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BAFTA 2024: ‘Conclave’ And ‘The Brutalist’ Dominate, But What Does It Mean For The Oscars?

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

February 17, 2025

Two films stole the show at this year’s BAFTA Awards—Conclave and The Brutalist, each securing four wins in major categories. While their triumphs set the stage for the Oscars, history suggests that BAFTA victories don’t always translate into Academy gold.

A Night Of Big Wins And Surprises

Leading the nominations race, Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, entered the night with 12 nods, followed by Emilia Perez with 11 and The Brutalist with 9. Ultimately, Conclave and The Brutalist walked away as the biggest winners, signaling their industry impact.

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One of the evening’s biggest upsets? Mikey Madison clinching Best Actress for Anora, shaking up predictions for the Oscars. Hosted by David Tennant, the ceremony kept audiences on edge, adding more uncertainty to an already unpredictable awards season.

Oscars Still Up For Grabs

If recent awards are any indication, the race for Best Picture remains wide open. The Critics Choice Awards and Producers Guild Awards both crowned Anora as the top film of 2024, while the Golden Globes split their honors, naming The Brutalist Best Drama and Emilia Perez Best Comedy. Now, with Conclave taking BAFTA’s top prize, the Oscar race is more unpredictable than ever.

Statistically speaking, a BAFTA win isn’t a guaranteed ticket to Oscar glory. Over the last decade, only two BAFTA Best Picture winners—Nomadland (2020) and Oppenheimer (2023)—went on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. So while Conclave may have momentum, history warns against betting on a sure thing.

Key BAFTA Winners

Best Film: Conclave
Best British Film: Conclave
Best Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Best Actress: Mikey Madison (Anora)
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin (True Pain)
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)
Best Director: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Best Foreign Language Film: Emilia Perez
Best Original Screenplay: True Pain
Best Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Best Cinematography: The Brutalist
Best Editing: Conclave
Best Score: The Brutalist
Best Visual Effects: Dune: Part II
Best Documentary: Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story
Best Animated Film: Wallace and Gromit: The Feathered Revenge
BAFTA Rising Star Award: David Johnson
BAFTA Fellowship: Warwick Davis

With just weeks to go before the Oscars, Hollywood remains on edge. Will BAFTA’s influence hold, or will the Academy take a different path? One thing’s for sure: this year’s race is far from decided.

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Hugging Face Chief Urges Transparency and AI Security Investment

OpenAI is reviewing an incident in which one of its AI models breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face, following calls from the company’s chief executive, Clem Delangue, for greater transparency about what happened.

Delangue said on X that he had travelled to San Francisco to discuss the incident with the OpenAI team before urging the company to publicly release technical details of the event.

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Delangue Calls For Greater Transparency

In a follow-up post, Delangue called for what he described as “radical transparency,” urging OpenAI to publish traces from the “rogue” AI agent so researchers can analyse the incident.

He also called on the company to commit $100 million in computing resources to help the Hugging Face community develop stronger AI-powered cybersecurity tools.

“The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event,” Delangue wrote. “It deserves an unprecedented response!”

Questions Over The Cause

While the incident has raised concerns about autonomous AI systems, some cybersecurity experts have suggested it may have resulted from human error rather than the model’s behaviour alone, pointing to reports that OpenAI’s testing environment may not have been fully isolated.

The incident has highlighted the importance of both AI safety measures and secure deployment practices as companies expand the use of autonomous systems.

OpenAI Reviewing The Incident

An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the meeting with Delangue and said the company is continuing its investigation.

“This is an unprecedented incident, and we think it marks an important moment for AI safety,” OpenAI said. “We are still conducting a thorough review along with external advisors and with oversight from our Safety and Security Committee. Once the review is complete, we plan to publish a technical report of our learnings in the coming weeks.”

The company said it plans to release the findings of its review in the coming weeks.