'Conclave' Wins Top Prize at BAFTAs, Shaking Up Oscar Race

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The 2025 BAFTA Award Winners

Conclave scored the most nominations heading into the ceremony, with 12, but Emilia Pérez was on its heels with 11. The BAFTAs often signal how the international voting bloc go, so congrats to Pope Crave and the Conclave hive. The prophecy that the 2025 Oscars race will mirror the plot of Conclave is coming true. Get out your scone (pronounced scon) and some tea (pronounced tea), and find the full list of BAFTA winners below.

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2025 BAFTA Surprise Wins Shake Up Oscar Race – Complete List Of Winners

Conclave pulled out an upset victory at the BAFTAs, winning Best Film and Outstanding British Film. Conclave won Best Picture, Adrien Brody won Best Actor (for The Brutalist) and Brady Corbet won Best Director (also for The Brutalist).

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Wallace & Gromit scoop top awards at Baftas as Conclave wins Best Picture

David Tennant returned to host the prestigious award ceremony for the second time after last year's triumphant night, opening the show in a kilt. Pop Star Ariana Grande, 31, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress gong for her role as Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked but lost out to Zoe Saldana of Emilia Perez. Nonetheless, Wicked collected two awards, as did Dune: Part Two, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Emilia Perez, A Real Pain, and Anora. Timothee Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown went home empty-handed despite receiving six nominations.

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There was only one big shock at the very dull Baftas
Conclave won Best Picture, Adrien Brody won Best Actor (for The Brutalist) and Brady Corbet won Best Director. Zoe Saldaña won the Best Supporting Actress award but gave the acceptance speech of a Best Actress winner. Wallace and Gromit cleaned up.
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BAFTA Awards winners 'unveiled' as fans predict landslide with underdog movie
The long-awaited awards have begun ahead of the ceremony being broadcast on BBC One later this evening. This year's awards kicked off with the award for special visual effects, which was won by Timothée Chalamet hit Dune: Part Two. Christmas hit Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl took home the BAFTA for children's and family film.
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Baftas 2025: Conclave and Brutalist triumph as they scoop up awards
Conclave claimed the infamous awards for Best Film and outstanding British film. The Brutalist also won four awards as Adrien Brody lifted the coveted best actor award. David Tennant returned to host the prestigious award ceremony for the second time after last year's triumphant night. Pop Star Ariana Grande, 31, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress gong for her role as Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked.
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Here are all the winners from the BAFTAs 2025
The 78th BAFTAs (British Academy Film Awards) took place tonight (February 16) The ceremony was hosted by former Doctor Who star David Tennant for the second year running. The biggest winners were Edward Berger's Conclave and Brady Corbet's The Brutalist.
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BAFTA Film Awards: Winners List — Updating Live
Nominees for Best Film, Director, Film Not In The English Language. Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress. Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Picture, Best Director. Best Supporting Actor. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Best New Director.
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Bafta Film Awards, review: Can the BBC really justify this snoozefest’s primetime slot?
The Bafta Film Awards 2025 (BBC One) was a typically out-of-touch endurance test. If you managed to last the course without nodding off or feeling nauseous at all the gushing, you deserve a golden mask gong.Presenter David Tennant wasn’t afraid to get political in his opening monologue, calling President Trump a ‘villain’
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BAFTA Awards 2025 Winners: 'Conclave,' Mikey Madison Throw Oscar Race Into Chaos
Conclave was named Best Picture at the BAFTA Awards 2025. The papal thriller took down Golden Globe winners The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez as well as Anora. In arguably the biggest upset of the night, Anora’s star Mikey Madison took home best actress.
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Every Award Conclave Has Won
Conclave is among the most prestigious movies of 2024. Ralph Fiennes' Cardinal Lawrence is the focal point of the movie. The movie won awards from several different ceremonies. It is really a movie that shines thanks to the sum of its parts. The film is directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front)
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‘Conclave’s Bafta win shows the Oscars race is still wide open’
The Oscars race just keeps getting more intriguing, with the Baftas handing Best Film to Ralph Fiennes drama Conclave.
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‘Conclave’ Hits Another Biblical Milestone at the Box Office Just Weeks Away From the Academy Awards
Conclave is set to hit the $100 million mark at the global box office. The film has been nominated for four BAFTA awards. It is based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and more. The movie is due to be released in December.
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'Conclave' named best film at BAFTAs, 'The Brutalist' also honoured
Papal selection thriller "Conclave" and period drama "The Brutalist" win four prizes each. “Conclave” won the night’s most coveted award, best film, as well as outstanding British film, best adapted screenplay and best editing. ‘The Brutist’, a three-and-a-half hour tale about a Hungarian immigrant architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States post-World War Two, won best director.
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'Conclave' triumphs at BAFTAs before the Oscars
The film, directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, beat “The Brutalist,” “Anora” and “Emilia Perez,” among others.
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