Final nominees for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced this morning. Aardman Animations’ Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham) managed a rare achievement by not only earning one of the coveted Animation Category nominations but also landing on the Outstanding British Film list with nine live-action titles. Three of the titles up for the Animated Film BAFTA (Flow, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot) also received nominations in the new Children’s & Family Film category. In addition, acclaimed U.K. animation house Lupus Films was able to earn two nominations in two separate categories with its acclaimed feature Kensuke’s Kingdom (Children’s and Family Film) and Mog’s Christmas (Animated Short).
The BAFTAs will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16 at the ceremony hosted by David Tennant in London. Here are the highlights of the animation and visual effects-related categories:
ANIMATED FILM
Flow. Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2. Kesley Mann, Mark Nielsen
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot. Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Flow. Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Kensuke’s Kingdom. Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot. Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man. Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two. Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Gladiator II. Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
Wicked. Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Adios. José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
Mog’s Christmas. Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
Wander to Wonder. Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
In addition, Kris Bowers’ music for DreamWorks The Wild Robot was also nominated for a BAFTA in the Original Score category. Among the popular titles that were shut out this year were Memoir of a Snail, Ultraman: Rising, Moana II, Transformers One, That Christmas, Spellbound and Paddington in Peru. In the shorts category, Nina Gantz’s Wander to Wonder is also nominated for an Annie Award and is shortlisted for an Oscar. Mog’s Christmas also won a British Animation Award and is also nominated for an Annie Award (special presentation). Adios is also nominated for an Annie Award (Best Student Film).
