golden palasyo ‘Conclave’, ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ battle for best film at BAFTAs

2025-02-19 19:49

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Adrien Brody poses at the Nominees Party for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards at the National Gallery in London, Britain, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

LONDON — Hollywood stars descend on London on Sunday for the BAFTAs, Britain’s top movie honors, where the papal thriller “Conclave” and period drama “The Brutalist” look set to face competition from “Anora”, which is emerging as an awards season favorite.

“Conclave” leads the nominations for the awards, with 12 nods, while “The Brutalist”, a three-and-a-half hour tale about a Hungarian immigrant trying to rebuild his life in the United States post-World War Two, leads the betting to win best film.

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But many now consider “Anora”, about an exotic dancer who gets involved with a Russian oligarch’s son, a strong contender after it and director Sean Baker triumphed at the Critics Choice Awards, as well as the Producers and Directors Guild of America Awards ahead of next month’s Academy Awards.

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“Everyone just assumed ‘The Brutalist’ … was going to win everywhere but … (now) it feels like the momentum is behind ‘Anora’ and in awards season, it’s all about momentum,” Digital Spy movies editor Ian Sandwell told Reuters.

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Completing the best film list are Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” and Spanish-language musical crime movie “Emilia Perez”.

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“There’s certainly no frontrunner this year like there has been (before) and it’s also been moving around a lot,” Tim Richards, founder and CEO of cinema operator Vue, said.

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“I actually think that ‘The Brutalist’ will most likely win best film but it’s a hard call between …‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’.”

Many pundits consider the best director race to be between Baker; Edward Berger, for “Conclave”, who made history at the 2023 awards when his German remake of “All Quiet on the Western Front” won seven prizes; and Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist”.

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Its star Adrien Brody is favourite to win leading actor after picking awards elsewhere.

For leading actress, the frontrunners are Demi Moore, who has been repeatedly honoured for her performance in body horror “The Substance”, and Briton Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her critically acclaimed portrayal of a woman struggling with depression in “Hard Truths”.

“Emilia Perez”, which stars Zoe Saldana as a lawyer who helps a Mexican cartel leader, played by Karla Sofia Gascon, fake his death and transition from a man to a woman, follows “Conclave” with 11 nominations.

It had been an early awards frontrunner but its campaign lost steam following controversy surrounding Gascon, who has apologized for past social media posts denigrating Muslims and other groups and said she would go silent to help the movie ahead of the Oscars.

Both Gascon and Saldana are nominated in the leading and supporting actress categories respectively, and the latter is widely expected to win after her triumphs at other awards ceremonies. Gascon is not expected at the BAFTAs.

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Another anticipated winner is Kieran Culkin for his supporting role in dramedy “A Real Pain”.

“He’s been winning everywhere ever since this awards race has startedgolden palasyo,” Sandwell said. “So for anyone but him to win would be a massive surprise.”

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