The 2025 Baftas, hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant, are being held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London on 16 February, 2025, and the guests are arriving in force. Early arrivals include nominees Cynthia Erivo and Sebastian Stan, while musical guests Jeff Goldblum and Take That have hit the red carpet ahead of their performances.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards are the UK equivalent of the Oscars, honouring the best cinema of 2024, with Conclave leading the pack with 12 nominations in total. Netflix’s musical Emilia Pérez is also one of the big contenders on the night with 11 nominations, while historical epic The Brutalist is up for nine awards.
Pop icons Take That will perform Greatest Day from the soundtrack of Sean Baker’s seven-time nominated Anora, while Wicked star Jeff Goldblum is set to perform on the piano during the In Memoriam section.
Star Wars legend Warwick Davis will be awarded the Bafta Fellowship, while Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison, and Nabhaan Rizwan will be keeping their fingers’ crossed as they hope to win the public-voted EE Rising Star Award.
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Leading Actress nominee Demi Moore arrives at the 2025 Bafta Film Awards
Demi Moore attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall. (John Phillips/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA) Demi Moore, who is the hot favourite to win Best Actress for her work in The Substance, has arrived in a bejewelled multicoloured gown ahead of the 2025 Bafta Film Awards.
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Warwick Davis learned about Bafta Fellowship while using the loo
Warwick Davis attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. (Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images) British actor Warwick Davis, who is set to pick up the Bafta Fellowship, said he learned about his award while checking emails on the toilet.
The Harry Potter star told the PA news agency: “I found out last November, I was actually on the toilet reading my emails and received one from Bafta, with a letter attached, saying: “You’ve been awarded a fellowship.”
“I was excited but thought ‘hang on, it could be a scam’, so I checked the email address it come from, and it was indeed a Bafta email address.
“Then I got very excited and jumped off the loo and ran around the house telling the kids and the dog.”
Davis, who was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare bone disorder that results in dwarfism, said he hopes his award is also for his work as an actor as well as his activism.
“If I can have a sneaky bit of this Bafta for my performance work as well my advocacy, I’d be delighted.”
Read more: Warwick Davis’ most iconic roles as he receives Bafta Fellowship
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A closer look at Cynthia Erivo’s Bafta nails
Cynthia Erivo attending the 78th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. Picture date: Sunday February 16, 2025. Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has taken awards season by storm with her distinctive talon-like nails, and she showed off her bejewelled fingers for photographers.
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Warwick Davis arrives at the Baftas on a Segway
Warwick Davis attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall. (John Phillips/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA) Bafta Fellowship recipient Warwick Davis has arrived on the Bafta red carpet on a Segway. The British actor, comedian, presenter and producer will receive the arts charity’s most prestigious honour tonight.
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Pamela Anderson wears all white on the Bafta red carpet
Pamela Anderson attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Although many hoped Pamela Anderson would get a Best Actress nomination this year for her role in The Last Showgirl, the Baywatch star will instead be presenting an award at the Bafta Film Awards tonight.
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Thomasin McKenzie debuts buzzcut on Bafta red carpet
Thomasin McKenzie attending the 78th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images) New Zealand actor Thomasin McKenzie showed off her bold new haircut on the Bafta red carpet. The star of Last Night In Soho and Joy usually has long shoulder-length hair, but appears to have had a drastic buzzcut in recent weeks.
The 24-year-old is presenting an award at tonight’s Bafta Film Awards.
Full list of Bafta nominations
EE Bafta Film Awards 2025 nominations
Best Film
Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
The Brutalist – TBD
A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
Emilia Pérez – TBD
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 Mike Goodridge, Alan Mcalex]
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 (Ainda Estou Aqui) – 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, Tbd
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 Zibalodis, 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 Zibalodis, 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
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Conclave – Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Original Screenplay
Anora – Written By Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Written By Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Kneecap – Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story By Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó
Hannaidh, Jj Ó Dochartaigh
A Real Pain – Written By Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Written By Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown – Screenplay By James Mangold And Jay Cocks
Conclave – Screenplay By Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez – Written By Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – Screenplay By Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Screenplay By Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story By Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar,
Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
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
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
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
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
Casting
Anora – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez
Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap – Carla Stronge
Cinematography
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
Editing
Anora – Sean Baker
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Kneecap – Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
Costume Design
Blitz – Jacqueline Durran
A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell
Make Up & Hair
Dune: Part Two – Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain
Marietti
Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
Original Score
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez – Camille, Clément Ducol
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
Production Design
The Brutalist – Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
Conclave – Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop
Wicked – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
Sound
Blitz – John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
Dune: Part Two – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Gladiator II – Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
The Substance – Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle
Villard
Wicked – Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
Special Visual Effects
Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Gladiator II – Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
Wicked – Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
British Short Animation
Adiós – José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
Mog’s Christmas – Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
Wander To Wonder – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
British Short Film
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing – Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
Marion – Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
Milk – Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
Rock, Paper, Scissors- Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
Stomach Bug – Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
The ten films with the most nominations are:
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12 nominations for Conclave
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11 nominations for Emilia Pérez
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Nine nominations for The Brutalist
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Seven nominations for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked
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Six nominations for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap
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Five nominations for Nosferatu and The Substance
The following films also nominated include:
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Three nominations for The Apprentice, Blitz, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot
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Two nominations for Flow, Hard Truths, The Outrun and A Real Pain
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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
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· 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
