BAFTA 2025 longlist of nominees announced

 «Emilia Perez», «The Brutalist,» and more

The awards season is drawing closer, and it’s time for viewers to make their predictions about the winners, while film critics decide who deserves the honors. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has released the longlist of films, actors, and directors competing for this year’s awards.

Leading the season is the musical «Emilia Perez,» which has been nominated in 15 categories. Notably, the film has also been selected as France’s entry for the Oscars. Another strong contender is the film «Anora,» starring Russian actors, which has secured eight nominations. Critics in Los Angeles and Boston previously named it the year’s best film.

Among the 10 actresses vying for Best Actress are Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, and Carla Sofia Gascon. Meanwhile, the Best Actor category includes stars like Adrien Brody, Daniel Craig, Hugh Grant, Timothée Chalamet, Ralph Fiennes, and others.

Best Film

• Anora
• The Apprentice: The Trump Story
• The Brutalist
• Bob Dylan: Complete Unknown
• The Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Perez
• Kneecap
• The Substance
• Wicked: The Witch

Best British Film

• Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
• The Bird
• Blitz
• States Uprising
• The Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Harsh Truths
• Lee
• Love, Lies, and Bloodshed
• Escape from Yourself
• Paddington in Peru
• Wallace & Gromit: A Fowl Revenge
• A Time to Live
• Wicked Little Letters
• Dune: Part Two

Best Children’s and Family Film

• The Stream: The Last Cat on Earth
• Kensuke’s Kingdom
• Piece by Piece
• Enchanted
• That Christmas
• Wallace & Gromit: A Fowl Revenge
• The Wild Robot
• The Girl and the Sea

Best Non-English Language Film

• Everything We Imagine as Light
• Black Dog
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• The Stream: The Last Cat on Earth
• The Girl with the Needle
• I’m Still Here
• Kneecap
• Chimera
• The Sacred Fig Seed

Best Documentary

• The Bibi Files
• Black Box Diaries
• Daughters
• Elton John: It’s Never Too Late
• Me: Céline Dion
• Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
• No Other Earth
• The Extraordinary Life of Ibelin
• Will & Harper

Best Animated Film

• Despicable Me 4
• The Stream: The Last Cat on Earth
• Inside Out 2
• The Snail’s Memoirs
• Moana 2
• That Christmas
• Wallace & Gromit: A Fowl Revenge
• The Extraordinary Life of Ibelin
• The Wild Robot

Best Director

• Payal Kapadia, Everything We Imagine as Light
• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
• Edward Berger, The Conclave
• Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
• Alice Rohrwacher, Chimera
• Ellen Kuras, Lee
• Nora Fingscheidt, Escape from Yourself
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

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Best Actress

• Amy Adams, Night Bitch
• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: The Witch
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Carla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
• Kate Winslet, Lee
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Harsh Truths
• Marisa Abela, Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Nicole Kidman, The Good Bad Girl
• Saoirse Ronan, Escape from Yourself

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Daniel Craig, Queer
• Dev Patel, Monkyman
• Hugh Grant, The Heretic
• Jude Law, The Queen’s Gambit
• Kingsley Ben-Adir, Bob Marley: One Love
• Ralph Fiennes, The Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice: The Trump Story
• Timothée Chalamet, Bob Dylan: Complete Unknown

Best Supporting Actress

• Adriana Paz, Emilia Perez
• Ariana Grande, Wicked: The Witch
• Emily Watson, Little Things Like These
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini, The Conclave
• Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Dancer
• Margaret Qualley, The Substance
• Michelle Austin, Harsh Truths
• Selena Gomez, Emilia Perez
• Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Best Supporting Actor

• Clarence McClain, Sing Sing
• Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
• Edward Norton, Bob Dylan: Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
• Harris Dickinson, The Good Bad Girl
• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice: The Trump Story
• Kieran Culkin, True Pain
• Mark Edelstein, Anora
• Stanley Tucci, The Conclave
• Yuri Borisov, Anora

The awards ceremony will take place on February 16.