The biggest night in British film, the 2025 BAFTAs, is always influential but, this year, this star-studded ceremony comes at a particularly significant juncture. A truncated awards season, post-Golden Globes and in the wake of the devastating LA wildfires, has resulted in a highly unpredictable race: there have been a flurry of scandals which have harmed Oscar frontrunners including Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist, and then the shocking twist of the Critics’ Choice Awards, Directors’ Guild of America Awards and Producers Guild Awards all anointing the same release, one which had hitherto fallen behind its competition: Sean Baker’s Anora. In the run-up to the British Academy Film Awards, the question swirled: will this event confirm the latter’s surge and give it yet another boost ahead of the Academy Awards, or will another dark horse emerge and upend everything?
Below, see all of the winners from the 2025 BAFTAs.
Best Film
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
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
Kneecap
Monkey Man
Santosh
Sister Midnight
Best Children’s & Family Film
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Film Not in the English Language
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Documentary
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Best Animated Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Director
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
Conclave, Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Best Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best Leading Actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Demi Moore, The Substance
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Best Leading Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Supporting Actor
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Yura Borisov, Anora
EE Rising Star Award
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
Best Casting
Anora
The Apprentice
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Kneecap
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
Best Costume Design
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Editing
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap
Best Make-Up & Hair
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best Original Score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Special Visual Effects
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best Sound
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked
Best British Short Animation
Adiós
Mog’s Christmas
Wander to Wonder
Best British Short Film
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug
This article was originally published in British Vogue.
