Carl Roberts 
The nominations for this year’s EE BAFTA Film Awards have been announced. Did your favourite get a nod? Find out here.
BAFTA today announces the nominations for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 42 films received nominations today.
The ten films with the most nominations are:
12 nominations for Conclave
11 nominations for Emilia Pérez
Nine nominations for The Brutalist
Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked
Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap
Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance
The following films also nominated include:
Three nominations for The Apprentice, Blitz, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot
Two nominations for Flow, Hard Truths, The Outrun and A Real Pain
One nomination for each of the following: All We Imagine As Light, Better Man, Bird, Black Box Diaries, Daughters, Heretic, Hoard, I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), Inside Out 2, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Last Showgirl, Lee, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, No Other Land, Santosh, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sister Midnight, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper
The following British shorts were nominated:
Adiós, The Flowers Stand Silently Witnessing, Marion, Milk, Mog’s Christmas, Rock Paper Scissors, Stomach Bug and Wander To Wonder
FIRST BAFTA NOMINATIONS
14 out of 24 nominees in the performance categories have received their first BAFTA Film nomination, including:
Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).
Two former EE Rising Stars are nominated:
Cynthia Erivo (2019), and Timothée Chalamet (2018).
In the Best Director category, three of the six are first-time Director nominees (and nominees for Original Screenplay):
Sean Baker (Anora) (who has the most nominations this year, with five), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).
BAFTA Breakthroughs are well represented:
Luna Carmoon, (Director/Writer, Hoard), Natalie Rae and Angela Patton (Directors, Daughters) are Breakthrough participants from 2024 and Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer, The Outrun), Rose Glass (Director/Screenwriter, Love Lies Bleeding) and Oliver Kassman Producer, Love Lies Bleeding) are Breakthrough participants from 2019.
JANE MILLICHIP
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said:
“The 42 films nominated today span a fantastically broad spectrum of genres with enormous breadth in creative expression; from the most intimate character pieces to epic societal commentaries via genre-bending dramas, musicals and comedies. The film industry has delivered in spades once again. We look forward to acknowledging this amazing body of work at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. With just over a month to go, we encourage film fans everywhere to watch as many films as possible – there really is something for everyone. And, depending where in the world you live, please tune in on 16 February to BBC One, iPlayer, BritBox, and many other platforms worldwide.”
SARA PUTT
Sara Putt, Chair of BAFTA, said:
“From a total of 235 films entered, we are delighted to announce 42 extraordinary and creatively ambitious films that have been nominated. The skills on display from creative and technical practitioners across the board are phenomenal. I look forward to celebrating the many talented people in front of and behind the camera at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 ceremony on 16 February.”
ANNA HIGGS
Anna Higgs, Chair of BAFTA Film Committee, added:
“Congratulations to all the 42 films nominated today. The selection of films is an incredible showcase of the very best in creative talent working in filmmaking today in Britain and globally. I’m delighted that 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories are receiving their first BAFTA film nomination and that 12 of the nominated films are directed by women. Our BAFTA voting members now have the unenviable task of selecting the winners which will be celebrated at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards on 16 February.”
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD
The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award were announced on 7 January as Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison, and Nabhaan Rizwan. It is the only award voted for by the British public and it is presented annually to a performer who has demonstrated exceptional talent early in their careers. Voting is now open at ee.co.uk/bafta.
Actors Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe announced the nominations via a live broadcast from BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in London earlier today.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will once again be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London, and broadcast on Sunday 16 February 2025 on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, stream on BritBox International in North America, and be available on BritBox on demand in the Nordics and Australia.
THE NOMINATIONS
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
CONCLAVE
EMELIA PEREZ
NICKEL BOYS
SING SING
ANIMATED FILM
FLOW
INSIDE OUT 2
THE WILD ROBOT
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
BEST FILM
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
ANORA
CONCLAVE
EMELIA PEREZ
THE BRUTALIST
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
ADIOS
MOG’S CHRISTMAS
WANDER TO WONDER
BRITISH SHORT FILM
MARION
MILK
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
STOMACH BUG
THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING
CASTING
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
ANORA
CONCLAVE
KNEECAP
THE APPRENTICE
CHILDREN & FAMILY FILM
FLOW
KENSUJE’S KINGDOM
THE WILD ROBOT
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CONCLAVE
DUNE PART TWO
EMELIA PEREZ
NOSFERATU
THE BRUTALIST
COSTUME DESIGN
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
BLITZ
CONCLAVE
NOSFERATU
WICKED
DIRECTOR
ANORA-SEAN BAKER
CONCLAVE-EDWARD BERGER
DUNE PART TWO-DENIS VILLENEUVE
EMELIA PEREZ-JACQUES AUDLARD
THE BRUTALIST-BRADY CORBETT
THE SUBSTANCE-CORALIE FARGEAT
DOCUMENTARY
BLACK BOX DIARIES
DAUGHTERS
NO OTHER LAND
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
WILL & HARPER
EDITING
ANORA
CONCLAVE
DUNE PART TWO
EMELIA PEREZ
KNEECAP
EE RISING STAR AWARD
MARISA ABELA
JHARREL JEROME
DAVID JONSSON
MIKEY MADISON
NABHAAN RIZWAN
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
EMELIA PEREZ
I’M STILL HERE (AINDA ESTOU AQUI)
KNEECAP
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
LEADING ACTOR
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET
RALPH FIENNES
HUGH GRANT
COLMAN DOMINGO
SEBASTIAN STAN
ADRIEN BRODY
LEADING ACTRESS
MIKEY MADISON
KARLA SOFIA GASCON
MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE
SAORSIE RONAN
DEMI MOORE
CYNTHIA ERIVO
MAKEUP & HAIR
DUNE PART TWO
EMELIA PEREZ
NOSFERATU
THE SUBSTANCE
WICKED
ORIGINAL SCORE
CONCLAVE
EMELIA PEREZ
NOSFERATU
THE BRUTALIST
THE WILD ROBOT
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A REAL PAIN
ANORA
KNEECAP
THE BRUTALIST
THE SUBSTANCE
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
KNEECAP-RICH PEPPIATT
MONKEY MAN-DEV PATEL
SANTOSH-SANDHYA SURI, JAMES BOWSHER, BALTHAZAR DE GANAY
SISTER MIDNIGHT-KARAN KANDHARI
PRODUCTION DESIGN
CONCLAVE
DUNE PART TWO
NOSFERATU
THE BRUTALIST
WICKED
SOUND
BLITZ
DUNE PART TWO
GLADIATOR II
THE SUBSTANCE
WICKED
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BETTER MAN
DUNE PART TWO
GLADIATOR II
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
WICKED
SUPPORTING ACTOR
EDWARD NORTON
KIERAN CULKIN
YURA BORISOV
CLARENCE MACLIN
JEREMY STRONG
GUY PEARCE
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
SELENA GOMEZ
ZOE SALDANA
FELICITY JONES
JAMIE LEE CURTIS
ARIANA GRANDE
Winners will be announced on Sunday 16 February on BBC One and iPlayer and @BAFTA
Introducing Carl! As the News Editor at Future of the Force, Carl has been an invaluable member of our team since early 2016. His expertise and dedication have made him an integral part of our editorial staff. Beyond his professional role, Carl is a fervent supporter of Liverpool F.C. and an avid follower of pop culture. He has a deep passion for Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the iconic movie franchises Star Wars and Star Trek.
He can be found either at his neighborhood cinema, enjoying the latest releases on the big screen, or at home streaming the newest blockbuster movies.
