Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Bafta Award Ceremony

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We're now hearing the awards for sound and original score being announced, courtesy of actors Will Poulter and Nico Parker.

The winner for sound goes to Dune: Part Two - a second win of the night for the Hollywood blockbuster.

The other nominees were: Blitz, Gladiator II, The Substance and Wicked.

The winner for original score goes to Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist.

He saw out competition from Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Camille and Clement Ducol for Emilia Perez, Robin Carolan for Nosferatu and Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot.

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

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The star of Emilia Pérez should be basking in the awards glow.

She's a best actress nominee at the Baftas and the Oscars - and, as we've just learned, the film she starred in just won the Bafta for best film not in the English language.

Instead, she was not even on the list to turn up at the awards in London today, after derogatory remarks she posted on social media resurfaced and derailed her campaign.

In an effort to protect the film’s other haul of nominations - 11 from Bafta, 13 from the Academy - she’s been sidelined by Netflix.

The film’s director, Jacques Audiard, said the comments were “inexcusable” and that he hadn’t spoken to her and “I don’t want to”.

Zoe Saldana looks set to take best supporting actress, unless this row has significantly put voters off.

It’s a sorry saga for the first openly trans person to get an acting nomination. It has also left film insiders asking why the teams around her didn’t check Gascon’s social media profile ahead of time - and ensure that anything difficult was deleted.

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Bafta Award Ceremony

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The award for film not in English has been announced as Emilia Perez - a clear favourite going into the ceremony given the rave critical reviews it was metwith.

The director of the musical, Jacques Audiard, speaks through a translator and says "he's very much touched" by the recognition.

He thanks the Baftas, "everyone who worked tirelessly on the film", and Karla Sofia Gascon among the other stars.

The other nominees in the category were: All We Imagine as Light, I'm Still Here, Kneecap and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Baftas

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We are now on to the award for production design, which is being announced by actress Marisa Tomei.

The nominees were: Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia for The Brutalist, Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter for Conclave, Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau for Dune: Part Two and Craig Lathrop for Nosferatu.

And the winner is Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked - the first award of the night for the blockbuster hit.

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Bafta Award Ceremony

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And we have some more winner - for children's and family film, which is presented by singer Camila Cabello, and outstanding debut by a British writer, presented by Emilia Perez co-stars Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana.

The winner of children's and family film goes to Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

The other nominees were Flow, Kensuke's Kingdom and The Wild Robot.

Next up, the winner of outstanding debut by a British writer is Rich Peppiatt for Kneecap.

Accepting the award, Peppiatt says "Kneecap is more than a film, it's a movement".

He says, everyone should have their language and culture respected, before adding: "This award is dedicated for everyone fighting that fight".

The nominees in the category were: Luna Carmoon for Hoard, Dev Patel for Monkey Man, Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher and Balthazar de Ganay for Santosh and Karan Khadhari for Sister Midnight.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

Before starting in Crazy Rich Asians and Last Christmas, Henry Golding was a presenter on the BBC’s The Travel Show.

He isn’t nominated tonight but is “along for the ride”, he tells us on the red carpet.

“I've just moved back to the UK, so this is my first time here as a resident since 2008,” he explains.

As for those rumours of a possible Crazy Rich Asians sequel, he says: “I’ve heard rumblings that something might be happening, but nothing specific.”

Keep us posted, Henry...

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Bafta Award Ceremony

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Ralph Fiennes has presented the first Bafta award of the night for special visual effects.

The nominees were: Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Wicked.

The first award winner of tonight is sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two.

Paul Lambert, visual effects supervisor, speaking on stage, says: "Thank you to Bafta for this amazing honour."

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

Best supporting actress nominee Felicity Jones stars in The Brutalist - which at three-and-a-half hours long even has an interval.

She jokes that she was initially confused when director Brady Corbet said he had an amazing character for her - but then found that she didn’t appear until the second act.

“I was about 30 pages in and I was like, when is this character going to arrive?!” she jokes.

“But then she arrives after the interval with full force.”

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

More from the red carpet while we await the first results.

British actor Adam Pearson recently starred in the terrific A Different Man, which won his co-star Sebastian Stan a Golden Globe last month.

“It’s been a cracking year for cinema,” Pearson says. “There’s a lot of talent here.”

It sounds as if he might be rooting for one film in particular tonight: “I won’t be too upset if Nosferatu wins at the end of the day.”

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

While we wait for the first awards, we're taking you back to the red carpet briefly.

Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham spoke to us - carrying miniatures of Wallace, Gromit, Norbot the smart gnome, and one of the greatest movie villains of all time: Feathers McGraw.

“We’re very proud that friends and family come together to watch our creation, it really does mean a lot to us,” says Park.

“It’s a cliche but it’s an honour just to be nominated.”

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is up for best animated film, as well as a new category which recognises children’s and family films.

How soon could we see the cheese-loving pair back on our screens?

“No promises but watch this space,” teases Crossingham, adding: “We’ve always got more ideas.”

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting from the Bafta Award Ceremony

The 2025 Bafta Film Awards have officially started.

David Tennant walked into the Royal Festival Hall to applause wearing a kilt while singing I'm Gonna Be, by The Proclaimers.

He is joined by actors James McAvoy, Colman Domingo and other stars before receiving a rapturous applause from audience.

"We're joined by the brightest and biggest stars", he says.

"Tonight we honour the very finest actors, directors and producers in film".

The Bafta ceremony is just getting under way but the televised coverage won't air for another two hours.

Our team is in the room and we'll be reporting the awards in real-time on this page.

So if you're planning on settling down to watch the televised coverage later, be warned - there will be spoilers.

We'd love to have you, of course - but look away now if you don't want to know the winners until later.

Noor Nanji
BBC News Culture reporter

Mark Eydelshteyn says it was “very difficult and challenging” to play the role of Vanya in Anora.

He took on the role of the son of a Russian oligarch, who marries New York stripper Anora, played by Mikey Madison.

The film is up for seven awards tonight, including best picture.

Eydelshteyn, 22, said they all wanted to do the film “better and better every day".

“But now we’re realizing that every day, more and more people can watch it and it’s for everyone, and it’s themes and feelings and emotions, clear for everybody all over the world. And that’s a big deal.”

Best actor contender Ralph Fiennes is nominated for his role in Conclave as Cardinal Lawrence, who oversees the selection of a new Pope.

“I think in any power structure, if there’s a top job, inevitably there’s going to be manoeuvring to get it,” he reflects.

“It was a wonderful part, as soon as I read the script I could see its value as a role.”

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet says he’s thrilled with how the film has been received.

“You try not to anticipate how an audience will react, but the reaction has been great,” he says.

He draws a parallel with the movie’s lead character, noting: “The role of architect and director are very similar jobs.

"It requires a lot of finance and infrastructure.”

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat is by far the most sensibly-dressed person on the red carpet so far, wearing a nice thick coat over her gown.

She says it has been an “amazing journey” seeing the film’s success through awards season.

The movie’s star Demi Moore is the current best actress front-runner.

“The movie was very risk taking, and I think Demi went all in and took the risk the movie needed,” Fargeat says.

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

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A woman has never won a Bafta or an Oscar for cinematography.

There have been nominations; in 2023, Mandy Walker for Elvis, in 2022 Ari Wegner for The Power of the Dog. Both are Australian, sadly neither made history with a win.

This year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts hasn’t even nominated a woman in the category so we already know there will be no records broken for female cinematography in 2025.

Only three female directors have ever won an Oscar or Bafta in the directing category; Kathryn Bigelow, Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion.

This year, the French director Coralie Fargeat is the only woman nominated for best director.

She’s behind the zany, macabre thriller about ageing for which Demi Moore is tipped to win a best actress Bafta tonight.

Coralie Fargeat told me the film world needs “a revolution” to ensure female talent is given the opportunity, promotion and rewards.

Claire Graham
reporting from the Bafta Film Awards

There was excitement in the air at the pre-awards event for Kneecap and the entire production.

This feels like one of the final milestones along the journey for the cast and crew.

The Belfast language hip-hop trio has six nominations for their Irish-language film, based on a semi-fictionalised account of how the band was formed.

The film made headlines last year when the rap group won its discrimination case against the UK government over a decision by then minister Kemi Badenoch to withdraw an arts grant in November 2024.

Kneecap tell the BBC it would be a coup for an Irish language film to win a British award.

They added the last year has felt like blink and you would miss it, but said just being nominated for a Bafta is itself a win.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

We already know one winner tonight - Warwick Davis. He will be receiving the Bafta fellowship, which is the British Academy’s highest honour.

Davis says when he first received the email about it from Bafta, he didn’t believe it because he thought it “could be a scam”.

He only realised it was real after double checking the email address.