Wicked”
   • Karla Sofia Gascon for “Emilia Perez”
   • Marianne Jean-Baptiste for “Hard Truths”
   • Mikey Madison for “Anora”
   • Demi Moore for “The Substance”
   • Saoirse Ronan for “The Outrun”
5. Best Actor
   • Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist”
   • Timothee Chalamet for “A Complete Unknown”
   • Colman Domingo for “Sing Sing”
   • Ralph Fiennes for “Conclave”
   • Hugh Grant for “Heretic”
   • Sebastian Stan for “The Apprentice”
6. Best Supporting Actress
   • Selena Gomez for “Emilia Perez”
   • Ariana Grande for “Wicked”
   • Felicity Jones for “The Brutalist”
   • Jamie Lee Curtis for “The Last Showgirl”
   • Isabella Rossellini for “Conclave”
   • Zoe Saldana for “Emilia Perez”
7. Best Supporting Actor
   • Yura Borisov for “Anora”
   • Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain”
   • Clarence Maclin for “Sing Sing”
   • Edward Norton for “A Complete Unknown”
   • Guy Pearce for “The Brutalist”
   • Jeremy Strong for “The Apprentice”

Additional Key Nominations:

• Best Film Not in the English Language includes “All We Imagine as Light” by Payal Kapadia.
• Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay categories also feature multiple nominations for “Conclave”, “Emilia Perez”, and others.
• Animated Film nominations include “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” and “Inside Out 2”.

The BAFTA 2025 awards ceremony will take place on February 16, 2025, at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and will be hosted by David Tennant. It will be streamed live and exclusively in India on Lionsgate Play.