2025 BAFTA Awards Odds and Predictions

Before the Hollywood award show season can run, it has to walk. The 2025 Oscars are the ultimate goal for anyone in the film business, but winning at the BAFTAs isn’t too shabby, either.

We’ve seen a lot of fun entertainment awards shows go down already, with the biggest so far easily being the Golden Globes. However, another big one is here, and you can bet on who will win at this year’s BAFTA Awards.

The latest BAFTA Awards odds are up at online betting sites, so join me as I look at the latest pricing and offer my winner prediction for each key category.

What Are The BAFTA Awards?

Better known as the British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs are a yearly event that honor the best British and international performers in television and movies.

When Is The BAFTA Awards?

Before anyone gets to take to the stage, early BAFTAs nominations dropped on January 3rd, with official nominees being announced on January 15th.

The 2025 BAFTA Awards go down on Sunday, February 16th, 2025 at Royal Festival Hall in London, UK.

Where Can I Watch The BAFTA Awards?

Most people can’t attend the BAFTAs in person, as you need an invitation. However, anyone can still watch the BAFTA Awards. You can watch the BAFTAs on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, or BritBox.

BAFTA Awards Odds

Check out the latest BAFTA Awards odds, courtesy of the top online betting sites:

History suggests the top betting favorites tend to win at the BAFTAs, so you can follow that (and my picks), or go against the grain.

The nice thing? A lot of the BAFTA Awards favorites have nice prices, so if history is a correct indicator, you could be looking at easy money. 

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BAFTA Awards Predictions

Check out our predictions for the 78^th BAFTA Awards:

Best Director

• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (-300)
• Sean Baker – Anora (+300)
• Edward Berger – Conclave (+500)
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez (+800)
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (+2000
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune Part II (+3000)

First up is Brady Corbet, who is a sizable favorite to win best director at the 2025 BAFTAs. He’s been having a lot of success at other film awards, with his most notable win coming at this year’s Golden Globes.

Corbet is the easy pick here, but in the interest of turning over every stone, I’d give Sean Baker and Edward Berger a look, too. Conclave is up for best British film this year, so it’s an appealing value bet at +400. Anora was a frontrunner for a lot of awards this past summer, so Baker at +300 isn’t the worst bet.

That said, The Brutalist is in shape to dominate at the BAFTAs, and I won’t be ignoring this -300 price.

Bet: Brady Corbet (-300)

Best Film

• The Brutalist (+110)
• Conclave (+150)
• Anora (+200)
• Emilia Perez (+800)
• A Complete Unknown (+3000)

The Brutalist is offering insane betting value right now, as it’s a very light favorite even though it’s been a big producer on the film awards circuit. It stands to reason that the movie favored to win for best direction would be a good bet to win for the top film category, and this +110 price tag is to die for.

This movie is favored or very much in the running for a litany of other BAFTA Awards, and it’s already cleaned up with wins at numerous events, with the Golden Globes obviously being the big one.

Once again, Conclave and Anora are the major threats here, and each movie feels nicely priced. I will point out that Emilia Perez is also in the mix for a lot of awards, and those +800 odds are tough to ignore.

That said, The Brutalist should be coming in at minus money. I’d run – not walk – to back The Brutalist.

Bet: The Brutalist (+110)

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody (-250)
• Ralph Fiennes (+300)
• Timothee Chalamet (+400)
• Hugh Grant (+800)
• Sebastian Stan (+1500)
• Colman Domingo (+2000)

If there is a running theme here, it’s that The Brutalist is going to win big. An even bigger night may loom ahead at the Oscars, but for now it should dominate at the BAFTAs. 

Adrien Brody is the clear favorite to win best actor here, which makes total sense after he won the same award at both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.

With the BAFTAs placing British folk under a microscope, I do think Ralph Fiennes is worth a shot at +300. Conclave got a lot of positive buzz and is also in the mix for several categories, so if you’re not betting on Brody, he’d be the best pivot.

Timothee Chalamet was terrific as Bob Dylan in his biopic film, but he’s not a serious contender here. Hugh Grant gets a nod simply because he’s another Brit, but even his +800 odds won’t sway me.

Bet: Adrien Brody (-250)

Best Actress

• Demi Moore (-150)
• Mikey Madison (+300)
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste (+300)
• Karla Sofia Gascon (+800)
• Saoirse Ronan (+2000)
• Cynthia Erivo (+2500)

Adrien Brody has been dominating the Hollywood circuit and I don’t think his reign ends at the BAFTAs. The story is likely similar with Demi Moore, who is an even better value with -150 odds win win best actress.

The 62-year old Moore really dug deep, conveying her character’s fear of age and loss of beauty. She’s flirted with huge wins in the past, but nothing of this magnitude. After scoring victories for this role at both the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, there’s little to suggest she won’t stay hot at the BAFTAs.

