Tears, laughter and a few Take That fangirling from a greatest actress nominee – this 12 months’s BAFTA Movie Awards had all of it.
Conclave and The Brutalist had been the night time’s huge winners, taking residence 4 awards every – together with greatest image and excellent British movie for Conclave, and greatest actor for The Brutalist star Adrien Brody and directing award for its filmmaker, Brady Corbet.
However as all the time with these huge leisure awards ceremonies, there have been loads of moments to recollect exterior the massive prizes.
Listed below are our BAFTA 2025 key speaking factors.
The return of Tennant
Hosts could make or break an awards ceremony, so whenever you get ‘un you need to preserve them. After a profitable stint in 2024, Physician Who and Rivals star David Tennant was again to take the helm as soon as once more.
This time spherical, the Scottish actor, sporting a kilt and sporran at first, kicked issues off by calling on the “BAFTA gods” – performing legends Dame Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent and Brian Cox, naturally – earlier than a sketch efficiency of The Proclaimers’ hit I am Gonna Be (500 Miles).
In fact, this wanted some viewers participation – together with from US stars Camila Cabello, Colman Domingo and Anna Kendrick, who most likely did not have a clue what was occurring however joined in with gusto.
Tennant joked about actors “freshening up” whereas they age, after referencing that Physician Who star Ncuti Gatwa took on his position within the BBC collection, in addition to the size of movies akin to The Brutalist (three-and-a-half hours).
“Who doesn’t like a chance to have a wee halfway through?” he requested, whereas speaking in regards to the movie’s much-needed intermission.
Emilia Perez awards regardless of controversy – and Saldana’s speech
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Zoe Saldana was named greatest supporting actress for her efficiency in Emilia Perez. Pic: PA
It went into awards season as one of many favourites, however Emilia Perez has been surrounded by controversy in current weeks.
As stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez loved the present, main actress Karla Sofia Gascon was notably absent from the ceremony following the resurgence of offensive tweets, and the movie has additionally come beneath hearth for its portrayal of Mexico and of trans individuals.
Regardless of this, it picked up the BAFTAs for greatest movie not within the English language and greatest supporting actress for Saldana.
Earlier this month, director Jacques Audiard mentioned Gascon’s tweets had been “inexcusable” and that he was “very sad” to see the difficulty “taking up all the space” across the movie.
Nevertheless, accumulating the BAFTA for greatest movie not within the English language, the French filmmaker namechecked all his stars, together with Gascon – and blew her a kiss via his translator.
“I’m deeply proud of what we have all achieved together – long live Emilia Perez,” he mentioned.
In her speech, an emotional Saldana mentioned the movie defied categorisation and in addition paid tribute to her co-stars, earlier than realising she was taking too lengthy and being given a countdown. “F***, f***, f***”, she panicked, earlier than persevering with along with her speech anyway.
Thanking her mom for “being such a selfless person”, she broke down in tears, and added: “Films are supposed to change hearts and challenge minds and I hope Emilia Perez did something like this, because voices need to be heard.”
Kylie Jenner sneaks in
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Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner on the BAFTAs
We did not see her on the purple carpet, however sneaky outdated Kylie Jenner, girlfriend of Timothee Chalamet, was most positively in attendance to point out her help.
The Kardashians star was within the viewers subsequent to Chalamet, who was nominated for greatest actor for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Full Unknown.
Throughout a break from awards bulletins, Tennant hung out joking with a number of the A-listers within the crowd, and the couple did not escape from his mic (or the cameras), regardless of their efforts to maintain their look lowkey.
Referencing the Chalamet lookalike competitors that made headlines in New York final 12 months, Tennant joked about what likeness the “second place” doppelganger earlier than him was – and the way good it was to have a Jenner lookalike, too.
Take That carry out – and Saoirse Ronan fangirls
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Take That carried out Best Day, from Anora. Pic: BAFTA
In case you’ve seen Anora, you will know the filmmakers behind it are followers of Take That, particularly the 2008 hit Best Day.
The band, now a trio of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, carried out the hit remix used within the movie on stage on the ceremony.
As host Tennant made his manner via the group afterwards, he got here throughout greatest actress nominee Saoirse Ronan and her husband Jack Lowden.
Is Ronan a Take That fan? “I’ve seen you twice,” she shouted on the boys as they made their manner off stage.
That is a sure, then.
Kieran Culkin could not attend – so Jesse Eisenberg stepped up
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Jesse Eisenberg gained the BAFTA for greatest unique screenplay for A Actual Ache, and picked up greatest supporting actor for co-star Kieran Culkin. Pic: PA
It was no shock to see him honoured on the BAFTAs, however as he sadly could not attend the ceremony in individual, his co-star and director Jesse Eisenberg stepped up – not solely accumulating the award on his behalf but additionally delivering the laughs, too.
In A Actual Ache, the pair play two very totally different cousins on a visit exploring their Jewish grandmother’s roots in Poland.
The BAFTA was “like the fifth” award Eisenberg has picked up for Culkin, he instructed the viewers. “We have a similar life, but his is 20% better than mine,” he added.
Accepting the award for greatest unique screenplay, Eisenberg additionally joked that his spouse had not attended the ceremony as she didn’t suppose he would win.
