Baftas 2025: Conclave beats The Brutalist to best picture as Mikey Madison scoops best actress

<p>Both Edward Berger and Brady Corbet’s dramas take four awards while Demi Moore denied comeback prize as competition heats up for next month’s Oscars<br />• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-the-red-carpet-the-ceremony-the-winners-live">Red carpet, ceremony and winners – as it happened</a><br />• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-the-full-list-of-winners-live">Full list of winners</a><br />• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-adrien-brody-mikey-madison-big-winners-in-pictures">Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison among the winners – in pictures</a><br />• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/best-quotes-from-the-2025-baftas">Best quotes of the night</a></p><p>Conclave, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, went into this year’s Bafta ceremony with a dozen nominations – the most of any contender. It ended up with four awards: for best picture, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay and editing.</p><p>Accepting the second of those, Berger – who swept the board at the awards two years ago with his remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, which won seven prizes – said: “We live in a time of a crisis of democracy. Institutions used to bringing us together are used to pull us apart. Sometimes it’s hard to keep the faith, and that’s why we make movies.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-conclave-beats-the-brutalist-to-best-picture-as-mikey-madison-surprises-as-best-actress-winner">Continue reading...</a>