National Film Awards UK 2025 – 11th annual Nominations Revealed
National Film Awards UK 2025 – 11th Annual Nominees Revealed
Public voting is now open. Winners will be announced on 2nd July 2025 at Porchester Hall, London.
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London, 19 May 2025 — The National Film Awards UK today unveiled the full list of nominees for its landmark 11th annual edition. This year’s awards ceremony, produced by the National Film Academy, celebrates outstanding achievements in British and international cinema and television. Taking place at the iconic Porchester Hall in London on 2nd July 2025, the ceremony promises to be a spectacular occasion.
Voting is open to the public from 19th May to 19th June 2025 at www.nationalfilmacademy.com. With over 3 million+ votes cast in past editions, the 11th annual NFA is expected to set a new voting record.
“This is one of the most prestigious nights in British film and television,” said Rowan Atkinson. “To be recognised by the National Film Academy, an organisation so deeply rooted in supporting creative talent, is an honour.”
“It’s a remarkable platform that honours both rising stars and global icons,” said Dame Helen Mirren. “Long may it continue.”
“The National Film Awards genuinely reflect the public’s voice, which is what makes them so powerful,” said Ricky Gervais. “It’s the fans that matter.”
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🏆 Full List of Nominees
Explore the categories and the talent nominated for the National Film Awards UK 2025 below.
Best Actress 2025
- Stephanie Beacham – Grey Matter
- Ruth Syratt – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Synnøve Karlsen – Black Cab
- Megan Placito – Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
- Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Daisy Ridley – Cleaner
Best Actor 2025
- Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
- Paul Mescal – Gladiator II
- Barry Keoghan – Bring Them Down
- Nick Frost – Black Cab
- Martin Portlock – Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Tim Key – The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
- David Tennant – Rivals
- Martin Freeman – The Responder
- Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Best Newcomer 2025 (Sponsored by 12 Weston London)
- Cory McClane – Waterloo Road
- Josh Tedeku – SupaCell
- Ebada Hassan – Brides
- Owen Cooper – Adolescence
- Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
- Nykiya Adams – Bird
- Oliver Savell – Changing Ends
- Fatima Bojang – Adolescence
- Austin Haynes – The Railway Children Return, Adolescence
- Charlotte Mellington – Wuthering Heights
Best Actress in a TV Series 2025 (Sponsored by IMEAN BEAUTY)
- Lindsey Coulson – Waterloo Road
- Nielle Springer – Crogton
- Adelayo Adedayo – SupaCell
- Sarah Parish – Curfew
- Beth Cordingly – Emmerdale
- Julie Hesmondhalgh – Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
- Rose Ayling-Ellis – Code of Silence
- Anjelica Huston – Towards Zero
- Lacey Turner – EastEnders
- Eden Taylor-Draper – Emmerdale
Best Actor in a TV Series 2025
- Adam Thomas – Waterloo Road
- Tosin Cole – SupaCell
- Tom Hardy – MobLand
- Samson Agboola – Crogton
- Toby Jones – Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- Staz Nair – Virdee
- Steve McFadden – EastEnders
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen – Towards Zero
- Peter Ash – Coronation Street
- Kieron Richardson – Hollyoaks
Best Supporting Actor 2025 (Sponsored by Espiaye Apparel)
- Mike O’Hearn – Magazine Dreams
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Johnny Vegas – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Tim Roth – Tornado
- Hugh Grant – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Peter DeSouza-Feighoney – Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Ray Fearon – My Fault: London
- Clive Owen – Cleaner
- Ashley Walters – Adolescence
Best Supporting Actress 2025 (Sponsored by Darian Didier)
- Taylour Paige – Magazine Dreams
- Sophie Thompson – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Isla Fisher – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Jane Horrocks – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Kit Green – Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Colm Meaney – Bring Them Down
- Emma Thompson – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Eve Macklin – My Fault: London
Best Drama 2025
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Urchin
- Grey Matter
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- The Outrun
- Brides
- Mr Burton
- Bird
Outstanding Performance 2025
- Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
- Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez
- Hugh Grant – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Asha Banks – My Fault: London
- Simone Ashley – Picture This
- Danny Dyer – Marching Powder
- Eve Macklin – My Fault: London
- Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
- Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series (Sponsored by WOW Facial)
- Jo Coffey – Waterloo Road
- Alexandra Burke – Curfew
- Nadine Mills – SupaCell
- Sudha Bhuchar – Virdee
- Safia Hamad – Crogton
- Mandip Gill – Curfew
- Monica Dolan – Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
- Aysha Kala – Virdee
- Charlotte Ritchie – Code of Silence
- Ella Lily Hyland – Towards Zero
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series 2025
- Liam Scholes – Waterloo Road
- Calvin Demba – SupaCell
- Bobby Brazier – Curfew
- Pierce Brosnan – MobLand
- Seyi Andes-Pelumi – Crogton
- Bunmi Osadolor – Crogton
- Mitchell Robertson – Curfew
- Will Mellor – Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- Vikash Bhai – Virdee
- Kieron Moore – Code of Silence
Best TV Drama Series 2025
- Waterloo Road
- SupaCell
- MobLand
