Friday, February 7, 2025

Our 2025 BAFTA Nomination Predictions

Tomorrow are the 2025 BAFTA nominations. Some members of the Next Best Picture team have gathered together their predictions to share with you all which can be read below.

Predictions provided by: Alyssa Christian, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Ema Sasic, Giovanni Lago, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Nadia Dalimonte, Sara Clements and Tom O’Brien

BEST FILM
The Brutalist” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – ALL
Anora” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Conclave” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
The Substance” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Sara & Tom
Kneecap” – Giovanni & Sara
A Complete Unknown” – Nadia
Dune: Part Two” – Matt
The Apprentice” – NONE
Wicked” – NONE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Blitz” – ALL
Conclave” – ALL
Hard Truths” – ALL
Kneecap” – ALL
The Outrun” – ALL
Lee” – Alyssa, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Civil War” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Bird” – Cody, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Sara & Tom
Gladiator II” – Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Paddington In Peru” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema & Sara
We Live in Time” – Daniel, Ema, Giovanni & Nadia
Wicked Little Letters” – Cody, Dan, Ema & Giovanni
Back to Black” – Dan & Sara
Love Lies Bleeding” – Josh

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Santosh” – ALL
Kneecap” – ALL
Monkey Man” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Bring Them Down” – Alyssa, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Grand Theft Hamlet” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Tom
”The Teacher” – Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh & Sara
“The Taste of Mango” – Cody, Giovanni & Sara
“Hoard” – Dan & Giovanni
“Sister Midnight” – Giovanni & Nadia
“On Falling” – Giovanni

CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM
Flow” – ALL
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – ALL
The Wild Robot” – ALL
Young Woman and the Sea” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
That Christmas” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Matt & Tom
Spellbound” – Alyssa, Ema & Sara
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” – Giovanni & Nadia
Piece By Piece” – Josh

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All We Imagine as Light” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – ALL
Kneecap” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
I’m Still Here” – Alyssa, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – Cody, Ema, Giovanni, Josh & Tom
The Count of Monte Cristo” – Daniel, Matt & Josh
La Chimera” – Cody, Daniel & Sara
Flow” – Alyssa & Dan
The Girl With the Needle” – Ema & Nadia
Black Dog” – NONE

DOCUMENTARY
No Other Land” – ALL
Black Box Diaries” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Sara
Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Tom
Daughters” – Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Giovanni & Nadia
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” – Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh & Matt
Will & Harper” – Alyssa, Ema, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Elton John: Never Too Late” – Cody, Ema, Nadia & Sara
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – Daniel, Josh, Sara & Tom
The Bibi Files” – Dan, Matt & Tom
“I Am: Celine Dion” – NONE

ANIMATED FILM
Flow” – ALL
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – ALL
The Wild Robot” – ALL
Inside Out 2” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Memoir Of A Snail” – Alyssa, Giovanni & Sara
Despicable Me 4” – NONE
Moana 2” – NONE
That Christmas” – NONE

DIRECTOR
The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet – ALL
Conclave,” Edward Berger – ALL
Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard – ALL
The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat – ALL
All We Imagine as Light,” Payal Kapadia – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Sara
Anora,” Sean Baker – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Nadia & Tom
Dune: Part Two,” Denis Villeneuve – Matt & Tom
La Chimera,” Alice Rohrwacher – Cody
Lee,” Ellen Kuras – Sara
The Outrun,” Nora Fingscheidt – NONE

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora” – ALL
The Substance” – ALL
A Real Pain” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
The Brutalist” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Nadia & Tom
All We Imagine as Light” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt & Sara
Kneecap” – Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Challengers” – Alyssa & Giovanni
The Apprentice” – NONE
Civil War” – NONE
Heretic” – NONE

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – ALL
A Complete Unknown” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Dune: Part Two” – Alyssa, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt Nadia, Sara & Tom
Nickel Boys” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Sara
Sing Sing” – Cody, Daniel & Ema
The Outrun” – Dan & Tom
Wicked” – Alyssa & Nadia
Lee” – Sara
Nightbitch” – NONE

LEADING ACTRESS
Demi Moore, “The Substance” – ALL
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez” – ALL
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths” – ALL
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Mikey Madison, “Anora” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Kate Winslet, “Lee” – Daniel, Ema, Matt, Sara & Tom
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl” – Alyssa, Cody, Giovanni & Josh
Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun” – Cody, Dan & Giovanni
Marisa Abela, “Back to Black” – NONE
Amy Adams, “Nightbitch” – NONE

LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” – ALL
Daniel Craig, “Queer” – ALL
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice” – ALL
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown” – ALL
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Nadia & Tom
Hugh Grant, “Heretic” – Alyssa, Josh, Matt & Sara
Kingsley Ben Adir, “Bob Marley: One Love” – NONE
Jude Law, “Firebrand” – NONE
Dev Patel, “Monkey Man” – NONE

