The thriller about the process of choosing the popes, “conclave” and the drama about the fate of a “Brutalist” immigrant are the big Sunday winners of the British film industry, Bafta, managing to get four prizes each.
Winners of BAFTA Awards for Film 2025 Photo: Getty Image
The American actor of Romanian origin Sebastian Stan, nominated for the premium for the best actor for the role of “The Apprentice” has lost in front of Adrien Brody, the protagonist of “The Brutalist”.
“Conclave”, which entered the race with 12 nominations, won the prize in the queen category of the gala, the one for the best film, but also imposed on the categories the best British film, adapted script and assembly, according to Agerpres.
“T.We remain in a time of crisis of democracy and institutions that are usually used to bring us together, they are used to separate us ”said Edward Berger, the director “Conclave”in his acceptance speech.
“And sometimes it is difficult to keep your confidence in such situations, but for this reason we make movies and for this reason we made this movie.” he added.
“The Brutalist”, a movie of over three and a half hours about a Hungarian immigrant, architect and survivor of the Holocaust leaving Europe at the end of World War II to try to restore their life and career in the United States, was considered to be Among the favorites in the best movie category.
The film brought the award for Brady Corbet and the prize for the best male interpretation to Adrien Brody respectively.
“This film is about the need to leave behind something important and I think it is a topic in which we can all find ourselves”, Adrien Brody said in his acceptance speech.
The best actor in the main role were also nominated Timothée Chalaamet (“A complete Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Concloves”), Hugh Gran (“heretic”) and Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”).
“The Brutalist” He also won the image for the image and the one for the original soundtrack. One of the great surprises of the 78th Gale Bafta was Mikey Madison’s victory in the category reserved for the best female interpretations, with the movie “Anora” in which she plays the role of an exotic dancer in a love story with the son to a Russian oligarch.
The great favorite in this category were considered Demi Moore, who received multiple braces for the role of the movie “The Substance” and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, for the role of a woman who is struggling with depression in “Hard Truths”. “I really didn’t expect this,” commented Mikey Madison.
The feature film “Emilia Perez”, also considered one of the main candidates for this year’s Oscars, has triumphed in the category reserved for films in a language other than English.
“It’s too nice, you shouldn’t have done this. This award is not only for me but for all those who worked hard on this movie ”said director Jacques Audiard, in the prize acceptance speech.
Zoe Saldana won the award for best supporting actress for interpreting a lawyer who helps the leader of a Mexican drug cartel, a role played by Gascon, to stress her death and to change her sex. At the most reserved category. Good supporters in the secondary role won Kieran Culkin with comedy with drama “Real Pain ‘. The film also won the BAFTA prize for original script.
The list of prizes to the main categories:
The best movie: “Conclave”
Best British film: “Conclave”
Director: Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”)
Actor in the main role: Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”)
Actress: Mikey Madison (“Anora”) A actor in supporting role: Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
Actress in secondary role: Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Perez”)
Original scenario: “A Real Pain”
Adapted scenario: “Conclave”
Foreign film: “Emilia Perez”
Animation film: “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
Documentary: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
Original soundtrack: “The Brutalist”
Children’s and family: “Wallace and Groomm: Vengeance Most Fowl”.
