‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ Lead

“Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” lead this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations, heading up a diverse mix of talent and titles in a competition where, for the first time in years, there’s no clear favorite in any of the major categories. 

“The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” are also very much in contention, while the likes of Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”), Ariana Grande (“Wicked”), Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”), Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”), Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) and Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”) among the 12 of 24 nominated performers — both established and rising — getting their very first BAFTA nod.  

Elsewhere, there’s space for BAFTA regulars, such as Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”), Hugh Grant (“Heretic”) and Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Last Showgirl”), yet the ongoing quest for BAFTA to finally recognize one of cinema’s most acclaimed actors in Denzel Washington (“Gladiator 2”) remains ongoing. 

“Conclave,” Edward Berger’s Vatican-set Papal mystery-thriller, earned 12 nominations, including best film, director, leading actor for Ralph Fiennes and supporting actress for Rossellini. Meanwhile “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard Spanish-language musical-thriller about a trans Mexican cartel boss, received 11, including best film, director, leading actress for Gascón, and supporting actress for Gomez and Saldaña. 

Both “Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” led the pack following the longlists, although they’ve traded places at the top (“Emilia Perez” had 15 longlists slots to “Conclave’s’” 14). 

Further down, Brady Corbet’s American epic “The Brutalist” landed nine nominations, followed by seven for “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked” and six for “A Complete Unknown” and “Kneecap,” the low-budget Irish-language comedy biopic still managing to keep up with the major studio titles. 

The seven nominations earned by “Wicked” may have included nods for both Erivo and Grande but the hit musical — as may shock some — didn’t find space among the five vying for best film (alongside “Conclave” and “Emilia Perez,” “Anora,” “The Brutalist” and “A Complete Unknown” round out the category). This omission will likely be one of several where the BAFTAs don’t overlap with the Oscars. 

Alongside “Wicked” in the best film category, the lack of a nomination — again — for Washington from BAFTA voters will likely be considered among the biggest snubs, as will Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl.” There’s also nothing for Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis romp “Challengers.” 

But there are numerous surprises too, including Strong’s nomination for his supporting turn in Ali Abassi’s Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice” (which will see actor going up against his “Succession” brother Culkin). There’ll likely be delight that Coralie Fargeat made the director list for her wild body-horror “The Substance,” the only female director in contention (although many might have been hoping Payal Kapadia had joined her for “All We Imagine as Light”). 

Meanwhile, the party in Ireland doesn’t look it’s going to end anytime soon, with Rich Peppiatt’s “Kneecap” dropping just one of its longlists slots (unsurprisingly, for best film) to land six nominations. While British film, outstanding debut and film not in the English language may have been expected, it’s no small feat for an indie film of this stature to be recognized for original screenplay, casting and editing. 

Of course, given the devastation in Los Angeles due to the ongoing wildfires, for many in the industry, awards and nominations couldn’t be furthest from their minds. Speaking to Variety, BAFTA film chair Sara Putt said the British Academy’s thoughts were “very, very much” with everyone in California who had been impacted. “It’s a dreadful, dreadful time,” she said, adding that BAFTA hadn’t made “any specific decisions” about whether it would move the dates for the final round of voting. However, she did note that, as per general BAFTA policy, those who weren’t able to vote in the second round could still come back to vote for the final winner. 

The BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will take place Feb. 16 from London’s Royal Festival Hall with “Doctor Who” star David Tennant returning as host. 

See the full list of nominations below:

BEST FILM 

“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker 

“The Brutalist” 

“A Complete Unknown” — Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold 

“Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman 

“Emilia Pérez” 

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 

 “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 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER 

 “Hoard” — Luna Carmoon (Director, writer) 

 “Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt (Director, writer) 

“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) 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

 “All We Imagine as Light” — Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim 

 “Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard 

“I’m Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”) — Walter Salles 

 “Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney 

 “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei 

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 

“Will & Harper” — Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum 

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 

 “The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann 

CHILDREN’S & 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 

 “The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann 

DIRECTOR 

 “Anora” — Sean Baker 

 “The Brutalist” — Brady Corbet 

 “Conclave” — Edward Berger 

 “Dune: Part Two” — Denis Villeneuve 

 “Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard 

 “The Substance” — Coralie Fargeat 

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 

 “The Substance” — written by Coralie Fargeat 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

 “A Complete Unknown” — screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks 

 “Conclave” — screenplay by Peter Straughan 

“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 

LEADING ACTRESS 

Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”  

Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez” 

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths” 

Mikey Madison, “Anora” 

Demi Moore, “The Substance” 

Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun” 

LEADING ACTOR 

 Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” 

Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown” 

Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” 

Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave” 

Hugh Grant, “Heretic” 

 Sebastian Stan, “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” 

SUPPORTING ACTOR 

 Yura Borisov, “Anora” 

Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” 

Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” 

Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”  

Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist” 

Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” 

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 

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

 “The Brutalist” — Lol Crawley 

 “Conclave” — Stéphane Fontaine 

“Dune: Part Two” — Greig Fraser 

 “Emilia Pérez” — Paul Guilhaume 

 “Nosferatu” — Jarin Blaschke 

EDITING 

 “Anora” — Sean Baker 

 “Conclave” — Nick Emerson 

“Dune: Part Two” — Joe Walker 

 “Emilia Pérez”– Juliette Welfling 

 “Kneecap” — Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill 

COSTUME DESIGN 

 “Blitz” — Jacqueline Durran 

 “A Complete Unknown” — Arianne Phillips 

 “Conclave” — Lisy Christl 

 “Nosferatu” — Linda Muir 

 “Wicked” — Paul Tazewell 

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 

“Wicked” — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth 

ORIGINAL SCORE 

 “The Brutalist” — Daniel Blumberg 

 “Conclave” — Volker Bertelmann 

 “Emilia Pérez” — Camille, Clément Ducol 

 “Nosferatu” — Robin Carolan 

 “The Wild Robot” —  Kris Bowers 

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 

SOUND 

 “Blitz” — John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison 

 “Dune: Part Two” — Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King 

 “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 Title 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS 

 “Better Man” —  Luke 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 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 

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 

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 

 “Stomach Bug” — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou 

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) 

 Marisa Abela 

Jharrel Jerome 

David Jonsson 

Mikey Madison 

Nabhaan Rizwan