Baftas 2025: The longlist revealed across 25 categories
The British Academy have unveiled the longlist for nominations in 25 categories ahead of the Baftas ceremony on February 16th, 2025.
The movie on the longlist in the most areas is Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language film Emilia Pérez, which appears in 15 categories, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Director’, and ‘Lead Actress’. Meanwhile, Edward Berger’s Conclave appears in 14 categories on the longlist, including ‘Lead Actor’ for Ralph Fiennes.
Next up, A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist and The Substance feature on the longlist on 11 occasions. They are trailed behind by Wicked and Dune: Part Two, which both have ten to their name. Closely behind is Anora and Gladiator II with nine. Kneecap has also been longlisted in seven categories.
Following the announcement of the longlist, the second round of voting is now open from January 3rd until January 10th. After the conclusion of the next round of voting, the full list of nominations will be revealed on January 15th by 2024 EE Rising Star winner Mia-McKenna Bruce and BAFTA-winner Will Sharpe.
BAFTA Film Committee Chair, Anna Higgs, said in a statement of the longlist: “Huge congratulations to the 80 feature films that have been longlisted today, it is an incredible achievement to progress from 235 movies under consideration in this year’s EE BAFTA Film Awards. It’s been an exceptional year for filmmaking featuring bold creative voices and inspiring stories from independent films to global blockbusters, highlighting the incredible breadth of talent working in our industry today.”
Higgs continued: “What I love about the Film Awards season is that it generates real excitement and passion for film and filmmaking. From BAFTA’s research, we know that this buzz directly impacts cinema-going, so that film fans feel part of the Awards conversation. Our BAFTA voters now have the unenviable task of deciding which of these films will make it onto the nominations list.”
The ceremony will be hosted by David Tennant and will be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Baftas 2025: The longlist for nominations:
‘Best Film’
- Anora
- The Apprentice
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Kneecap
- The Substance
- Wicked
‘Outstanding British Film’
- Back to Black
- Bird
- Blitz
- Civil War
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
- Hard Truths
- Kneecap
- Lee
- Love Lies Bleeding
- The Outrun
- Paddington in Peru
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- We Live in Time
- Wicked Little Letters
‘Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer’
- Bring Them Down
- Grand Theft Hamlet
- Hoard
- Kneecap
- Monkey Man
- On Falling
- Santosh
- Sister Midnight
- The Taste of Mang
- The Teacher
‘Children’s and Family Film’
- Flow
- Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Piece by Piece
- Spellbound
- That Christmas
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
- Young Woman and the Sea
‘Film Not in English Language’
- All We Imagine as Light
- Black Dog (Gou zhen)
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Emilia Pérez
- Flow
- The Girl With the Needle
- I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
- Kneecap
- La Chimera
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
‘Documentary’
- The Bibi Files
- Black Box Diaries
- Daughters
- Elton John: Never Too Late
- I Am: Celine Dion
- Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
- No Other Land
- The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- Will & Harper
‘Animated Film’
- Despicable Me 4
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Moana 2
- That Christmas
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
‘Director’
- All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
- Conclave – Edward Berger
- Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
- La Chimera – Alice Rohrwacher
- Lee – Ellen Kuras
- The Outrun – Nora Fingscheidt
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
‘Original Screenplay’
- All We Imagine as Light
- Anora
- The Apprentice
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Civil War
- Heretic
- Kneecap
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
‘Adapted Screenplay’
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Lee
- Nickel Boys
- Nightbitch
- The Outrun
- Sing Sing
- Wicked
‘Leading Actress’
- Amy Adams – Nightbitch
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Kate Winslet – Lee
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
- Marisa Abela – Back To Black
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
- Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
‘Leading Actor’
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Daniel Craig – Queer
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man
- Hugh Grant – Heretic
- Jude Law – Firebran
- Kingsley Ben Adir – Bob Marley: One Love
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
‘Supporting Actress’
- Adriana Paz – Emilia Pérez
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Emily Watson – Small Things Like These
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Michele Austin – Hard Truths
- Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
‘Supporting Actor’
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
- Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Harris Dickinson – Babygirl
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Mark Eydelshteyn – Anora
- Stanley Tucci – Conclave
- Yura Borisov – Anora
‘Casting’
- Anora
- The Apprentice
- Back To Black
- Blitz
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Kneecap
- Wicked
‘Cinematography’
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Civil War
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
‘Costume Design’
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Blitz
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
‘Editing’
- Anora
- Challengers
- Civil War
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Gladiator II
- Kneecap
- The Substance
‘Make Up and Hair’
- The Apprentice
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Blitz
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Joker: Folie À Deux
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
‘Original Score’
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Blitz
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- The Outrun
- The Substance
- The Wild Robot
‘Production Design’
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Blitz
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
‘Special Visual Effects’
- Alien: Romulus
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Better Man
- Civil War
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Gladiator II
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
‘Sound’
- Blitz
- The Brutalist
- Civil War
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Gladiator II
- The Substance
- Wicked
‘British Short Animation’
- Adiós
- Mee and Burd
- Mog’s Christmas
- Plunge
- Three Hares
- Wander to Wonder
‘British Short Film’
- The Ban
- Clodagh
- The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
- Homework
- Marion
- Milk
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Sister Wives
- Stomach Bug
- Woodlice
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