“Conclave”, the papal thriller, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a clergyman responsible for the selection of the next Pope of the Catholic Church, leads the 2025 British Academy Film Awards (Bafta) nominations.
The film has been nominated in 12 categories, including Best Film, Best Actor for Fiennes, Best Director for Edward Berger and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini.
The other Best Film nominees are “Anora”, “The Brutalist”, “A Complete Unknown” and “Emilia Pérez”.
Fiennes faces competition in the Best Actor category from Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist”, Timothée Chalamet for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown”, Colman Domingo for “Sing Sing”, Hugh Grant in “Heretic” and Sebastian Stan for playing Donald Trump in “The Apprentice”.
To be crowned Best Supporting Actress, Rossellini must beat Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Last Showgirl”), Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Ariana Grande (“Wicked”), Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”) and Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Pérez”).
Hot on the heels of “Conclave” is the French Spanish-language crime musical, “Emilia Pérez”, which received a total of 11 nominations.
The epic musical, “Wicked”, which is the unofficial prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” and an adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical, has received a total of eight nominations, including Best Actress for Cynthia Erivio, Best Supporting Actress for Grande and Best Sound.
Erivio, who stars as Elphaba in the musical, will go up against Karla Sofía Gascón for “Emilia Pérez”, Marianne Jean-Baptiste for “Hard Truths”, Mikey Madison for “Anora”, Demi Moore for “The Substance” and 'Saoirse Ronan for “The Outrun”.
The Bafta winners will be announced at a ceremony held at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in London on February 16.
Below is an abridged list of the 2025 Bafta nominees:
Best Director
“Anora”: Sean Baker
“The Brutalist”: Brady Corbet
“Conclave”: Edward Berger
“Dune: Part Two”: Denis Villeneuve
“Emilia Pérez”: Jacques Audiard
“The Substance”: Coralie Fargeat
Best Original Screenplay
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Kneecap”
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best Supporting Actress
Selena Gomez: “Emilia Pérez”’
Ariana Grande: “Wicked”
Felicity Jones: “The Brutalist”
Jamie Lee Curtis: “The Last Showgirl”
Isabella Rossellini: “Conclave”
Zoe Saldana: “Emilia Pérez”
Best Film
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
Best Film Not in the English Language
“All We Imagine As Light”
‘Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Kneecap”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Best Animated Film
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
Best 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”
Best Original Score
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Wild Robot”