CONCLAVE Wins Best Film At EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025

By Michelle McCue | February 16, 2025

The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards were hosted on Sunday by David Tennant at London’s Royal Festival Hall. CONCLAVE won four BAFTAs, including Best Film, Film Editing, Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film. This is Edward Berger’s second time winning the Best Film award, with his first being 2023’s ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE BRUTALIST also won four awards, including Best Director for Brady Corbet, Leading Actor for Adrien Brody, Cinematography and Music Score, while Mikey Madison won Leading Actress for ANORA. The film also took the BAFTA for Casting.

EMILIA PEREZ was awarded with two BAFTAs – Supporting Actress Zoe Saldaña and Film Not in the English Language.

The delightful WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL won two BAFTAs for Best Animated Feature and Children’s & Family Film. SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY was awarded Best Documentary.

David Jonsson (Andy in ALIEN ROMULUS) received the EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public and actor Warwick Davis received the BAFTA Fellowship which he dedicated to his late wife.

For those following the awards season, ANORA is the front runner for Best Picture based solely on having won the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Saturday night’s Writers Guild awards. The last of the 4 big guild awards, the Screen Actors Guild awards, will be announced on Sunday, Feb. 23rd and streamed on Netflix. The 97th Oscars will be held in two weeks on Sunday, March 2, streaming LIVE on HULU and on ABC from Hollywood.

Anora (2)
Leading Actress: Mikey Madison
Casting: Sean Baker, Samantha Quan

The Brutalist (4)
Director: Brady Corbet
Leading Actor: Adrien Brody
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Original Score: Daniel Blumberg

Conclave (4)
Best Film: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
Outstanding British Film: Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
Adapted Screenplay: Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Editing: Nick Emerson

Dune: Part Two (2)
Sound: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Special Visual Effects: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe

Emilia Pérez (2)
Film Not in the English Language: Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaña

Kneecap (1)
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)

A Real Pain (2)
Original Screenplay: Written by Jesse Eisenberg
Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin

The Substance (1)
Make Up & Hair: Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (1)
Documentary: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2)
Animated Film: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
Children’s & Family Film: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek

Wicked (2)
Costume Design: Paul Tazewell
Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales