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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.

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.

The AI Agent Revolution: Can the Industry Handle the Compute Surge?

by THEFUTURE.TEAM
March 28, 2025

As AI agents evolve from simple chatbots into complex, autonomous assistants, the tech industry faces a new challenge: Is there enough computing power to support them? With AI agents poised to become integral in various industries, computational demands are rising rapidly.

A recent Barclays report forecasts that the AI industry can support between 1.5 billion and 22 billion AI agents, potentially revolutionizing white-collar work. However, the increase in AI’s capabilities comes at a cost. AI agents, unlike chatbots, generate significantly more tokens—up to 25 times more per query—requiring far greater computing power.

Tokens, the fundamental units of generative AI, represent fragmented parts of language to simplify processing. This increase in token generation is linked to reasoning models, like OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, which break tasks into smaller, manageable chunks. As AI agents process more complex tasks, the tokens multiply, driving up the demand for AI chips and computational capacity.

Barclays analysts caution that while the current infrastructure can handle a significant volume of agents, the rise of these “super agents” might outpace available resources, requiring additional chips and servers to meet demand. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro, for example, generates around 9.4 million tokens annually per subscriber, highlighting just how computationally expensive these reasoning models can be.

In essence, the tech industry is at a critical juncture. While AI agents show immense potential, their expansion could strain the limits of current computing infrastructure. The question is, can the industry keep up with the demand?

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