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande, “Wicked” – ALL
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist” – ALL
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave” – ALL
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” – ALL
Michele Austin, “Hard Truths” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Nadia & Tom
Emily Watson, “Small Things Like These” – Dan, Giovanni & Sara
Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa & Ema
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl” – Matt
Adriana Paz, “Emilia Pérez” – NONE

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov, “Anora” – ALL
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” – ALL
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist” – ALL
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” – ALL
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Stanley Tucci, “Conclave” – Cody, Daniel, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Harris Dickinson, “Babygirl” – Alyssa, Cody & Josh
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II” – Ema & Sara
Mark Eydelshteyn, “Anora” – Dan
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” – NONE

CASTING
Conclave” – ALL
Anora” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
A Complete Unknown” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Sara & Tom
Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Nadia & Tom
Wicked” – Alyssa, Dan, Ema, Josh & Sara
The Apprentice” – Cody, Matt, Nadia & Sara
The Brutalist” – Daniel, Nadia & Tom
Kneecap” – Cody, Giovanni & Josh
Blitz” – Daniel & Matt
Back to Black” – Sara

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – ALL
Nosferatu” – ALL
Conclave” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Dune: Part Two” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Anora” – Dan
The Substance” – Cody
Civil War” – NONE
A Complete Unknown” – NONE
Gladiator II” – NONE

COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked” – ALL
Dune: Part Two” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Conclave” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Nosferatu” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Sara & Tom
Blitz” – Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Sara
Gladiator II” – Cody, Daniel, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – Alyssa & Giovanni
A Complete Unknown” – Dan & Ema
Emilia Pérez” – Daniel
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – NONE

EDITING
Anora” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Conclave” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia & Tom
The Substance” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Matt Nadia & Sara
Dune: Part Two” – Alyssa, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Challengers” – Cody, Giovanni, Sara & Tom
Kneecap” – Dan, Giovanni & Sara
Civil War” – Dan & Josh
A Complete Unknown” – Dan & Josh
Gladiator II” – Sara

MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Nosferatu” – ALL
The Substance” – ALL
Wicked” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Tom
The Apprentice” – Cody, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Sara
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – Alyssa, Dan, Giovanni, Josh & Tom
Dune: Part Two” – Daniel, Ema & Nadia
Blitz” – Sara
A Complete Unknown” – NONE
Joker: Folie À Deux” – NONE

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist” – ALL
Conclave” – ALL
The Wild Robot” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Nosferatu” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Sara & Tom
Blitz” – Daniel, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Sara
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – NONE
Gladiator II” – NONE
The Outrun” – NONE
The Substance” – NONE

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist” – ALL
Wicked” – ALL
Dune: Part Two” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Nosferatu” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Matt & Tom
Gladiator II” – Cody, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Nadia & Tom
Blitz” – Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt & Sara
Conclave” – Alyssa, Daniel, Nadia & Sara
The Substance” – Dan & Sara
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – NONE
A Complete Unknown” – NONE

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man” – ALL
Dune: Part Two” – ALL
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Civil War” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Nadia
Alien: Romulus” – Alyssa, Cody, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Sara
Gladiator II” – Daniel, Ema, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Wicked” – Dan, Daniel, Ema, Sara & Tom
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – Sara
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – NONE
Deadpool & Wolverine” – NONE

SOUND
Dune: Part Two” – ALL
Emilia Pérez” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
A Complete Unknown” – Cody, Dan, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
Civil War” – Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Matt & Sara
Blitz” – Dan, Daniel, Ema, Matt & Sara
The Substance” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Giovanni & Josh
Wicked” – Cody, Dan, Nadia, Sara & Tom
Gladiator II” – Daniel, Ema, Nadia & Tom
The Brutalist” – Alyssa
Conclave” – NONE

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Three Hares” – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni, Josh, Nadia & Tom
“Wander to Wonder” – Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
“Adiós” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Giovanni & Matt
“Mog’s Christmas” – Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt & Sara
“Mee and Burd” – Giovanni, Nadia, Sara & Tom
“Plunge” – Ema

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Clodagh” – ALL
“Sister Wives” – Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Giovanni, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom
“The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing” – Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Giovanni & Josh
“Marion” – Alyssa, Dan, Ema, Matt, Nadia & Sara
“The Ban” – Cody, Dan, Giovanni, Nadia & Tom
“Homework” – Dan, Daniel, Giovanni, Josh & Tom
“Stomach Bug” – Alyssa, Daniel, Matt, Josh & Sara
“Rock, Paper, Scissors” – Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom
“Milk” – Cody, Giovanni & Sara
“Woodlice” – Daniel & Ema

The EE British Academy Film Awards nominations will be announced on January 15th th 7am EST. The EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 16th. What do you think of our predictions? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.

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