BAFTAS: Winners announced - 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

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First published: 17th February 2025 at 11:00 AM GMT

The winners of the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London and broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer.

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BAFTA 2025

The winners of the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London and broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer. The EE BAFTAs celebrate the very best in film of the past year. Read the categories and nominees below:

• Adapted Screenplay

  • Conclave - Screenplay by Peter Straughan

  • A Complete Unknown - Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

  • Emilia Perez - Screenplay by Jacques Audiard

  • Nickel Boys - Screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

  • Sing Sing - Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield.

• Animated Film

  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - By Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek

  • Flow - By Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza

  • Inside Out 2 - By Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

  • The Wild Robot - By Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

• Best Film

  • Conclave - By Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman.

  • A Complete Unknown - By Alex Heineman, Fred Berger, and James Mangold.

  • Anora - By Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker.

  • Emilia Perez - By Pascal Caucheteux, and Jacques Audiard

  • The Brutalist - By Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, and Brady Corbet.

• British Short Animation

  • Wander to Wonder - By Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, and Maarten Swart.

  • Adios - By Jose Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, and Bernardo Angeletti.

  • Mog’s Christmas - By Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, and Ruth Fielding.

• British Short Film

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors - By Franz Bohm, Ivan, and Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer.

  • Marion - By Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, and Marija Djikic.

  • Milk - By Miranda Stern and Ashionye Ogene.

  • Stomatch Bug - By Matty Crawford and Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou

  • The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - By Theo Panagopoulos and Marissa Keating.

• Casting

  • Anora - By Sean Baker and Samanatha Quan

  • A Complete Uknown - By Yesi Ramirez

  • Conclave - By Nina Gold and Martin Ware

  • Kneecap - By Carla Stronge

  • The Apprentice - By Stephanie Gorin and Carmen Cuba.

• Children's & Family Film

  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - By Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek.

  • Flow - By Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza

  • Kensuke’s Kingdom - By Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, and Camilla Deakin

  • The Wild Robot - By Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

• Cinematography

  • The Brutalist - By Lol Crawley

  • Conclave - By Stephane Fontaine

  • Dune: Part Two - By Greig Fraser

  • Emilia Perez - By Paul Guilhaume

  • Nosferatu - By Jarin Blaschke

• Costume Design

  • Wicked - By Paul Tazewell

  • A Complete Unknown - By Arianne Phillips

  • Blitz - By Jacqueline Durran

  • Conclave - By Lisy Christl

  • Nosferatu - By Linda Muir

• Director

  • The Brutalist - By Brady Corbet

  • Anora - By Sean Baker

  • Conclave - By Edward Berger

  • Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve

  • Emilia Perez - Jacques Audiard

  • The Substance - By Coralie Fargeat

• Documentary

  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - By Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford.

  • Black Box Diaries - By Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari, and Hanna Aqvilin

  • Daughters - By Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, and Laura Choi Raycroft.

  • No Other Land - By Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor.

  • Will & Harper - By Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum.

• Editing

  • Conclave - By Nick Emerson

  • Anora - By Sean Baker

  • Dune: Part Two - By Joe Walker

  • Emilia Perez - By Julietee Welfling

  • Kneecap - By Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill.

• EE Rising Star Award

  All nominees are publicly voted for nominations and wins.

  • David Jonsson

  • Marisa Abela

  • Jharrel Jerome

  • Mikey Madison

  • Nabhaan Rizwan

• Film Not In The English Language

  • Emilia Perez - By Jacques Audiard and Pascal Caucheteux

  • All We Imagine As Light - By Payal Kapadia and Thomas Hakim

  • I’m Still Here - By Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, and Rodrigo Teixeria

  • Kneepcap - By Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, and Jack Tarling

  • The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - By Mohammad Rasoulof and Amin Sadraei.

• Leading Actor

  • Adrien Brody - For The Brutalist

  • Timothee Chalamet - For A Complete Unknown

  • Ralph Fiennes - For Conclave

  • Hugh Grant - For Heretic

  • Colman Domingo - For Sing Sing

  • Sebastian Stan - For The Apprentice

• Leading Actress

  • Mikey Madison - For Anora

  • Karla Sofia Gascon - For Emilia Perez

  • Marianne Jean-Baptise - For Hard Truths

  • Saoirse Ronan - For The Outrun

  • Demi Moore - For The Substance

  • Cynthia Erivo - For Wicked

• Makeup & Hair

  • The Substance - HMUA by Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stephanie Guillon, Frederique Arguello, and Marilyne Scarselli.

  • Dune: Part Two - HMUA by Love Larson and Eva Von Bahr

  • Emilia Perez - HMUA by Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, and Romain Marietti.

