BAFTA Awards 2025: After All We Imagine As Light, Radhika Apte’s Sister Midnight & Shahana Goswami’s Santosh receive nods – Full nomination list inside

Two talented Indian filmmakers, Sandhya Suri for Santosh and Karan Kandhari for Sister Midnight have earned nominations at the prestigious BAFTA Film Awards 2025, which were announced on Tuesday. The nominations were revealed during an online ceremony hosted by Mia McKenna-Bruce and Will Sharpe. Among the highlights, the film All We Imagine As Light brought cheer for India, alongside the nominations for Suri and Kandhari.

Santosh & Sister Midnight are nominated for BAFTA Awards 2025

Both filmmakers received nominations in the Outstanding Debut by British Writer, Director or Producer category, thanks to their films being produced in the UK. Sandhya Suri is nominated for her film Santosh, alongside James Bowsher and Balthazar de Ganay.

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Meanwhile, Karan Kandhari secured a nomination for his film Sister Midnight. They are competing against another Indian-origin filmmaker, Dev Patel, who is nominated for his directorial debut, Monkey Man. The category also includes Luna Carmoon for Hoard and Richard Peppiat for Kneecap.

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About Sister Midnight & Santosh

Karan Kandhari made his debut with Sister Midnight. It is a horror-comedy that received a £1 million grant from the British Film Institute in 2022. The film features an impressive cast including Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, and Smita Tambe. It has been premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, garnering rave reviews.

On the other hand, Santosh is a crime drama marking Sandhya Suri’s directorial debut. Produced by British filmmakers Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Alan McAlex, and Balthazar de Ganay, the film is set in rural India. It stars Shahana Goswami as a widow who inherits her husband’s police job and is tasked with investigating a gruesome murder. The film also features Sunita Rajwar. And has represented the UK in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.

BAFTA Awards 2025

The British Academy Film Awards is commonly known as the BAFTA Awards. It is awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. And it is regarded as the British equivalent of the Oscars. The BAFTA Awards 2025 ceremony will be held on February 16. The awards streaming live in India on Lionsgate Play.

Nominations for BAFTA Awards 2025

LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

LEADING ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Selena Gomez – Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez

BEST FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Naoise O Caireallain, Liam Og O Hannaidh, JJ O Dochartaigh
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Hoard – Luna Carmoon (director/ writer)
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
Monkey Man – Dev Patel (director)
Santosh – Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar de Ganay (producer)
Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Perez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

DIRECTOR
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Conclave – Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

EDITING
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Kneecap

CASTING
Anora – Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice – Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez
Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap – Carla Stronge

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stephanie Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Perez – Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

SOUND
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked

COSTUME DESIGN
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked

MAKE-UP & HAIR
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Adios
Mog’s Christmas
Wander To Wonder

BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan

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