The BAFTA Film Awards shared the love on Sunday evening, with Vatican dramaConclave picking up four wins, including for best film and outstanding British film, the same number of honors as Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which earned the best director and best actor awards for Corbet and Adrien Brody, respectively.
Meanwhile, Mikey Madison received the best leading actress BAFTA for her role in Anora, which was also honored with the casting award for Sean Baker and Samantha Quan, while Zoe Saldañaearned the best supporting actress statuette for her work in Emilia Pérez. For the latter, director Jacques Audiard and Pascal Caucheteux also won the award for best film not in the English language.
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During the ceremony, hosted by Scottish starDavid Tennant(Doctor Who,Inside Man) at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, the Edward Berger-directedConclave, starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci and based on the novel by Robert Harris, also won the best adapted screenplay and editing BAFTA trophies.
The Brutalist also received the BAFTAs for best cinematography and score. In picking up the best director award, Corbet said that there wasn’t really such a thing as a best director. “It’s a joke,” he argued, tipping his hat to all the other director nominees in appreciation while still thanking BAFTA for the great honor.
Kieran Culkin won the best supporting actor BAFTA for his role in A Real Pain, for which writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, who also stars in the film, earned the best original screenplay honor.
In receiving her BAFTA, Madison shared that her mother is her favorite scene partner and thanked her for driving her to so many auditions and helping her put audition tapes together. She also said she wanted to “take a moment to recognize the sex worker community,” highlighting: “I just want to say that I see you. You deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and ally.”
In his acceptance speech, Brody thanked his fellow nominees and BAFTA, along with Brits. “I want to thank the British public for embracing me and my creative endeavors,” he said. “England has felt quite a bit like home lately.” Plus, he thanked Brady and partner Mona Fastvold “for your artistic integrity and perseverance and for taking me along this amazing journey and destination.”
Saldaña called Emilia Pérez “a creative challenge of a lifetime.” And she said: “Films are supposed to change hearts and challenge minds, and I hope I did something like this. Voices need to be heard.” She also shared: “I was told not to cry by my children, so I’ll try.”
The team behind Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story won the best documentary honor, with Reeve’s children on stage drawing a big round of applause.
Earlier in the BAFTA night, Nick Park and his Aardman Animation colleagues won two honors for , namely for the best animated film and the inaugural children’s and family award.
Conclave had led the nominations with 12,ahead of the Jacques Audiard-directedEmilia Pérez‘s11, andthe Brady Corbet-directed The Brutalist‘s nine. With his Irish hip-hop biopic on Belfast-based rap trioKneecap,Rich Peppiatt also made BAFTA historyby tying the record for nominations for a debut filmmaker with six. He left Sunday night with one BAFTA, namely for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, with Peppiatt serving as both writer and director of the film.
Notably missing from Sunday’s BAFTA Awards attendees list wasEmilia PérezstarKarla Sofía Gascón, who earned a leading actress nomination. However, her awards campaign imploded following the discovery of controversial posts made on her X (previously Twitter) account. The star — the first trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar — apologized, but tensionsare said to be high between Gascón and streamer Netflixfor hindering the film’s Oscar hopes. As a result, she was phased out of its awards campaign entirely.
But in his acceptance speech for the honor for best film not in the English language, Audiard thanked his team and ended with: “And my dear Karla Sofía, je t’embrace.” That means “I embrace you” or “I hug you” in French. Saldaña also thanked her cast mates, including Gascón.
David Jonsson (Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus, Industry), the winner of the EE Rising Star Award, which is voted on by the public, said on stage: “I’ve got to be honest, this isn’t why I do it. I’m just an East London boy, but by way of reflection I didn’t really see a space for me in this industry. This award is about the people, and as long as we keep telling stories about people, I think there will be a space for me and for people like me and you and everyone watching at home. So, I’d like to dedicate this to the people – the dreamers, the grafters and the people just trying to do it a little bit different.”
Before the start of Sunday’s ceremony, BAFTA chair Sara Putt said her best wishes and thoughts were with “our colleagues in L.A.” affected by the wildfires. And she emphasized that BAFTA was continuing its focus on “leveling the playing field,” including via such moves as new children’s content honors.
During Sunday’s event, Warwick Davis received the BAFTA Fellowship from Tom Felton to a standing ovation following a tribute video featuring the likes of George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Ron Howard, while Simon Pegg honored MediCinema, the hospital charity providing cinema to patients. Hamill ended the BAFTA night on stage when he unveiled the best film winner.
Davis had the audience in stitches when he said: “This is probably the best thing that has happened to me — and I was in Star Wars.” But he later had the crowd in tears when he shared how hard the past year has been for him since the death of his wife Samantha.
In a pre-recorded opening sketch for the ceremony, Tennant was seen talking backstage to the likes of Helen Mirren and Gordon Cox. The sketch ended with Cox breaking into the popular song “500 Miles” and then walking onto stage, asking Colman Domingo and others in the audience to sing along.
In his opening monologue, Tennant compared the process shown in Conclave with the process of picking a new James Bond star. And he also drew laughs and applause with Donald Trump jokes.