- Crogton
- Curfew
- Adolescence
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- Virdee
- Code of Silence
- Towards Zero
- Baby Reindeer
Best Thriller 2025
- LYLA
- The Blade Cuts Deeper
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Black Cab
- Restless
- Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Dead before they wake
Best Action in a Film/Series 2025 (Sponsored by BfefBo)
- Cookster: The Darkest Days
- William Tell
- Gator Creek
- SupaCell
- Tornado
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Cleaner
- Fight or Flight
Best Independent Film 2025
- Treading Water
- Demise
- Before Nikkah
- LYLA
- Black Cab
- Four Mothers
- A Brothers Bond
- Don’t Turn out the Lights
- Cookster: The Darkest Days
- Kama
- Reputation
Best Screenplay 2025
- Chris Reading, Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare, Hillary Shakespeare – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) – SupaCell
- Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Tom Basden and Tim Key – The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Melissa Osborne – My Fault: London
- Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams, Matthew Orton – Cleaner
Best Documentary / Docu-Series 2025 (Sponsored by VooVix TV)
- About Light and Shadows
- We Are Home
- Neil & Martin’s Bon Voyage
- The Town That Cried Bigfoot
- Khartoum
- To Catch a Copper
- Tell Them You Love Me
- Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
- Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour
Best British Film 2025 (Sponsored by Leger Holidays)
- Urchin – Devisio Pictures, Somesuch, BBC Film, BFI
- Mother’s Pride – Fred Films
- Time Travel is Dangerous
- William Tell
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- My Fault: London
- Cleaner
- Picture This
- Marching Powder
Best Comedy 2025
- Four Mothers
- Time Travel is Dangerous
- Kneecap
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Picture This
- Marching Powder
- Mother’s Pride
- Departures
Best Feature Film 2025 (Sponsored by Pickles & Co)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Urchin
- Time Travel is Dangerous
- Grey Matter
- On Falling
- Bring Them Down
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- Cottontail
- Havoc
Best Director 2025 (Sponsored by VooVix TV)
- Nick Hamm – William Tell
- Laura Carreira – On Falling
- John Maclean – Tornado
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
- Chris Reading – Time Travel is Dangerous
- Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap
- Scott Chambers – Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Chris Andrews – Bring Them Down
- Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- Michael Morris – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Bruce Goodison – Black Cab
Best Producer 2025
- Trevor Birney & Jack Tarling – Kneecap
- John Maclean – Tornado
- Andy Edwards & Becca Hirani – Rumpelstiltskin
- Nicky Bentham & Marica Stocchi – Brides
- Rupert Majendie – The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Ben Pugh & Erica Steinberg – Picture This
- Josh Hyams, Trevor Matthews, Ed Talfan, Hannah Thomas – Mr. Burton
- Gareth Evans, Tom Hardy, Ed Talfan, Aram Tertzakian – Havoc
Best Film Production Company 2025
- Sky Studios
- Misfits Entertainment
- Signature Entertainment / Signature Films
- Severn Screen
- Devisio Pictures
- Element Pictures
- Film Hedge
- Blazing Griffin
- Quiddity Films
Best Foreign Language Film 2025
- Emilia Pérez – France
- I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) – Brazil
- How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies – Thailand
- The Girl with the Needle (Pigen med nålen) – Denmark
- Touch (Snerting) – Iceland
- Vermiglio – Italy
- Tears of a Virgin – Nigeria
- Laal Singh Chaddha – India
- Du Yi Wu Er – China
- Enti Wo Nso Part 2 – Ghana
- Weathering With You – Japan
- Again 1997 – South Korea
- Balidan – Nepal
- The Chosen One – Singapore
Best Short Film 2025 (Sponsored by VooVix TV)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- A Few More Minutes, Please
- Heavy
- The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
- Marion
- Milk
- Stomach Bug
- Dragfox
- Bunnyhood
Best International Film 2025
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- Magazine Dreams
- Gladiator II
- Black Bag
- Emilia Pérez
- The Girl with the Needle
- Kneecap
- Detective Chinatown 1900
- The King of Kings
- Flow
🎟️ Early Bird VIP Tickets & Tables
Early Bird VIP tickets and tables for cast, crew, production teams, friends, and family are now available for a limited period only. These include red carpet access, premium seating, and entry to the afterparty.
Once your table or tickets are booked, please contact elizabeth.harris@nationalfilmawards.co.uk if you would like assistance managing guests or confirming your group.
🗳️ Public Voting Now Live
Voting for the 2025 awards is currently open via www.nationalfilmacademy.com.
To participate:
- Register as a member of the National Film Academy
- Complete your profile (including a profile photo for verification)
- Proceed to: www.nationalfilmacademy.com/voting
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About the National Film Academy
Now in its 11th year, the National Film Awards UK is a celebration of talent and achievement across the British film and television landscape. The Academy also supports new creators through the National Film Academy Foundation, offering mentorship, training, and industry access.
Media Coverage
Coverage this year includes: BBC, ITV News, Sky, E! Entertainment, Evening Standard, The Guardian, London Live, Radio 1, OK! Magazine, and more.
Contact Information
Elizabeth Harris
Awards Executive, UK Division
National Film Academy
📧 elizabeth.harris@nationalfilmawards.co.uk
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