Breakthrough star pays tribute to intercourse staff
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Mikey Madison was named greatest actress for her efficiency in Anora. Pic: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
After gaining plenty of help all through the awards ceremony, Demi Moore was a favorite for a prize for her efficiency in The Substance. Nevertheless, Mikey Madison had additionally gained momentum in current weeks due to her breakout position as a younger intercourse employee who marries the son of a Russian oligarch in Anora.
This one is a very thrilling win as Madison, 25, was additionally up for the rising star award for up-and-coming expertise. Being nominated in a significant class in the identical 12 months is kind of a feat in itself – profitable it much more so.
On stage, Madison thanked her mom for driving her “to so many auditions”, in addition to her fellow castmates.
She additionally paid tribute to the intercourse employee neighborhood, after working with many ladies within the business to good her efficiency.
“I want to take a second to recognise the sex worker community,” Madison mentioned. “You deserve respect and decency, and I… (urge) others to do the same… I will always be a friend and an ally.”
Kneecap: ‘It is a motion’
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Kneecap do the BAFTA purple carpet. Pic: PA
Irish-language movie Kneecap, a semi-autobiographical story starring a trio of rappers of the identical title from Belfast, picked up the award for excellent debut for a British filmmaker.
Band member JJ O Dochartaigh all the time wears a balaclava that includes the Irish flag – however for the BAFTAs he went all out, matching his swimsuit.
The award went to director and author Wealthy Peppiatt, who collected the prize on stage.
“Within two weeks of moving to Belfast I met Kneecap and now I’m standing here,” he instructed the viewers, saying his film was “more than a film, it’s a movement – about how everyone should have their language respected, their culture respected, their homeland respected.
“This award is devoted to everybody on the market preventing that struggle.”
British success and a brand new collab?
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Camila Cabello meets Wallace and Gromit… and Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham. Pic: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
Here is a glance backstage at US singer-songwriter Camila Cabello and the Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl filmmakers Nick Park, left, and Merlin Crossingham.
The pair picked up the prize for greatest youngsters’s and household movie, turning into the primary ever recipients of the award, which was introduced by Cabello.
We’re hoping this could possibly be the beginning of a brand new partnership.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl additionally took residence the animated movie trophy, with Park joking on stage: “I didn’t actually write a second speech.”
And there was extra recognition for British technical creatives in different classes, too.
Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales picked up the award for greatest manufacturing design, for his or her unimaginable visible work on the blockbuster smash Depraved.
Paul Lambert was on the group awarded the BAFTA for greatest visible results, for his work on the science fiction blockbuster Dune: Half Two – which additionally gained greatest sound, with a profitable group together with British mixer and engineer Gareth John.
Warwick Davis’s emotional speech
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Warwick Davis was given the BAFTA fellowship award. Pic: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
Honoured with the celebrated BAFTA fellowship award, Warwick Davis devoted the prize to his late spouse Samantha, who died in March final 12 months.
Davis, who is thought for fantasy movie Willow and the Harry Potter motion pictures, obtained the organisation’s highest honour for his performing and advocacy work.
“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me – and I’ve been in Star Wars,” he joked firstly of his speech, earlier than getting emotional as he talked about his spouse and referenced his youngsters, Annabelle and Harrison, who had been within the viewers.
“Thank you to the support of our wonderful children, I’ve been able to keep engaging in life,” he mentioned.
Davis was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a uncommon bone dysfunction that ends in dwarfism.
Earlier recipients of the fellowship embrace Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Ken Loach, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Lord Laurence Olivier and Dame Judi Dench.
Look out for David Jonsson
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David Jonsson is that this 12 months’s rising star. Pic: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
British actor David Jonsson was named this 12 months’s BAFTA rising star – the one award voted for by the general public.
The 31-year-old lately starred within the movie Alien: Romulus and his credit additionally embrace TV collection Trade in addition to the 2023 romantic comedy Rye Lane.
“I’ve got to be honest, this isn’t why I do it,” he instructed the BAFTA viewers in his speech. “Do you know what I mean? I’m just an east London boy.
“I did not actually see an area for me on this business. However this award is about individuals and so long as we will preserve telling tales about individuals I believe there’s obtained to be an area for me.”
Jonsson noticed off competitors from his fellow Trade and Again To Black star Marisa Abela, American actor Jharrel Jerome, Anora’s Madison and Informer star Nabhaan Rizwan.
Earlier winners embrace Kristen Stewart, Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega and Tom Hardy, all earlier than they turned huge names within the business.
Sing Sing stars visas denied, filmmakers say
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Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing. Pic: Dominic Leon
Whereas Colman Domingo, a longtime Hollywood star who was nominated for greatest actor, was capable of attend the ceremony, the real-life individual he portrayed within the movie, Divine G Whitfield, was not – and neither was his co-star Clarence Maclin.
Maclin is a former inmate who performed himself within the movie, after being rehabilitated via the programme, and was nominated for greatest supporting actor.
Each had been denied denied entry to the UK earlier this week resulting from their earlier convictions, filmmakers Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley mentioned.
“Their visas were denied to enter the country because they have served prison time, which goes against the grain of everything this movie stands for,” Kwedar instructed us. “It shows that people have the capacity to grow and to come back into their communities when they leave prison.
“These two specific males have such braveness, vulnerability, integrity – they usually’re not right here tonight and they need to be. The story is about them, it was constructed with them.”
