BAFTA Film Awards: ‘Conclave’ (Best Film), ‘The Brutalist’ (Best Director and Actor) Win Four Each

The BAFTA Film Awards shared the love on Sunday evening, with Vatican drama  Conclave picking up four wins, including for best film and outstanding British film, the same number of honors as Brady Corbet's The Brutalist , which earned the best director and best actor awards for Corbet and Adrien Brody, respectively.

Meanwhile, Mikey Madison received the best leading actress BAFTA for her role in Anora , which was also honored with the casting award for Sean Baker and Samantha Quan, while Zoe Saldaña earned the best supporting actress statuette for her work in Emilia Pérez . For the latter, director Jacques Audiard and Pascal Caucheteux also won the award for best film not in the English language.

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During the ceremony, hosted by Scottish star David Tennant  ( Doctor Who ,  Inside Man ) at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in London, the Edward Berger -directed  Conclave , starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci and based on the novel by Robert Harris, also won the best adapted screenplay and editing BAFTA trophies.

The Brutalist also received the BAFTAs for best cinematography and score. In picking up the best director award, Corbet said that there wasn't really such a thing as a best director. "It's a joke," he argued, tipping his hat to all the other director nominees in appreciation while still thanking BAFTA for the great honor.

Kieran Culkin won the best supporting actor BAFTA for his role in A Real Pain , for which writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, who also stars in the film, earned the best original screenplay honor.

In receiving her BAFTA, Madison shared that her mother is her favorite scene partner and thanked her for driving her to so many auditions and helping her put audition tapes together. She also said she wanted to "take a moment to recognize the sex worker community," highlighting: "I just want to say that I see you. You deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and ally."

In his acceptance speech, Brody thanked his fellow nominees and BAFTA, along with Brits. "I want to thank the British public for embracing me and my creative endeavors," he said. "England has felt quite a bit like home lately." Plus, he thanked Brady and partner Mona Fastvold "for your artistic integrity and perseverance and for taking me along this amazing journey and destination."

Saldaña called Emilia Pérez "a creative challenge of a lifetime." And she said: "Films are supposed to change hearts and challenge minds, and I hope I did something like this. Voices need to be heard." She also shared: "I was told not to cry by my children, so I'll try."

The team behind Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story won the best documentary honor, with Reeve's children on stage drawing a big round of applause.

Earlier in the BAFTA night, Nick Park and his Aardman Animation colleagues won two honors for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl , namely for the best animated film and the inaugural children's and family award.

Conclave had led the nominations with 12 , ahead of the Jacques Audiard-directed  Emilia Pérez 's  11, and the Brady Corbet-directed The Brutalist 's nine. With his Irish hip-hop biopic on Belfast-based rap trio  Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt also made BAFTA history  by tying the record for nominations for a debut filmmaker with six. He left Sunday night with one BAFTA, namely for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, with Peppiatt serving as both writer and director of the film.

Notably missing from Sunday's BAFTA Awards attendees list was  Emilia Pérez star  Karla Sofía Gascón , who earned a leading actress nomination. However, her awards campaign imploded following the discovery of controversial posts made on her X (previously Twitter) account. The star — the first trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar — apologized, but tensions  are said to be high between Gascón and streamer Netflix  for hindering the film's Oscar hopes. As a result, she was phased out of its awards campaign entirely.

But in his acceptance speech for the honor for best film not in the English language, Audiard thanked his team and ended with: "And my dear Karla Sofía, je t'embrace." That means "I embrace you" or "I hug you" in French. Saldaña also thanked her cast mates, including Gascón.

David Jonsson ( Rye Lane , Alien: Romulus , Industry ), the winner of the EE Rising Star Award, which is voted on by the public, said on stage: "I've got to be honest, this isn't why I do it. I'm just an East London boy, but by way of reflection I didn't really see a space for me in this industry. This award is about the people, and as long as we keep telling stories about people, I think there will be a space for me and for people like me and you and everyone watching at home. So, I'd like to dedicate this to the people – the dreamers, the grafters and the people just trying to do it a little bit different."

Before the start of Sunday's ceremony, BAFTA chair Sara Putt said her best wishes and thoughts were with "our colleagues in L.A." affected by the wildfires. And she emphasized that BAFTA was continuing its focus on "leveling the playing field," including via such moves as new children's content honors .

During Sunday's event, Warwick Davis received the BAFTA Fellowship from Tom Felton to a standing ovation following a tribute video featuring the likes of George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Ron Howard, while Simon Pegg honored MediCinema, the hospital charity providing cinema to patients. Hamill ended the BAFTA night on stage when he unveiled the best film winner.

Davis had the audience in stitches when he said: "This is probably the best thing that has happened to me — and I was in Star Wars ." But he later had the crowd in tears when he shared how hard the past year has been for him since the death of his wife Samantha.

In a pre-recorded opening sketch for the ceremony, Tennant was seen talking backstage to the likes of Helen Mirren and Gordon Cox. The sketch ended with Cox breaking into the popular song "500 Miles" and then walking onto stage, asking Colman Domingo and others in the audience to sing along.

In his opening monologue, Tennant compared the process shown in Conclave with the process of picking a new James Bond star. And he also drew laughs and applause with Donald Trump jokes .

An entertainment highlight of the BAFTA Film Awards was an appearance by British music legends Take That with a rendition of their hit song "Greatest Day," which is featured in Anora . And Jeff Goldblum also made a musical contribution, playing "As Time Goes By" on the piano during the BAFTAs' In Memoriam segment.

Check out the full list of BAFTA winners in each category, highlighted in bold.

 Best Film 

ANORA  Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST  Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, Brady Corbet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
CONCLAVE  Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
EMILIA PÉREZ  Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard

 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

 Director 

ANORA  Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST  Brady Corbet
CONCLAVE  Edward Berger
DUNE: PART TWO  Denis Villeneuve
EMILIA PÉREZ  Jacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCE  Coralie Fargeat

 Rising Star 

MARISA ABELA
JHARREL JEROME
DAVID JONSSON
MIKEY MADISON
NABHAAN RIZWAN

 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 & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL  Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton

 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

 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 Swar

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 Original Screenplay 

ANORA  Written by Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST  Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
KNEECAP  Writer 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  Written by Jacques Audiard
NICKEL BOYS  Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
SING SING  Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence
'Divine Eye' Maclin, John 'Divine G' Whitfield

 Original Score 

THE BRUTALIST  Daniel Blumberg
CONCLAVE Volker Bertelmann
EMILIA PÉREZ Camille, Clément Ducol
NOSFERATU  Robin Carolan
THE WILD ROBOT Kris Bowers

 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

 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)

 Animated Film 

FLOW  Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
INSIDE OUT 2  Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
THE WILD ROBOT  Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL  Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek

 Film Not in the English Language 

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT  Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
EMILIA PÉREZ  Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
I'M STILL HERE (AINDA ESTOU AQUI)  Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira
KNEECAP  Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG  Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei

 Children's and Family Film 

FLOW  Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
KENSUKE'S KINGDOM  Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL  Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
THE WILD ROBOT  Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

 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

 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

This story was first published on Feb. 16 at 9:01 a.m.

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