We’re not even halfway through it yet, and already, this awards season has been a whirlwind to say the least. The Golden Globes took place just over a week ago – yes, really – but with the wildfires now raging across LA, they feel like a distant memory. Several celebrations, including the Critics’ Choice Awards and nominations announcements for the Oscars, Writers’ Guild Awards and Producers’ Guild Awards have, understandably, been postponed, but on 15 January, the latest event on the film industry’s calendar, the 2025 BAFTA nominations announcement, happened as planned, ahead of the ceremony on 16 February. Revealed by 2024’s EE Rising Star award winner Mia McKenna-Bruce and The White Lotus’s Will Sharpe, who reiterated that their thoughts were with all those currently in the LA area, the line-up included many expected contenders as well as a few surprises. See the list in full, below.
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
Children’s & Family Film
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
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
Director
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
Conclave, Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Leading Actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Demi Moore, The…
