Baftas 2025: the red carpet, the ceremony, the winners – live!
The red carpet has been unrolled, the stars are having their hair done and alternative plans have been made for the Netflix afterparty after a fire broke out at their original venue, the Chiltern Firehouse, on Friday. The scene is set for the 78th British Academy Film Awards.
Why do they matter? Well, other than being important in their own right, they are last-gasp auditions for the Academy Awards in a fortnight. Final Oscars voting closes on Tuesday, and many voters will be keeping their powder dry until they see what happens tonight: who's unfairly snubbed, who gives a corker of an acceptance speech and whether anybody falls over their frock. Upending the race? Sean Baker and Anora star Mikey Madison at the Directors Guild of America awards last weekend. Photograph: Chris Chew/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Plus, a Venn diagram of Bafta and Oscar voters would reveal much more overlap than with most other awards bodies – certainly than the Golden Globes and Critics Choice awards. Last weekend, two big guild bodies in the US – the directors' and producers' guilds – upended the race by bestowing their big prize not on previous frontrunner The Brutalist but rather on Sean Baker's Anora.
Will Bafta voters follow suit? Might boomer nostalgia dominate and offer the gong instead to A Complete Unknown? Or could the home advantage mean we see white smoke for Conclave – in both the best film and outstanding British film categories? Share
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