Papal drama Conclave has emerged as the front runner for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards with 12 nominations, including best actor for Ralph Fiennes.
Mexico-set musical Emilia Perez is just behind with 11 nominations, followed by architect drama The Brutalist with nine.
A total of 42 films have been nominated for the BAFTAs which take place on 16 February.
Based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris, Conclave’s nominations also include best film, best director for Edward Berger and best supporting actress for Isabella Rossellini.
Emilia Perez, which tells the story of a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes gender affirmation surgery, has best actress nominations for Karla Sofía Gascón and for co-stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez in the supporting actress category.
The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody as a Hungarian architect attempting to build a life in the US after the Second World War, has nine nominations - including best film and best actor, and supporting nods for co-stars Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.
Elsewhere there are seven nominations each for Wicked, Anora and Dune: Part Two, six for A Complete Unknown and Kneecap, and five for Nosferatu and The Substance.
The Apprentice, Blitz, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot have three nominations each.
The best film category is comprised of Conclave, Emilia Perez, sex worker drama Anora, The Brutalist and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
In the best director category, Conclave's Edward Berger is in the running alongside Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two, Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez, Coralie Fargeat for The Substance and Sean Baker for Anora.
Among distributors, Universal Pictures leads the pack with a total of 32 nominations for films including Wicked, Anora, The Brutalist and Wild Robot. Netflix follows with 16 nominations for films including Emilia Perez and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
BAFTA Film nominations 2025 in full
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
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
Director
Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
Conclave - Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Hoard
Kneecap
Monkey Man
Santosh
Sister Midnight
Film not in the English language
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Documentary
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Animated film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Children's and family film
Flow
Kensuke's Kingdom
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Original screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance
Adapted screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
EE Bafta rising star award (voted for by the public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
Original score
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
Conclave - Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez - Camille, Clément Ducol
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers
Casting
Anora
The Apprentice
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Kneecap
Cinematography
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
Costume design
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked
Editing
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap
Production design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Make-up and hair
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
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
British short film
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug
British short animation
Adiós
Mog's Christmas
Wander to Wonder
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