LONDON—Papal thriller Conclave, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the race—just—for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories,

The British Academy has revealed its list of nominees for the 2025 film awards. Announced on Wednesday by last year’s BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe, star of “The White Lotus” (and also a BAFTA TV award winner in 2020),

"Conclave" leads the pack of 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominees with 12 nods, one more than "Emilia Pérez," which had appeared on the most BAFTA longlists (15) when they were announced on Jan. 3. Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe announced the 2025 nominees live on Wednesday in London.

Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations.

Conclave leads the pack with 12 nominations, with Netflix's Emilia Pérez – which led the longlists with 15 mentions – close behind with 11 nominations. The Brutalist landed nine nominations, with Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked all ending up with seven nominations.

Papal thriller "Conclave," which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the race — just — for the British ... Mia McKenna-Bruce attends the BAFTA Film ...

From left, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Sara Putt, Anna Higgs ... leads the race — just — for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories, one more than the genre-busting musical “ Emilia Perez.” But with the wildfires in Los Angeles ...

Before announcing the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, actors Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce paid tribute to first responders flighting the Los Angeles-area wildfires.

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA — Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.

Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region where two massive blazes have killed

Papal thriller “Conclave” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories, just ahead of the genre-busting musical “Emilia Perez" with 11.

The nominees for the 2025 EE BAFTA film awards are being unveiled in London on Wednesday. Actors Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna Bruce are revealing the coveted shortlists at 12 p.m. GMT (4 a.m. PT) in a livestream from the U.K. Academy’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in the British capital.