Conclave and Emilia Pérez lead the 2025 Bafta Film Awards shortlist with 12 and 11 nominations respectively, while The Brutalist gets nine nods
All three are nominated for best picture, along with Anora and A Complete Unknown
In the leading actress category, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo is nominated, along with Demi Moore and Saoirse Ronan
Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Grant and Adrien Brody are among the nominees for best actor - but Daniel Craig misses out for his role in Queer
The winners will be revealed on 16 February at a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at London's Royal Festival Hall
Looking ahead: "Perhaps the most interesting and exciting thing about this year's awards season is its unpredictability," writes Steven McIntosh - read his analysis on which film could claim Oscars glory
Image source, Getty ImagesSelena Gomez is nominated for supporting actress as a result of her role in Emilia Perez
Here are the nominees in the category of best supporting actress:
Image source, Getty ImagesBrady Corbet has already picked up a Golden Globe for his directing of The Brutalist
The magicians behind the camera who have been nominated for an award this year are:
This is the first new award category introduced at the Baftas in five years. Here's who might take home the inaugural honour:
Image source, ReutersSpanish-language musical Emilia Pérez also did well at the Golden Globes
Here's are the nominations for foreign language films:
Image source, ReutersTimothee Chalamet took a turn as Bob Dylan in this biopic
Here are the films nominated in the adapted screenplay category:
Image source, ReutersZendaya starred as a ruthless tennis coach in Challengers
Some big titles are battling for the honour of best original screenplay:
Image source, Getty ImagesKneecap tells the story of an Irish-speaking hip-hop trio
The following films from emerging talent have been selected by the Baftas:
Here are the confirmed nominations for the rising star award:
Image source, Getty ImagesMarisa Abela portrayed Amy Winehouse in the Back to Black biopic
Here we go: the nomination announcements are about to begin.
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Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesOne big question mark is whether Denzel Washington will show up in the best supporting actor category for Gladiator II.
Despite a decades-long career, Washington has never been nominated for a Bafta.
Compare that with the Oscars, where he has had received nine nominations as an actor (plus one more as a producer), winning twice for Glory and Training Day.
Gladiator II could be the film that finally earns him a Bafta nomination, although it’s worth noting the film has somewhat fizzled out this awards season. Washington is one of the only “above-the-line” longlist mentions for the film, which has mostly featured in the technical categories.
Washington faces competition from actors such as Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist).
Adam Goldsmith
Live reporter
We're moments away now from finding out which films and their stars have been nominated for this year's Bafta awards.
Today is a prelude to the ceremony that takes place on 16 February - so while it's not a champagne popping moment just yet, there's plenty to be excited about.
The nominees we're about to see were selected by British Academy members. The awards are usually a strong indicator of what might perform well at the Oscars in March - last year’s top six categories aligned perfectly.
The awards longlist was announced in January - when Emilia Pérez, a Spanish language musical about a cartel leader’s new life as a trans woman, picked up 15 nominations - let's see if that carries through to the shortlists.
We're about 10 minutes from the main event - you've still got time to get yourself up to speed with this year’s unpredictable race. You can click watch live at the top of this page to follow along.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Kieran Culkin may earn a nomination for his role in A Real Pain
The frontrunner in the best supporting actor category is Kieran Culkin, the actor best known for his role as the snarky Roman Roy in HBO's Succession.
He could secure a nomination for his performance in the excellent A Real Pain, about two cousins dealing with grief on a trip across Poland.
But one of Culkin's competitors is his own Succession co-star Jeremy Strong, who could be recognised for his terrific performance in The Apprentice as lawyer Roy Cohn, who mentored Donald Trump in his younger years.
And what of the pair's on-screen sister Sarah Snook? Well, she has a film in the awards race too, although not in the acting categories. The Australian voices the main character in the bizarre but brilliant Memoir of a Snail, which could be nominated for best animated film.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, Universal PicturesAriana Grande could be Bafta-nominated for her performance in Wicked as Glinda
Two of the biggest pop stars of the last 15 years are in contention for best supporting actress this year.
Ariana Grande could be Bafta-nominated for her performance in Wicked as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
Meanwhile, Selena Gomez is longlisted for her role in Emilia Pérez, portraying the wife of a drug lord who wants to leave the world of crime to start a new life as a woman.
Her co-star Zoe Saldaña is the current frontrunner to win the Oscar in this category. She took home the Golden Globe earlier this month and has garnered significant goodwill from voters due to her roles in major box office successes such as the Avatar and Marvel films.
