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BAFTA 2025: The Brutalist and Conclave triumph
The BAFTA awards ceremony, the British Oscars assigned by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, has concluded. Hosted by actor David Tennant and held at the Royal Festival Hall in London, the evening saw two films triumph above all others, The Brutalist and Conclave, with four awards each.
Edward Berger’s Vatican drama Conclave was one of the big winners at the BAFTA Film Awards this evening, with four wins, including Best Film, the British Film Academy’s top prize. The film also won Outstanding British Film and Adapted Screenplay. Scroll down for the complete list of winners.
The film’s haul of four was matched by Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which landed wins in Best Director, Leading Actor for Adrien Broady, and Cinematography for Lol Crawley. Netflix’s beleaguered genre mash-up Emilia Perez won two awards: Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Film Not In The English Language, while A Real Pain won Best Supporting Actor for Kieran Culkin and Original Screenplay.
The first takes home the BAFTA for Best Director for Brady Corbet (already awarded the Silver Lion in Venice), Best Leading Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Photography and Best Soundtrack. Edward Berger’s film, on the other hand, won Best Film, Best British Film, Best Non-original Screenplay (confirming the victories at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards) and Best Editing.
Full Winners List
BEST FILM
CONCLAVE
LEADING ACTRESS
MIKEY MADISON Anora
LEADING ACTOR
ADRIEN BRODY The Brutalist
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
DAVID JONSSON
DIRECTOR
THE BRUTALIST Brady Corbet
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE SUBSTANCE Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
COSTUME DESIGN
WICKED Paul Tazewell
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
CONCLAVE Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
WANDER TO WONDER Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
BRITISH SHORT FILM
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WICKED Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
SOUND
DUNE: PART TWO Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
ORIGINAL SCORE
THE BRUTALIST Daniel Blumberg
DOCUMENTARY
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ZOE SALDAÑA Emilia Pérez
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
KIERAN CULKIN A Real Pain
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A REAL PAIN Written by Jesse Eisenberg
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CONCLAVE Screenplay by Peter Straughan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE BRUTALIST Lol Crawley
EDITING
CONCLAVE Nick Emerson
CASTING
ANORA Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EMILIA PÉREZ Jacques Audiard, TBD
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
ANIMATED FILM
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
DUNE: PART TWO Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
