The Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci-led film, based on the novel by Robert Harris, leads the way with 12 BAFTA nominations — ahead of Emilia Pérez ‘s 11 and The Brutalist ‘s nine, as unveiled by actors Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce from the British Academy’s headquarters in London mid-day on Wednesday.

Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations.

The British Academy's shortlists, which will be announced at midday, are likely to be a strong Oscars indicator.

BAFTA Film Awards nominations are led by Conclave, while Universal and its specialty label Focus dominate the field of distributors; See lists

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominations for its 2025 film awards on Wednesday. Here's the full list.

“Conclave” leads the pack of 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominees with 12 nods, one more than “Emilia Pérez,” which had appeared on the most longlists (15) when they were announced on Jan. 3. Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe announced the 2025 nominees live on Wednesday in London.

Announced on Wednesday by last year’s BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe, star of “The White Lotus” (and also a BAFTA TV award winner in 2020), the nominees have been selected following two rounds of voting by BAFTA members.

Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave and Emilia Perez also scored best director nominations this morning for Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, Edward Berger and Jacques Audiard. They are joined in the category by Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve and The Substance filmmaker Carolie Fargeat.

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But with the wildfires in Los Angeles over the past week fresh in the minds of everyone in the movie industry, Wednesday's announcement of the latest BAFTA nominations was understandably subdued. "We are very much thinking of our colleagues,

On Wednesday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts will announce its 78th annual BAFTA Awards nominees. The nominations announcement comes as Hollywood is reeling over the destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires that have left thousands without homes,