BAFTA Movie Awards 2025: ‘Emilia Perez’, ‘Conclave’ high longlist

A nonetheless from ‘Emilia Pérez.
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The British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts (BAFTA) has revealed the longlists for the upcoming 2025 BAFTA Movie Awards, and main the cost are two high-profile contenders: Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez and Edward Berger’s Conclave. The longlist was launched by the official X deal with of BAFTA.

Each movies have secured outstanding locations throughout a number of classes, with Emilia Perez claiming a record-equalling 15 longlist nominations, as per Deadline. Emilia Perez’s 15 nods span a variety of classes, together with Greatest Movie, Greatest Director for Jacques Audiard, Tailored Screenplay, Movie Not within the English Language, and Main Actress for Karla Sofia Gascon.

The movie additionally garnered help within the Supporting Actress class, with Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana, and Adriana Paz all securing longlist mentions. This spectacular haul matches the earlier report set by Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Entrance (2022) and was equalled final 12 months by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

Trailing intently behind, Conclave amassed 14 nominations, together with nods for Greatest Movie, Greatest Director for Edward Berger, and performing mentions for Ralph Fiennes (Main Actor), Stanley Tucci (Supporting Actor), and Isabella Rossellini (Supporting Actress).

A nonetheless from ‘Conclave’.
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Different movies gaining traction on this 12 months’s longlists embrace Mubi’s The Substance, which seems on 11 lists, and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, together with A Full Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic, which additionally earned 11 longlist mentions. Notably, Depraved and Dune: Half Two each secured 10 longlist spots.

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Amongst different notable movies, Sean Baker’s Anora scored 9 mentions, whereas Steve McQueen’s Blitz and the subversive Irish indie Kneecap every obtained 7. In the meantime, Ali Abbasi’s political drama, The Apprentice, centred on Donald Trump, earned 6 longlist mentions. Ridley Scott’s much-anticipated Gladiator II additionally made a major look with 9 longlist mentions, predominantly in technical classes comparable to Costume Design, although Denzel Washington was notably included within the Supporting Actor class.

Washington, a two-time Academy Award winner, has but to obtain a BAFTA nomination. Alternatively, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers had a extra muted response, with solely two longlist mentions in Unique Screenplay and Enhancing.Equally, Nickel Boys appeared solely as soon as in Tailored Screenplay, a stunning omission given its earlier vital buzz.

Among the many surprising names featured on this 12 months’s longlist is Dev Patel, who obtained a longlist nod within the Main Actor class for his efficiency in Monkey Man. Moreover, Ellen Kuras, who directed the biographical movie, Lee, earned a uncommon point out within the Director class.

The official nominations shall be decided after the subsequent spherical of voting, which is able to happen between January 3 and January 10, 2025. BAFTA film-voting members will forged their votes to finalize the shortlist in every class. The ultimate voting interval for figuring out the winners will happen from January 22 to February 11, 2024, with the celebrated BAFTA Movie Awards ceremony set for February 16, 2025.