BAFTA Noms: ‘Conclave' and ‘Emilia Perez' Dominate; ‘Wicked' and Denzel Snubbed

As American awards, such as DGA, PGA and Oscars, are still figuring out how to proceed amid the L.A. fires, their British counterpart announced the 2025 BAFTA nominations on Wednesday morning

BAFTA is a big deal if you follow the Oscar race. Last year, BAFTA members made up around half (325) of the UK Academy voters (650). There has definitely been a rise in the number of international voters in the Oscar race, the UK bloc is the largest, followed by various European and Scandinavian countries. So, today’s shortlist could have a major impact in how the Oscar nominations might turn out.

Expectedly leading the way this morning were “Conclave” with 12 nominations, Emilia Pérez” with 11, and “The Brutalist” with nine. “Anora,” and “Dune: Part Two” received seven nominations.

“Wicked” was shut out from the Best Film category. It was the major snub of the morning. Other notable omissions include “Challengers,” which received zero nominations; The most surprising snubbed actors were Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”) and Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”).

It’s hard to believe, but Denzel Washington has never been nominated for a BAFTA, and that’s despite delivering impressive performances in “Malcolm X,” “Glory,” “Training Day,” “The Hurricane,” “Flight,” “American Gangster,” and “Fences.”

“The Last Showgirl” actress Pamela Anderson was snubbed by BAFTA, but her co-star Jamie Lee Curtis was nominated in the Supporting Actress category. “The Apprentice” also found support, with nominations for Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.

However, the biggest surprise has got to be Hugh Grant (“Heretic”) being nominated in the Best Actor category. Clearly, there’s a bit of British bias in his amassing of votes, but it’s an excellent genre performance that didn’t get talked about enough during awards season. I doubt an Oscar nomination is happening, but it’s nice to see him get recognized here.

Denis Villeneuve was actually nominated in the Best Director category, his first BAFTA nod. It should be noted that there were six nominees this year in the category, and if there were just five then either Villeneuve or Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”) would have probably not made it.

The Bafta Film Award will take place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London on Sunday, February 16, 2025.

BEST FILM

Anora
The Brutalist 
A Complete Unknown 
Conclave
Emilia Pérez 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

All We Imagine As Light — Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim 
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard 
I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) — Walter Salles 
Kneecap — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei 

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

Sean Baker, Anora 
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Edward Berger, Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part 2
Jacques Audiard, Emelia Pérez 
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

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  
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 

CASTING

Anora
The Apprentice
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Kneecap

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Brutalist — Lol Crawley 
Conclave — Stéphane Fontaine 
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser 
Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume 
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke 

EDITING

Anora — Sean Baker 
Conclave — Nick Emerson 
Dune: Part Two — Joe Walker 
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling 
Kneecap — Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill