Conclave won best film, outstanding British film, best adapted screenplay and best editing at the Baftas, while The Brutalist clinched best director for Brady Corbet, best actor for Adrien Brody, best cinematography and best original score.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David James/Universal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5885028q) Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List - 1993 Director: Steven Spielberg Universal USA Film Portrait Drama La Liste de Schindler] However, there’s still potential for a surge in support for Anora – whose leading lady Mikey Madison clinched best actress over Demi Moore for The Substance at the Baftas – as well as US-friendly Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown finally getting a showing.
But a curious fact relating to best actor nominee Ralph Fiennes may provide a strong clue as to which movie will be crowned best picture from the 10 listed nominees that include those mentioned above, plus Wicked, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tiger Moth/Miramax/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5885464an) Ralph Fiennes The English Patient - 1996 Director: Anthony Minghella Tiger Moth/Miramax Scene Still Drama Le Patient anglais] It’s now less likely that former front-runner Emilia Pérez, with its record-breaking 13 nominations for a non-English language film, will blaze much of any kind of trail given the controversial movie’s most recent backlash against lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón and her past tweets.
And then in 1997, romantic war drama The English Patient also won best picture among its haul of nine, while Harry Potter star Fiennes was nominated for – and lost – best actor.
