Conclave has taken the highest prize at this 12 months’s BAFTA movie awards, successful greatest movie in addition to excellent British movie.
Primarily based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the identical title, and centred across the collection of a brand new pope, the film additionally received greatest tailored screenplay and greatest enhancing.
Thanking his ensemble solid as he accepted the award, director Edward Berger mentioned: “What you did to me on set when I watched you was pure magic, it was beyond my grasp or understanding.”
It isn’t the primary BAFTA success for the filmmaker, who swept the board two years in the past together with his remake of All Quiet On The Western Entrance, taking seven prizes.
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Adrien Brody within the press room after successful the Finest Actor in a Main Function award for The Brutalist throughout the 78th British Academy Movie Awards, on the Royal Pageant Corridor, Southbank Centre, London. Image date: Sunday February 16, 2025. PA Picture.
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Regardless of being essentially the most nominated film of the evening, Conclave didn’t take any of the performing prizes, with its star Ralph Fiennes shedding out to The Brutalist lead Adrien Brody in greatest actor.
Brody’s portrayal of Hungarian architect Lazlo Toth making his manner in America after World Struggle II noticed the 51-year-old actor bag his first BAFTA statuette.
New York-born Brody mentioned the gong was “incredibly meaningful”, including: “England has felt quite a bit like home lately.”
The three-and-a-half-hour-long epic additionally took greatest director, greatest unique rating and greatest cinematography.
Accepting his director award, Brady Corbet, informed the viewers that regardless of being “humbled” and “grateful” for his win, there actually was “no such thing” as greatest director.
Conclave and The Brutalist have been joint-winners throughout the evening, taking 4 gongs every.
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Anora star Mikey Madison took greatest actress prize at this 12 months’s BAFTAs. Pic: PA
Anora, a couple of Brooklyn intercourse employee who marries into cash, noticed its break-out lead star, Mikey Madison take the highest prize, after many had forecast a win for Demi Moore.
Accepting her award, the 25-year-old actress took her second on the stage to honour the intercourse employee neighborhood, who she mentioned had helped her immeasurably in her preparation for the position, telling them: “I see you. You deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and an ally.”
Anora additionally took the casting prize.
Emilia Perez, which has come underneath hearth in latest weeks following resurfaced tweets from its lead star Karla Sofia Gascon, took greatest movie not within the English language. Gascon was not on the occasion.
An emotional Zoe Saldaña, took greatest supporting actress for her excellent efficiency within the musical – by which she acts, sings and dances – telling the viewers her win was “so validating” and “a true honour”.
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Zoe Saldana was named greatest supporting actress for her efficiency in Emilia Perez. Pic: PA
As she accepted her prize the 46-year-old star mentioned: “I was told not to cry by my children, so I’m going to try. This is so validating because the very few times I tried to go for roles with a British accent I was told this isn’t going to happen.”
She ended her emotional speech by saying: “Films are supposed to change hearts and challenge minds and I hope Emilia Perez did something like this, because voices need to be heard, just not my English accent.”
Saldana, who received in the identical class on the Golden Globes final month will likely be hoping to observe up her success with an Oscar in March.
An early front-runner in awards season, largely Spanish language film Emilia Perez had already been underneath hearth from elements of the trans neighborhood for what some thought of to be a retrograde step in illustration, in addition to those that objected to stereotypical depictions of Mexicans, in addition to its dealing with of the delicate subject of narcotics crime, which has claimed a whole bunch of hundreds of lives.
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Jesse Eisenberg received the BAFTA for greatest unique screenplay for A Actual Ache. Pic: PA
Kieran Culkin, 42, received greatest supporting actor for his position in comedy A Actual Ache, together with his co-star and the movie’s author Jesse Eisenberg accepting the gong on his behalf on account of a member of Culkin’s household being unwell, that means he was in New York to be by their aspect.
The film, about two cousins revisiting their household historical past in Poland, additionally took greatest unique screenplay.
Physique horror The Substance took a well-deserved win for greatest make-up and hair, regardless of Moore lacking out on the very best actress win.
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David Tennant arrives for the BAFTAs
Again to host for a second 12 months operating, Scottish actor David Tennant opened the present singing The Proclaimers’ I am Gonna Be (500 Miles).
With 42 gongs handy out, from a number of star presenters, the primary awards of the evening went to Dune: Half Two which took particular visible results.
Elsewhere, Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl bagged greatest kids’s and household movie as nicely a greatest animated function.
Accepting his second prize, Aardman director Nick Park joked: “I didn’t actually write a second speech.”
Republican Irish-language band Kneecap lived as much as their promise, with the movie’s director Wealthy Peppiatt taking excellent debut.
The music biopic about Mo Chara, Moglai Bap and DJ Provai (who wore his trademark balaclava within the colors of the Irish flag on the pink carpet) had been up for six BAFTAs, regardless of lacking out on making it to the Oscars shortlist final month.
Whereas it was up for seven awards, BAFTA voters did not appear to be feeling an excessive amount of of the Depraved magic, with the Wizard Of Ouncesprequel taking two prizes, greatest manufacturing design and greatest costume design.
In the meantime, Dune: Dune Half Two carried out nicely within the technical classes, successful greatest sound and greatest visible results.
Regardless of being up for six awards, A Full Unknown, went house empty handed.
Lack of gongs apart, the film’s star Timothée Chalamet nonetheless managed to trigger loads of buzz on the evening, due to the very fact he was accompanied to the ceremony together with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner, who’s a part of the Kardashian clan.
In a pre-announced win, British star Warwick Davis, greatest identified for fantasy movie Willow and the Harry Potter motion pictures, was awarded the distinguished BAFTA movie fellowship for each his performing and advocacy work.
The In Memoriam part of the evening was led by Depraved star Jeff Goldblum taking part in As Time Goes By on the piano as late stars together with Dame Maggie Smith, David Lynch and Dame Joan Plowright have been honoured.
Alien Romulus star David Jonsson received the one publicly voted award of the evening, the rising star, celebrating up and coming expertise.
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