Star-studded BAFTAs 2025; Check out most awarded films of year!

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards saw Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison emerging as the big winners in the acting categories. Brody clinched the Best Actor award for his performance in The Brutalist, portraying a Hungarian-Jewish architect, while Madison won Best Actress for her role in Anora, a gripping drama about a sex worker who falls in love with a Russian oligarch.

This year’s awards ceremony witnessed a tie between The Brutalist and the papal drama Conclave, each securing four wins. Conclave was recognized for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, and Best Editing, while The Brutalist won Best Director, awarded to Brady Corbet.

Full List of BAFTA Film Award Winners 2025

Best Film

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• A Complete Unknown

• Winner: Conclave

• Emilia Pérez

Outstanding British Film

• Bird

• Blitz

• Winner: Conclave

• Gladiator II

• Hard Truths

• Kneecap

• Lee

• Love Lies Bleeding

• The Outrun

• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Director

• Winner: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

• Sean Baker (Anora)

• Edward Berger (Conclave)

• Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

Best Original Screenplay

• Winner: Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)

• Sean Baker (Anora)

• Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)

• Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap)

• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Winner: Peter Straughan (Conclave)

• James Mangold & Jay Cocks (A Complete Unknown)

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

• Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes (Nickel Boys)

• Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing)

Best 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)

Best 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)

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Pérez)

• Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)

• Ariana Grande (Wicked)

• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)

• Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl)

• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Best 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)

Best Animated Film

• Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• Flow

• Inside Out 2

• The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

• Winner: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

• Black Box Diaries

• Daughters

• No Other Land

• Will & Harper

Best 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

Best Editing

• Winner: Conclave

• Anora

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Kneecap

Best Cinematography

• Winner: Lol Crawley (The Brutalist)

• Stéphane Fontaine (Conclave)

• Greig Fraser (Dune: Part Two)

• Paul Guilhaume (Emilia Pérez)

• Jarin Blaschke (Nosferatu)

Best Production Design

• Winner: Wicked

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

Best Original Score

• Winner: Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)

• Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)

• Camille & Clément Ducol (Emilia Pérez)

• Robin Carolan (Nosferatu)

• Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)

Best Special Visual Effects

• Winner: Dune: Part Two

• Better Man

• Gladiator II

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Wicked

EE Rising Star Award (Public Vote)

• Winner: David Jonsson

• Marisa Abela

• Jharrel Jerome

• Mikey Madison

• Nabhaan Rizwan

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards celebrated outstanding cinematic achievements, with Conclave and The Brutalist dominating the event. Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison’s performances earned them well-deserved wins in the leading acting categories. With remarkable direction, compelling storytelling, and innovative visual effects, this year’s BAFTAs highlighted a diverse range of talent and creativity in global cinema.