BAFTA 2025: 'Conclave' Named Best Film, 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' Wins Best Short
The British Academy announced the winners of the BAFTA Awards at a ceremony the night before. One of the main winners was Edward Berger's Vatican drama Conclave, which beat The Brutalist in the Best Picture nomination.
‘The Conclave won four awards, including Best Film, the top prize at the British Film Academy. The film also won in the Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay categories. Edward Berger's thriller, set in the Vatican and starring Rafe Fiennes as a cardinal who watches the election of a new pope, was nominated for a dozen awards at this year's Bafta ceremony, the most of any of the contenders.
Among the best films was Rock, Scissors, Paper, a short film about the war in Ukraine directed by Franz Böhm and starring Alexander Rudinsky, which won the Best British Short Film category. The film is based on real events in Ukraine against the backdrop of a full-scale Russian invasion. The film stars actors from the Franko National Theatre of Ukraine - Oleksandr Rudynskyi and Serhiy Kalantai.
Conclave's rival, The Brutalist, Brady Corbet's epic drama about a Hungarian modernist architect working in post-war America, took home the awards for Best Director, Best Lead Actor, Cinematography and Music.
Another double winner was Aardman's Wallace and Gromit: Revenge, the Biggest Bird, which beat Inside Out 2 and Wild Robot in the animation award. The film also became a popular winner of the first family film award.
The film Super/Human: The Christopher Reeve Story’, about the late actor's career before and after his horrific accident and the impact it had on his children, won the award for Best Documentary.
The ceremony was hosted by former presenter David Tennant, who delivered several soft jabs at President Donald Trump - some of which were cut by the BBC in its broadcast.
The Baftas are the last major film awards ceremony before the Academy Awards in two weeks' time. Many consider the Baftas to be the last audition for the Oscars.