But it’s a competitive category, with Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Margaret Qualley (The Substance), and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl) also in the running.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, Focus FeaturesBased on Robert Harris's bestselling novel, Conclave explores the secretive process behind a Pope's election
Established directors often have an easier time securing award nominations – names such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson tend to appear repeatedly.
This year, however, many of the major contenders for best director could be first-time Oscar nominees.
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) and Sean Baker (Anora) might all be recognised in the category.
Other potential nominees who made the longlist include Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two), Nora Fingscheidt (The Outrun) and Globe nominee Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light).
But there is one face more familiar to Bafta – Edward Berger is an extremely strong contender for his film Conclave, having won the Bafta for his previous movie All Quiet on the Western Front.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, MubiIn The Substance, Demi Moore plays a fading TV star who goes to extreme measures to achieve youth and beauty
There are six nomination slots available in every acting category at the Baftas, one more than the Oscars, which means there is extra room for some fun surprises.
Stars like Demi Moore (The Substance), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) and Mikey Madison (Anora) are considered strong contenders in the best actress race this year - and all have a good shot of getting in at Bafta.
But there's still a chance for longlisters such as Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), for her performance as an irritable woman struggling with depression, and Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun) for playing a young alcoholic who returns to Scotland.
Kate Winslet (Lee) also has a chance of making it into the category for her role as journalist Lee Miller, as do Amy Adams (Nightbitch) and Nicole Kidman (Babygirl). A nomination for Marisa Abela, for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, would be a particular surprise.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, A24Adrien Brody as a Hungarian architect in The Brutalist
This year’s best actor category is widely seen as fairly locked down by contenders such as Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) for his role as a Hungarian architect, and Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) for playing a prison inmate who enrols in a performing arts programme.
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) could be recognised for his portrayal of singer Bob Dylan in the early 1960s, while Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) is longlisted for portraying Donald Trump in his younger years.
British stars in the race include Daniel Craig (Queer), who plays a gay man venturing into the jungle in search of a plant with telepathic qualities, and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), a cardinal overseeing the race to elect a new Pope.
But don’t rule out Bafta backing one or two of the outsiders, such as Hugh Grant (Heretic), Dev Patel (Monkey Man), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Bob Marley: One Love) and Jude Law (Firebrand). All are British, and if any of them were to spring a surprise nomination, the Baftas would be the most likely place for it to happen.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Doctor Who star is taking the reins at the Bafta Film Awards for the second year running.
He’s the first to host back-to-back Bafta ceremonies since Joanna Lumley, who fronted the show in 2018 and 2019.
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Image source, NetflixEmilia Pérez is one of the films appearing most frequently on the longlist
Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical about a Mexican cartel leader who leaves the world of crime to live a new life as a trans woman, is the frontrunner at Bafta after receiving the highest number of longlist mentions.
It was closely followed by Conclave, about a gossipy and scheming group of cardinals who gather in Rome to elect a new Pope, and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which charts the singer's rise to fame in the 1960s.
The Brutalist, about a Hungarian architect who is hired by a wealthy American after World War Two, and body horror The Substance, which sees a woman take a black-market drug to create a younger and more beautiful version of herself, also featured heavily in the longlists.
They were joined by blockbusters Wicked, the origin story of the Wizard of Oz character Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and the sandy sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two.
Anora, which follows the whirlwind romance of a young couple who meet in a strip club, and Gladiator II, about the grandson of Rome's former emperor being forced into slavery, also secured a high number of longlist places.
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is one of the films that has made it on to the longlist for the Children's and Family Film award
Before we dive into this year’s nominations, there’s a big change to the line up worth noting.
This year, a new category is up for grabs: Children’s and Family Film. The category celebrates the best films charming young audiences and their parents. This marks the first new film category at the Baftas in five years, following the introduction of the Casting award.
Bafta says this new accolade will "profile the essential creative contributions of the children’s media sector".
Image source, Getty ImagesWinning a Bafta award isn’t just about a panel picking something brilliant. Oh no, it’s a multi-stage marathon – like the creation of great art, it takes time.
First, entries opened on 2 August last year. Then came round one voting, which began on 6 December.
On 3 January, we got the longlist, external. Cue round two voting.
Now, we’re eagerly awaiting the nominations announcement.
What’s next? Round three voting, opening a week later on 22 January.
And then, the big day: the winners will be announced on the evening of 16 February.