BAFTAs fetes ‘Conclave,’ ‘The Brutalist’

Of 42 films, Conclave and The Brutalist emerge as big winners at the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, 16 February.

Conclave, which has 12 nods, took home four awards including Best Picture, Best Editing, Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film. Meanwhile, period drama The Brutalist also won four accolades: Best Director for Brady Corbet, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography.

The films A Real Pain, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Wicked, Emilia Pérez, Anora and Dune: Part Two won two awards each.

Below is the full list of winners:

BEST FILM

•Conclave

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

•Conclave

BEST DIRECTOR

•Brady Corbert, 

The Brutalist

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

•Mikey Madison, Anora

BEST LEADING ACTOR

•Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

•Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

•Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

BEST OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

•Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

•Emilia Pérez

BEST DOCUMENTARY

•Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM

•Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

•A Real Pain

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

•Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

•The Brutalist

BEST CASTING

•Anora

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

•The Brutalist

BEST EDITING

•Conclave

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

•Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

•Wicked

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR

•The Substance

BEST SOUND

•Dune: Part Two

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

•Dune: Part Two

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

•Wonder to Wonder

BRITISH SHORT FILM

•Rock, Paper, Scissors

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

•MediCinema

Best Children’s & Family Film

•Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

EE RISING STAR AWARD 

(voted for by the public)

•David Jonsson