‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ ‘Dune: Part 2’ and ‘Wander to Wonder’ Nab BAFTA 2025 Wins

Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham’s stop-motion comedy, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Denis Villeneuve’s gritty sci-fi drama, Dune: Part Two, were two of the big winners at last night’s 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards in a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London. The Aardman and Netflix comedy caper took home awards for Best Animated Film as well as for Best Children’s & Family Film, while the Warner Bros. Dune sequel won for Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound.

Nina Gantz’s stop-motion dark comedy short, Wander to Wonder, took home the award for Best British Short Animation, while Jon M. Chu’s musical adventure, Wicked, won for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

Both Dune: Part Two and Wicked each received seven nominations overall.

Here’s a rundown of the best films, animated films, and visual effects-driven nominees and winners (a complete list of nominees is available here):

BEST FILM

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave (winner)
• Emilia Pérez

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• Bird
• Blitz
• Conclave (winner)
• Gladiator II
• Hard Truths
• Kneecap
• Lee
• Love Lies Bleeding
• The Outrun
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

• Flow
• Kensuke’s Kingdom
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (winner)
  
  • Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Rickard Beek
• The Wild Robot

ANIMATED FILM

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (winner)
  
  • Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Rickard Beek
• The Wild Robot

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked (winner)
  
  • Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two (winner)
  
  • Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, and Rhys Salcombe
• Gladiator II
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• Adiós
• Mog’s Christmas
• Wander to Wonder (winner)
  
  • Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, and Maarten Swart

Source: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.