Conclave’s BAFTA triumph could be a game-changer for the Oscars race.
The 78th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have thrown the 2025 Oscars race into even greater uncertainty, as Conclave emerged as the night’s biggest winner, taking home Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. Once considered an outsider, Conclave’s BAFTA sweep has now propelled it into serious contention for the Oscars.
Here is the full list of BAFTA winners:
Best film
Winner: Conclave
- Anora 
- The Brutalist 
- A Complete Unknown 
- Emilia Pérez 
Outstanding British film
Winner: Conclave
- Bird 
- Blitz 
- Gladiator II 
- Hard Truths 
- Kneecap 
- Lee 
- Love Lies Bleeding 
- The Outrun 
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 
Leading actress
Winner: Mikey Madison - Anora
- Cynthia Erivo - Wicked 
- Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez 
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths 
- Demi Moore - The Substance 
- Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun 
Leading actor
Winner: 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
Winner: Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
- Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez 
- Ariana Grande - Wicked 
- Felicity Jones - The Brutalist 
- Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl 
- Isabella Rossellini - Conclave 
Supporting actor
Winner: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
- Yura Borisov - Anora 
- Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing 
- Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown 
- Guy Pearce - The Brutalist 
- Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice 
Director
Winner: The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
- Anora - Sean Baker 
- Conclave - Edward Berger 
- Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve 
- Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard 
- The Substance - Coralie Fargeat 
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: Kneecap
- Hoard 
- Monkey Man 
- Santosh 
- Sister Midnight 
Film not in the English language
Winner: Emilia Pérez
- All We Imagine As Light 
- I'm Still Here 
- Kneecap 
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig 
Documentary
Winner: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- Black Box Diaries 
- Daughters 
- No Other Land 
- Will & Harper 
Animated film
Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- Flow 
- Inside Out 2 
- The Wild Robot 
Children’s and family film
Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- Flow 
- Kensuke's Kingdom 
- The Wild Robot 
Original screenplay
Winner: A Real Pain
- Anora 
- The Brutalist 
- Kneecap 
- The Substance 
Adapted screenplay
Winner: Conclave
- A Complete Unknown 
- Emilia Pérez 
- Nickel Boys 
- Sing Sing 
EE Bafta rising star award (voted for by the public)
Winner: David Jonsson
- Marisa Abela 
- Jharrel Jerome 
- Mikey Madison 
- Nabhaan Rizwan 
Original score
Winner: The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
- Conclave - Volker Bertelmann 
- Emilia Pérez - Camille, Clément Ducol 
- Nosferatu - Robin Carolan 
- The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers 
Casting
Winner: Anora
- The Apprentice 
- A Complete Unknown 
- Conclave 
- Kneecap 
Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist
- Conclave 
- Dune: Part Two 
- Emilia Pérez 
- Nosferatu 
Costume design
Winner: Wicked
- Blitz 
- A Complete Unknown 
- Conclave 
- Nosferatu 
Editing
Winner: Conclave
- Anora 
- Dune: Part Two 
- Emilia Pérez 
- Kneecap 
Production design
Winner: Wicked
- The Brutalist 
- Conclave 
- Dune: Part Two 
- Nosferatu 
Make-up and hair
Winner: The Substance
- Dune: Part Two 
- Emilia Pérez 
- Nosferatu 
- Wicked 
Sound
Winner: Dune: Part Two
- Blitz 
- Gladiator II 
- The Substance 
- Wicked 
Special visual effects
Winner: Dune: Part Two
- Better Man 
- Gladiator II 
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 
- Wicked 
British short film
Winner: Rock, Paper, Scissors
- The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing 
- Marion 
- Milk 
- Stomach Bug 
British short animation
Winner: Wander to Wonder
- Adiós 
- Mog's Christmas 
