BAFTA Film Awards 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Conclave’ Lead Longlists – Hollywood Reporter
CONCLAVE, Ralph Fiennes, 2024. © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterAfter Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical and Edward Berger’s Vatican drama, it’s a three-way tie between ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘The Substance.’
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Lily Ford
BAFTA on Friday unveiled its longlists for this year’s film awards with Emilia Pérez, Conclave, A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist and The Substance setting the pace.
Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical tops the longlists (15), including leading actress and supporting actress mentions for Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. Edward Berger’s Conclave follows with 14 nods, including leading actor and supporting actor for Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, respectively.
After that, it’s a three-way tie between Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (11). Sean Baker’s Anora is honored with nine mentions on the longlists, including for lead star Mikey Madison. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are included for their roles in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, and Timothée Chalamet is among the leading actor list for his performance in A Complete Unknown.
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Round two of voting kicks off Friday, Jan. 3 and will determine the nominations, to be unveiled via global livestream Jan. 15 at BAFTA HQ in London. Round Three of voting will determine the winners, which will be unveiled at the Feb. 16 ceremony hosted by Scottish star David Tennant.
BAFTA represents the U.K.’s largest film industry voting body with 8,100 creative practitioners from all corners of the U.K. and global film industry.
See below the complete longlists for this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.
AnoraThe ApprenticeThe BrutalistA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezKneecapThe SubstanceWicked
Back to BlackBirdBlitzCivil WarConclaveGladiator IIHard TruthsKneecapLeeLove Lies BleedingThe OutrunPaddington in PeruWallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlWe Live in TimeWicked Little Letters
Bring Them DownGrand Theft HamletHoardKneecapMonkey ManOn FallingSantoshSister MidnightThe Taste of MangoThe Teacher
FlowKensuke’s KingdomPiece by PieceSpellboundThat ChristmasWallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild RobotYoung Woman and the Sea
All We Imagine as LightBlack Dog (Gou zhen)The Count of Monte CristoEmilia PérezFlowThe Girl With the NeedleI’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)KneecapLa ChimeraThe Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Bibi FilesBlack Box DiariesDaughtersElton John: Never Too LateI Am: Celine DionMade in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerNo Other LandThe Remarkable Life of IbelinSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve StoryWill & Harper
Despicable Me 4FlowInside Out 2Memoir of a SnailMoana 2That ChristmasWallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot
All We Imagine as Light, Payal KapadiaAnora, Sean BakerThe Brutalist, Brady CorbetConclave, Edward BergerDune: Part Two, Denis VilleneuveEmilia Pérez, Jacques AudiardLa Chimera, Alice RohrwacherLee, Ellen KurasThe Outrun, Nora FingscheidtThe Substance, Coralie Fargeat
All We Imagine as LightAnoraThe ApprenticeThe BrutalistChallengersCivil WarHereticKneecapA Real PainThe Substance
A Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezLeeNickel BoysNightbitchThe OutrunSing SingWicked
Amy Adams, NightbitchCynthia Erivo, WickedDemi Moore, The SubstanceKarla Sofía Gascón, Emilia PérezKate Winslet, LeeMarianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard TruthsMarisa Abela, Back To BlackMikey Madison, AnoraNicole Kidman, BabygirlSaoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Adrien Brody, The BrutalistColman Domingo, Sing SingDaniel Craig, QueerDev Patel, Monkey ManHugh Grant, HereticJude Law, FirebrandKingsley Ben Adir, Bob Marley: One LoveRalph Fiennes, ConclaveSebastian Stan , The ApprenticeTimothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Adriana Paz, Emilia PérezAriana Grande, WickedEmily Watson, Small Things Like TheseFelicity Jones, The BrutalistIsabella Rossellini, ConclaveJamie Lee Curtis, The Last ShowgirlMargaret Qualley, The SubstanceMichele Austin, Hard TruthsSelena Gomez, Emilia PérezZoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Clarence Maclin, Sing SingDenzel Washington, Gladiator IIEdward Norton, A Complete UnknownGuy Pearce, The BrutalistHarris Dickinson, BabygirlJeremy Strong, The ApprenticeKieran Culkin, A Real PainMark Eydelshteyn, AnoraStanley Tucci, ConclaveYura Borisov, Anora
AnoraThe ApprenticeBack To BlackBlitzThe BrutalistA Complete UnknownConclaveEmilia PérezKneecapWicked
AnoraThe BrutalistCivil WarA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezGladiator IINosferatuThe Substance
Beetlejuice, BeetlejuiceBlitzA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaGladiator IINosferatuWicked
AnoraChallengersCivil WarA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezGladiator IIKneecapThe Substance
The ApprenticeBeetlejuice, BeetlejuiceBlitzA Complete UnknownDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezJoker: Folie À DeuxNosferatuThe SubstanceWicked
Beetlejuice, BeetlejuiceBlitzThe BrutalistConclaveEmilia PérezGladiator IINosferatuThe OutrunThe SubstanceThe Wild Robot
Beetlejuice, BeetlejuiceBlitzThe BrutalistA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoGladiator IINosferatuThe SubstanceWicked
Alien: RomulusBeetlejuice, BeetlejuiceBetter ManCivil WarDeadpool & WolverineDune: Part TwoFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaGladiator IIKingdom of the Planet of the ApesWicked
BlitzThe BrutalistCivil WarA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezGladiator IIThe SubstanceWicked
AdiósMee and BurdMog’s ChristmasPlungeThree HaresWander to Wonder
The BanClodaghThe Flowers Stand Silently, WitnessingHomeworkMarionMilkRock, Paper, ScissorsSister WivesStomach BugWoodlice Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSend us a tip using our anonymous form.