  • Nosferatu - HMUA by David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stoakes-Munton

  • Wicked - HMUA by Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth, and Johanna Nielsen.

• Original Score

  • The Brutalist - Score by Daniel Blumberg

  • Conclave - Score by Volker Bertelmann

  • Emilia Perez - Score by Camille, and Clement Ducol.

  • Nosferatu - Score by Robin Carolan

  • The Wild Robot - by Kris Bowers.

• Original Screenplay

  • A Real Pain - by Jesse Eisenberg

  • Anora - By Sean Baker

  • Kneecap - By Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh

  • The Brutalist - By Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold.

  • The Substance - by Coralie Fargeat.

• Outstanding British Film

  • Conclave - By Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A Jackman, Peter Straughan

  • Bird - By Andrea Arnold, Tesaa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Lee Groombridge

  • Blitz - By Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Anita Overland.

  • Gladiator II - By Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, and Peter Craig.

  • Hard Truths - By Mike Leigh and Georgina Lowe

  • Kneecap - By Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh.

  • Lee - By Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, and Lem Dobbs.

  • Love Lies Bleeding - By Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Weronika Tofilska.

  • The Outrun - Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot

  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - By Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, and Mark Burton.

• Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director, Or Producer

  • Kneecap - By Rich Peppiatt

  • Hoard - By Luna Carmoon

  • Monkey Man - By Dev Patel

  • Santosh - By Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay

  • Sister Midnight - By Karan Kandhari.

• Production Design

  • Wicked - By Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales

  • Conclave - By Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter

  • Dune: Part Two - By Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau

  • Nosferatu - By Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova

  • The Brutalist - By Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia

• Sound

  • Dune: Part Two - By Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, and Richard King

  • Blitz - By John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison

  • Gladitor II - By Stephane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, Danny Sheehan.

  • The Substance - By Valerie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stephanie Thiebaut, Emmanuelle Villard.

  • Wicked - By Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title.

• Special Visual Effects

  • Dune: Part Two: By Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, or Rhys Salcombe.

  • Better Man - By Like Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs

  • Gladitor II - Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, and Pietro Ponti.

  • Kingdom of the Planet Of The Apes - Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz.

  • Wicked - By Pablo Hleman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, and Anthony Smith.

• Supporting Actor

  • Kieran Culkin - For A Real Pain

  • Edward Norton - For A Complete Unknown

  • Yura Borisov - For Anora

  • Clarence Maclin - For Sing Sing

  • Jeremy Strong - For The Apprentice

  • Guy Pierce - For The Brutalist

• Supporting Actress

  • Zoe Saldana - For Emilia Perez

  • Isabella Rossellini - For Conclave

  • Selena Gomez - For Emilia Perez

  • Felicity Jones - For The Brutalist

  • Jamie Lee Curtis - For The Last Showgirl

  • Ariana Grande - For Wicked

See this year’s winner categories below:

Conclave - Political Thriller

Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) has one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.

Conclave wins four BAFTAs this year, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. These are all the wins:

• Adapted Screenplay

• Best Film

• Editing

• Outstanding British Film

Left to right: Tessa Ross, Isabella Rossellini and Edward Berger accept the Best Film Award for 'Conclave' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Tessa Ross, Peter Straughan, Edward Berger, Isabella Rossellini, Juliette Howell, Ralph Fiennes and Michael Jackman poses with the Outstanding British Film Award for 'Conclave' in the winners room during the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Peter Straughan poses with the Adapted Screenplay Award for 'Conclave' in the winners room during the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Isabella Rossellini poses in the winners room during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Ralph Fiennes attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.

The Brutalist - Epic Period Drama

Escaping postwar Europe, a visionary architect comes to America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage. On his own in a strange new country, he settles in Pennsylvania, where a wealthy and prominent industrialist recognises his talent.

The Brutalist wins four BAFTAs this year, including Brady Corbet for Director. These are all the wins:

• Director for Brady Corbet

• Leading Actor for Adrien Brody

• Cinematography

• Original Score

Left to right: Daniel Blumberg accepts the Original Score Award for 'The Brutalist', rady Corbet poses with the Director Award for 'The Brutalist', Adrien Brody poses with the Leading Actor Award for 'The Brutalist', Lol Crawley poses with the Cinematography Award for 'The Brutalist', Daniel Blumberg poses with Original Score Award for 'The Brutalist', Felicity Jones attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Anora - Comedy / Romance

Anora, a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Anora won two BAFTAs: Leading Actress for Mikey Madison and Casting.