Mikey Madison is the most logical pivot if you don’t buy Demi Moore as a good bet. Madison shined in Anora and actually won this same award at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, as well as 13 other smaller awards shows.

She’s a fine value bet at +300, but this is undeniably Moore’s award to lose as film award season starts to wrap up.

Bet: Demi Moore (-150)

Best Supporting Actor

• Kieran Culkin (-400)
• Guy Pearce (+500)
• Yura Borisov (+900)
• Clarence Maclin (+1000)
• Edward Norton (+1000)
• Jeremy Strong (+1200)

An even more obvious pick is Culkin to take home best supporting actor honors. He’s a massive favorite after securing the same hardware at both the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes, while he’s actually a -600 favorite to do the same at the Oscars.

If the BAFTAs want to pay homage to a hometown hero, they could decide to shock the world and give Guy Pearce the trophy. It’d be a stunner, but Pearce did play a key role in The Brutalist, which has been dominating the awards circuit.

Playing an obnoxious but charming character has always been in Culkin’s wheelhouse, but he’s finally getting credit for it at a high level.

Bet: Kieran Culkin (-400)

Best Supporting Actress

• Zoe Saldana (-600)
• Ariana Grande (+600)
• Isabella Rossellini (+800)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (+1000)
• Felicity Jones (+1200)
• Selena Gomez (+2500)

Another lock is Zoe Saldana, who has even better odds at -600. She’s also claimed hardware for this same category at the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, let alone numerous other awards shows.

Saldana will also enter this year’s Oscars as a terrific bet to stay hot on the awards trail. At -600, though, she simply isn’t a really fun actress to back. 

That doesn’t mean she won’t win (she almost certainly will), but fliers on Ariana Grande (Wicked) and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) might be more worth your time. If I had to choose one, however, it’d be the 72-year old Rossellini, who was terrific in Conclave and would be a feel-good story.

Bet: Zoe Saldana (-600)

Best British Film

• Conclave (-600)
• Kneecap (+800)
• Blitz (+1500)
• The Outrun (+2000)
• Gladiator II (+2000)
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (+2000)
• Bird (+2500)
• Love Lies Bleeding (+4000)
• Hard Truths (+4000)

Conclave isn’t going to win best picture at the 2025 Oscars, but it’s a really good bet to take home the top prize for best British film at the BAFTA Awards.

This should shock nobody, as Conclave has been in the running to a certain degree for best film at most awards shows this season. It still has a shot at the Oscars, and it shocked with a huge win for best picture at the 2025 Golden Globes.

It won’t catch anyone sleeping at the BAFTAs, of course, while bettors also are getting zero value thanks to this -600 price tag. So, while it’s a near-lock to win, you may want to look elsewhere.

Your best bet appears to be Kneecap, which has alluring +800 odds and scored an impressive 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Bet: Conclave (-600)

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist (-110)
• Conclave (+125)
• Emilia Perez (+300)
• Nosferatu (+1000)
• The Wild Robot (+2000)

This is one of the few BAFTAs categories where I think going away from the favorite isn’t the worst idea. The Brutalist does have an amazing score, though, so it’s just as arguable that it is one of the better value bets at -110.

That said, Conclave’s score is tense and does a fantastic job aligning with and maximizing themes of change and modernization. For a movie that some may find a bit boring, the score really injects life into the movie and is some brilliant work by Volker Bertelmann.

Emilia Perez is a different score compared to The Brutalist and Conclave, to be sure. It’s one of the most nominated films across all awards shows, however, and if you’re looking for a more upbeat option, this delivers.

I don’t want to gloss over The Brutalist, but given its success in so many other categories, I wouldn’t be surprised to see other films get the nod in less popular competitions. This could be one of them, making Conclave a fun bet at +125.

Bet: Conclave (+125)

Rising Star Award

• Mikey Madison (-200)
• Marisa Abela (+125)
• David Jonsson (+600)
• Jharrel Jerome (+1200)
• Nabhaan Rizwan (+1500)

The rising star award is a no-brainer; it’s going to be Mikey Madison. She burst out of nowhere as the lead in Anora, dazzling as Ani, a sex worker who gets caught up in love and adventure.

Madison learned the Russian language and perfected dancing skills for the role, while also flawlessly delivered a deeply human and empathetic character. At just 25, she excelled to the point of putting herself in contention for best actress at all of the major awards shows, and claimed awards similar to this rising star award numerous times at various events.

Marisa Abela stands out as the top challenger for this category, but it doesn’t make much sense that this race is priced so tightly. Madison was part of one of the best films of the year and she’s been winning or been nominated at every turn. It’d be a shock if she didn’t win.

Bet: Mikey Madison (-200)

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