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BAFTA 2025 nominations includes ‘Conclave,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ on top
By Cynthia Montojo
“I’m really excited that we don’t just have what’s typically considered award film… we got horror, we got sci-fi, we got musicals,” BAFTA film committee chair Anna Higgs told reporters ” more open award race this year and that is really exciting.”
“Conclave” and “Emilia Perez” led shortlist of films battling for recognition at Britain’s BAFTA awards, as race for Oscars glory gathers pace.
“Conclave,” fictionalized account of high-stakes horse-trading in Vatican after death of pope, earned 12 nominations while surreal narco-thriller musical “Emilia Perez” followed close behind with 11.
Both will compete for coveted best film award at next month’s ceremony, alongside Cannes favorite “Anora,” Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” and epic immigrant drama “The Brutalist,” notched up nine nominations.
Hit musical “Wicked,” last week topped nominations for influential Screen Actors Guild Awards, and “Dune: Part Two” were other leading BAFTA contenders, with seven nods each.
Unexpected hit “Kneecap,” docu-fiction about three Belfast upstarts rap in Irish language, racked up six nominations, including for original screenplay, outstanding British film, and casting.
It has been longlisted for two Oscars, with announcement of final Academy Awards nominations delayed for second time to January 23 due to devastating wildfires gripping Los Angeles.
This year’s awards season is seen as highly unpredictable, with international crop of movies all considered plausible contenders for success on Hollywood’s biggest night on March 2.
BAFTAs, highlight of annual British film calendar, will this year be held two weeks earlier, on February 16, at London’s Royal Festival Hall and hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant.
French director Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” will be strong contenders after both were big winners at Golden Globes earlier this month.
The director award pits Audiard against Edward Berger (“Conclave”), Sean Baker (“Anora”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), Denis Villeneuve (“Dune: Part Two”), and Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”).
German-born Berger claimed BAFTA two years ago with his adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” while France’s Fargeat is the only woman nominated in directing category.
Her ultra-gory horror film about pressures women face to maintain bodily perfection as they age, starring Demi Moore, won best screenplay at Cannes.
Moore scooped Golden Globe for her portrayal in the film, and will now hope to add BAFTA to her awards collection.
She will compete with Karla Sofia Gascon, star of “Emilia Perez,” transgender, Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), and Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”) for leading actress recognition.
Leading actor award will see Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Timothee Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Hugh Grant (“Heretic”), and Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”) all compete.
Fiennes, previous Oscar nominee who won best supporting actor BAFTA in 1994 for “Schindler’s List,” stars as cardinal overseeing election of new pope in the acclaimed hit “Conclave.”
Supporting actress nominations see US pop singer Ariana Grande nominated for “Wicked”, alongside Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana (both “Emilia Perez”), Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”), Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Last Showgirl”), and Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”).
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