An entertainment highlight of the BAFTA Film Awards was an appearance by British music legends Take That with a rendition of their hit song “Greatest Day,” which is featured in Anora. And Jeff Goldblum also made a musical contribution, playing “As Time Goes By” on the piano during the BAFTAs’ In Memoriam segment.
Check out the full list of BAFTA winners in each category, highlighted in bold.
Best Film
ANORAAlex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
THE BRUTALISTNick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, Brady Corbet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
CONCLAVETessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
EMILIA PÉREZPascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard
Leading Actress
CYNTHIA ERIVOWicked
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓNEmilia Pérez
MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTEHard Truths
MIKEY MADISONAnora
DEMI MOOREThe Substance
SAOIRSE RONANThe Outrun
Leading Actor
ADRIEN BRODYThe Brutalist
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMETA Complete Unknown
COLMAN DOMINGOSing Sing
RALPH FIENNESConclave
HUGH GRANTHeretic
SEBASTIAN STANThe Apprentice
Director
ANORASean Baker
THE BRUTALISTBrady Corbet
CONCLAVEEdward Berger
DUNE: PART TWODenis Villeneuve
EMILIA PÉREZJacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCECoralie Fargeat
Rising Star
MARISA ABELA
JHARREL JEROME
DAVID JONSSON
MIKEY MADISON
NABHAAN RIZWAN
Outstanding British Film
BIRDAndrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
BLITZSteve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
CONCLAVEEdward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
GLADIATOR IIRidley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
HARD TRUTHSMike 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 & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWLNick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
Costume Design
BLITZJacqueline Durran
A COMPLETE UNKNOWNArianne Phillips
CONCLAVELisy Christl
NOSFERATULinda Muir
WICKED Paul Tazewell
MAKE UP & HAIR
DUNE: PART TWOLove Larson, Eva Von Bahr
EMILIA PÉREZJulia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
NOSFERATUDavid White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
THE SUBSTANCEPierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
WICKED Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
ADIÓS José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
MOG’S CHRISTMASRobin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
WANDER TO WONDER Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swar
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, SCISSORSFranz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
STOMACH BUG Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
Documentary
BLACK BOX DIARIES Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
DAUGHTERSNatalie Rae, Angela Patton
NO OTHER LANDYuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORYIan Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
WILL & HARPER Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
Cinematography
THE BRUTALIST Lol Crawley
CONCLAVE Stéphane Fontaine
DUNE: PART TWO Greig Fraser
EMILIA PÉREZ Paul Guilhaume
NOSFERATU Jarin Blaschke
Editing
ANORASean Baker
CONCLAVENick Emerson
DUNE: PART TWO Joe Walker
EMILIA PÉREZJuliette Welfling
KNEECAP Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
Casting
ANORA Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
THE APPRENTICE Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Yesi Ramirez
CONCLAVE Nina Gold, Martin Ware
KNEECAP Carla Stronge
Supporting Actress
SELENA GOMEZEmilia Pérez
ARIANA GRANDEWicked
FELICITY JONESThe Brutalist
JAMIE LEE CURTISThe Last Showgirl
ISABELLA ROSSELLINIConclave
ZOE SALDAÑAEmilia Pérez
Supporting Actor
YURA BORISOVAnora
KIERAN CULKINA Real Pain
CLARENCE MACLINSing Sing
EDWARD NORTONA Complete Unknown
GUY PEARCEThe Brutalist
JEREMY STRONGThe Apprentice
Original Screenplay
ANORAWritten by Sean Baker
THE BRUTALISTWritten by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
KNEECAPWriter Rich Peppiatt, Story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó
Dochartaigh
A REAL PAINWritten by Jesse Eisenberg
THE SUBSTANCEWritten by Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
A COMPLETE UNKNOWNScreenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
CONCLAVEScreenplay by Peter Straughan
EMILIA PÉREZWritten by Jacques Audiard
NICKEL BOYSScreenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
SING SINGScreenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence
‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Original Score
THE BRUTALISTDaniel Blumberg
CONCLAVE Volker Bertelmann
EMILIA PÉREZ Camille, Clément Ducol
NOSFERATURobin Carolan
THE WILD ROBOT Kris Bowers
SOUND
BLITZJohn Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
DUNE: PART TWORon Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
GLADIATOR II Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
The SubstanceValérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
WICKED Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
HOARDLuna Carmoon (Director, Writer)
KNEECAPRich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)
MONKEY MANDev Patel (Director)
SANTOSHSandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer)
[also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]
SISTER MIDNIGHTKaran Kandhari (Director, Writer)
Animated Film
FLOWGints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
INSIDE OUT 2Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
THE WILD ROBOTChris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWLNick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
Film Not in the English Language
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHTPayal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
EMILIA PÉREZJacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
I’M STILL HERE (AINDA ESTOU AQUI)Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira
KNEECAPRich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIGMohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
Children’s and Family Film
FLOWGints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
KENSUKE’S KINGDOMKirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWLNick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
THE WILD ROBOTChris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Production Design
THE BRUTALISTJudy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
CONCLAVESuzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
DUNE: PART TWO Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
NOSFERATUCraig Lathrop
WICKED Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BETTER MANLuke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
DUNE: PART TWO Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
GLADIATOR II Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro PontiKINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APESErik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
WICKED Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
This story was first published on Feb. 16 at 9:01 a.m.
