BAFTA, Friday, announced the longlists of films and talent that have gone through to Round Two of voting for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. Round Two of voting kicks off today and will determine the nominations; to be unveiled via global livestream on Wednesday 15 January at 12pm (GMT) from BAFTA’s HQ 195 Piccadilly in London. Round Three of voting will determine the winners. They will be announced on Sunday 16 February from the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, as part of an unmissable celebration of film hosted by multi-talented and award-winning actor David Tennant.
The longlists for all 25 categories including Best Film, Director, Cinematography, Casting, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the four performance categories, a new Children’s & Family Film category, and more, are published here.
BAFTA continues to represent the UK’s largest film industry voting body with 8,100 creative practitioners from all corners of the UK and global film industry.
BAFTA Film Committee Chair, Anna Higgs, said: “Huge congratulations to the 80 feature films that have been longlisted today, it is an incredible achievement to progress from 235 movies under consideration in this year’s EE BAFTA Film Awards. It’s been an exceptional year for filmmaking featuring bold creative voices and inspiring stories from independent films to global blockbusters, highlighting the incredible breadth of talent working in our industry today. What I love about the Film Awards season is that it generates real excitement and passion for film and filmmaking. From BAFTA’s research, we know that this buzz directly impacts cinema-going, so that film fans feel part of the Awards conversation. Our BAFTA voters now have the unenviable task of deciding which of these films will make it onto the nominations list.”
The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 will be announced by 2024 EE Rising Star winner Mia-McKenna Bruce and BAFTA-winner Will Sharpe on Wednesday 15 January at 12 midday (GMT), from BAFTA’s HQ at 195 Piccadilly, London and streamed live on @BAFTA YouTube.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will once again be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London, and broadcast on Sunday 16 February on BBC One and iPlayer, BritBox in North America, the Nordics and Australia, as well as a host of further international broadcasters to be announced.
VOTING, CHAPTERS AND JURIES
The EE BAFTA Film Awards voting takes place over three rounds: Longlisting, Nominations and Winners, by BAFTA’s global voting membership and film industry practitioners. The latest demographic information on BAFTA’s membership is available here.
The Longlisting round was introduced in 2021 to showcase more films at an earlier stage in the Awards process. To ensure a level playing field and fair consideration for all titles, regardless of marketing budget, all film voting members are allocated a broad range of 15 selected films to view before voting in Round One, as well as being invited to attend over 1,100 screenings and Q&As in-person and virtually.
BAFTA encourages voters to watch as many films as possible at the cinema, and in addition makes all qualifying films available to voting members on BAFTA View, BAFTA’s online viewing platform.
Before voting in Round Two it is compulsory for all voters, including those in chapters and juries, to watch all Longlisted films in their categories.
Chapters are made up of BAFTA members who hold specialist knowledge in the relevant craft. Members are also invited to join opt-in categories.
Juries are comprised of BAFTA members with varied industry roles and experience and from diverse backgrounds, gender, location and age groups.
- Round One voting for all members (from Friday 6 to Monday 30 December 2024)
- Round Two voting (which opens today, Friday 3 January until Friday 10 January 2025
- Categories in Rounds One and Two are voted for by the corresponding Chapters or Juries made up of BAFTA members
- Round Three voting (from Wednesday 22 January until Tuesday 11 February 2025) will determine the Winners, to be announced at the EE BAFTA Films Awards on Sunday 16 February. Round Three is voted for by the full voting BAFTA membership. Only Children’s & Family Film and Outstanding Debut are voted for by Juries made up of BAFTA members in all three Rounds. Please refer to the information below for details.
- The EE Rising Star Award is the only award voted for by the public. 2025 will mark the 20th anniversary of the EE Rising Star Award. EE will unveil the Nominees on Tuesday 7 January 2025 and the winner will be announced at the ceremony.
Several key updates have been introduced for 2025 to the EE BAFTA Film Awards, which can be found here, including a new Children’s & Family Film category which will celebrate the very best films appealing to inter-generational audiences, marking the first new EE BAFTA Film Award in five years.
