It’s time to celebrate the best films of 2025.
Alan Cumming was privileged to host the 79th British Academy Film Awards, broadcast live from Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, February, 22.
One Battle After Another received the most nominations-a total of 14.
In the end, the thriller walked away with Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
Meanwhile, Sinners, which had the second highest number of nominations with 13, won Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku) and Best Original Score.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary
2000 Meters to Adraiivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootopia 2
Best Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2
Best Director
Yargos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Best Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Best Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemmons, Bugonia
Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Best Casting
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Costume Design
Hamnet
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Makeup & Hair
Hamnet
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankestein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Hamnet
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Best British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Best British Short Film
Magid/Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles
EE Rising Star Award
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