Left to right: Mikey Madison poses with the Leading Actress Award for 'Anora', Samantha Quan poses with the Casting Award for 'Anora', Sean Baker poses with the Casting Award for 'Anora', Sean Baker and Samantha Quan accept the Casting Award for 'Anora on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Emilia Pérez - Musical / Thriller

A Mexican lawyer is offered an unusual job to help a notorious cartel boss retire and transition into living as a woman, fulfilling a long-held desire.

Emilia Pérez won two categories: Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Film Not in the English Language.

Left to right: Zoe Saldana attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Jacques Audiard (L) accepts the Film Not in the English Language Award for 'Emilia Pérez' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Zoe Saldaña accepts the Supporting Actress Award for 'Emilia Pérez' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Selena Gomez attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

A Real Pain - Comedy / Drama

Mismatched cousins David and Benji tour Poland to honour their grandmother. Their adventure becomes complicated as old tensions resurface while exploring their family history.

A Real Pain also won two categories: Supporting Actor for Kieran Culkin and Original Screenplay for Jesse Eisenberg

Left to right: Jesse Eisenberg attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Jesse Eisenberg poses with the Supporting Actor Award, on behalf of Kieran Culkin for 'A Real Pain' in the winners room during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Wicked - Fantasy / Musical

Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, or simply Wicked, is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.

Wicked won two categories: Costume Design and Production Design

Left to right: Ariana Grande attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Cynthia Erivo attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Lee Sandales and Nathan Crowley accept the Production Design Award for 'Wicked' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Paul Tazewell poses with the Costume Design Award for 'Wicked' in the winners room during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Jeff Goldblum attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Comedy / Adventure

Gromit's concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a smart gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl won two categories: Animated Film and the new category introduced this year – Children’s & Family Film.

Left to right: Camila Cabello presents the Children's & Family Film Award on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Nick Park accepts the Children's & Family Film Award for 'Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Nick Park accepts the Children's & Family Film Award for 'Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Richard Beek, Nick Park, Camila Cabello and Merlin Crossingham poses with the the Children's & Family Film Award for 'Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' in the winners room during the 2025.

Dune: Part Two - Sci-fi / Adventure

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Dune: Part Two won two categories: Special Visual Effects and Sound

Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer and Rhys Salcombe accept the Special Visual Effects Award for 'Dune: Part Two' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Timothée Chalamet attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - Sci-fi / Adventure

Actor Christopher Reeve rises to stardom when he lands the role of Superman in the 1970s. When a horse-riding accident leaves him paralyzed in 1995, Reeve spends the rest of his life searching for a cure for spinal cord injuries.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story won Documentary

(L-R) Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui poses with the Documentary Award for 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' in the winners room during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

Rock, Paper, Scissors - Drama / Short

A father and son running a makeshift hospital on the front line of war face a tough decision when a platoon of soldiers approaches their building. They must find a way to protect both their patients and themselves.

Rock, Paper, Scissors won the British Short Film award; and the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by Wander To Wonder.

Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Franz Bohm, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer, cast and crew accept the British Short Film Award for 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025

Kneecap - Sci-fi / Adventure

When fate brings a Belfast teacher into the orbit of self-confessed "lowlife scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish language, they soon lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

Kneecap won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Rich Peppiett.

The Substance - Sci-fi / Adventure

Fading actress Elisabeth Sparkle becomes distressed when her chauvinistic boss fires her from her aerobics show. She soon injects herself with a mysterious serum that promises a younger, better version of herself, but things go horribly wrong.

The Substance won Make Up & Hair.

This marks first-time BAFTA Film Awards wins for performers Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin, and a first-time BAFTA Film Awards nomination and win for Director Brady Corbet.

MediCinema was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.

The BAFTA Fellowship was presented to actor Warwick Davis, in honour of his work as an actor and for using his platform to challenge societal prejudice and champion self-empowerment, advocating that people with dwarfism can and do lead full and meaningful lives. The Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television across their career.

The EE Rising Star Award, the only award voted for by the public, went to David Jonsson.

The ceremony included Take That performing ‘Greatest Day’ featured in ‘Anora’. Jeff Goldblum gave a moving piano tribute during the In Memoriam section, performing ‘As Time Goes By’ to honour those in the film industry who have sadly passed away in the last 12 months.

Left to right: David Tennant and Georgia Tennant attend the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, David Jonsson attend the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Anna Kendrick attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Warwick Davis attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Jeremy Strong attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Lupita Nyong'o attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Demi Moore attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Saoirse Ronan attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Marianne Jean-Baptiste attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, (L-R) Mark Owen, Gary Barlow and Howard Donald attend the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Pamela Anderson attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

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