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LONDON — The British Academy Film Awards, otherwise known as the BAFTAs is the penultimate awards ceremony before the Oscars next month.

“Doctor Who” actor David Tennant hosted the 78th BAFTA awards at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The award show was broadcasted on BBC One at 7 p.m.

The award ceremony opened with the host singing “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers in a traditional Scottish kilt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Demi Moore attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/BAFTA via Getty Images)

Demi Moore in Alexander McQueen. BAFTA via Getty Images

The top nominees of the night include “Conclave” with 12 nods followed by “Emilia Pérez” with 11, “The Brutalist” with 9 and 7 nods to “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked.”

The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” received six nominations as did “Kneecap.”

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The nominees arrived in high shine with sparkling outfits and matching jewels.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet attend the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Carlo Paloni/BAFTA via Getty Images)

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet in Bottega Veneta. BAFTA via Getty Images

The leading ladies championed designers across the globe – “Wicked” costars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande wore custom Louis Vuitton, while Demi Moore wore a custom heavily embellished gown from Alexander McQueen and Pamela Anderson in Jacquemus.

Felicity Jones, who played Erzsébet Tóth in the second half of “The Brutalist” wore a custom black dress from Armani Privè with a diamond bracelet, ring and earrings from Chaumet.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Zoe Saldana, winner of the Supporting Actress Award for 'Emilia Pérez', poses backstage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/BAFTA via Getty Images)

Zoe Saldaña with her BAFTA award. BAFTA via Getty Images

She competed in the best supporting actress category alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Isabella Rossellini, and Zoe Saldaña, who won the award on the night.

The red carpet wasn’t shy off black tie attire with Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan arriving in a sharp black tuxedo. The three men are all competing in the leading actor category for their respective roles in “The Brutalist,” “Conclave” and “The Apprentice,” a biopic based on U.S. President Donald Trump.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: David Jonsson, winner of the Rising Star award, poses backstage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

David Jonsson, winner of the EE Rising Star Award. Dave Benett/Getty Images for BAF

Timothée Chalamet wore a black Bottega Veneta suit with a Cartier necklace that featured a panther pendant. His date for the night was Kylie Jenner, who wore a black dress.

Below is the full list of the winners.

EE Rising Star Award

  • Marisa Abela 
  • Jharrel Jerome 
  • David Jonsson (Winner)
  • Mikey Madison 
  • Nabhaan Rizwan

British Short Film

  • “The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing” – Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
  • “Marion” – Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
  • “Milk” – Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
  • “Rock, Paper, Scissors” – Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer (Winner)
  • “Stomach Bug” – Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou

British Short Animation

  • “Adiós” – José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti 
  • “Mog’s Christmas” – Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding 
  • “Wander to Wonder” – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart (Winner)

Special Visual Effects

  • “Better Man” – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs 
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe (Winner) 
  • “Gladiator II” – Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti 
  • “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz 
  • “Wicked” – Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith 

Sound

  • “Blitz” – John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison 
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King (Winner)
  • “Gladiator II” – Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan 
  • “The Substance” – Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard 
  • “Wicked” – Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent

Production Design

  • “The Brutalist” – Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia 
  • “Conclave” – Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter 
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau 
  • “Nosferatu” – Craig Lathrop 
  • “Wicked” – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales (Winner)

Original Score

  • “The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg (Winner)
  • “Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Camille, Clément Ducol 
  • “Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan 
  • “The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers 

Make Up & Hair

  • “Dune: Part Two” – Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr 
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti 
  • “Nosferatu” – David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton 
  • “The Substance” – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli (Winner)
  • “Wicked” – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth

Costume Design

  • “Blitz” – Jacqueline Durran 
  • “A Complete Unknown” – Arianne Phillips 
  • “Conclave” – Lisy Christl 
  • “Nosferatu” – Linda Muir 
  • “Wicked” – Paul Tazewell (Winner)

Editing

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker 
  • “Conclave” – Nick Emerson (Winner)
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Joe Walker 
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Juliette Welfling 
  • “Kneecap” – Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill

Cinematography

  • “The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley (Winner)
  •  “Conclave” – Stéphane Fontaine 
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser 
  •  “Emilia Pérez” – Paul Guilhaume 
  •  “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke 

Casting

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan (Winner)
  • “The Apprentice” – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba 
  • “A Complete Unknown” – Yesi Ramirez 
  • “Conclave” – Nina Gold, Martin Ware 
  • “Kneecap” – Carla Stronge

Children & Family Film

  • “Flow” – Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža 
  • “Kensuke’s Kingdom” – Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin 
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (Winner)
  • “The Wild Robot” – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann 

Animated Film

  • “Flow” – Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža 
  • “Inside Out 2” – Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen 
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (Winner)
  • “The Wild Robot” – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann 

Documentary

  • “Black Box Diaries” – Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari 
  • “Daughters” – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton 
  • “No Other Land” – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor  
  • “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford (Winner)
  • “Will & Harper” – Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum 

Film Not in the English Language

  • “All We Imagine as Light” – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim 
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard (Winner)
  • “I’m Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”) – Walter Salles 
  • “Kneecap” – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney 
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

  • “Hoard” — Luna Carmoon (Director, writer) 
  • “Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer) (Winner)
  • “Monkey Man” — Dev Patel (Director) 
  • “Santosh” — Sandhya Suri (Director, writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer), also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge 
  • “Sister Midnight” — Karan Kandhari (Director, writer)

Outstanding British Film

  • “Bird” – Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge 
  • “Blitz” – Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland 
  • “Conclave” – Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan (Winner)
  • “Gladiator II” – Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig 
  • “Hard Truths” – Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe 
  • “Kneecap” – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh 
  • “Lee” – Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs 
  • “Love Lies Bleeding” – Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska 
  • “The Outrun” – Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot 
  • “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton

Adapted Screenplay

  • “A Complete Unknown” – screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks 
  • “Conclave” – screenplay by Peter Straughan (Winner)
  • “Emilia Pérez” – screenplay by Jacques Audiard 
  • “Nickel Boys” – screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes 
  • “Sing Sing” – screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

Original Screenplay

  • “Anora” – written by Sean Baker 
  • “The Brutalist” – written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold 
  • “Kneecap” – written by Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh 
  • “A Real Pain” – written by Jesse Eisenberg (Winner)
  • “The Substance” – written by Coralie Fargeat

Director

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet (Winner)
  • “Conclave” – Edward Berger 
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve 
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard 
  • “The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

Supporting Actor

  • Yura Borisov, “Anora” 
  • Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” (Winner)
  • Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” 
  • Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”  
  • Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist” 
  • Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Supporting Actress

  • Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez” 
  •  Ariana Grande, “Wicked” 
  • Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist” 
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl” 
  •  Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”  
  • Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” (Winner)

Leading Actor

  • Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” (Winner)
  • Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown” 
  • Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” 
  • Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave” 
  • Hugh Grant, “Heretic” 
  • Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Leading Actress

  • Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”  
  • Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez” 
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths” 
  • Mikey Madison, “Anora” (Winner)
  • Demi Moore, “The Substance” 
  • Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun” 

Best Film

  • “Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker (Winner)
  • “The Brutalist” 
  • “A Complete Unknown” — Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold 
  • “Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman 
  • “Emilia Pérez”