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Date published: January 21, 2025
Film lovers are looking forward to the awards season when the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) take place on 16th February followed by the 97th Academy Awards ceremony on 3rd March. On the global stage, the Academy Awards take precedence but Academy voters will definitely be looking at the BAFTA winners and losers before the Oscars voting ends on Tuesday 18th February.
There is a lot of speculation about the outcome in the various different categories for the BAFTAs and a couple of bookmakers have joined in the fun by allowing film buffs to vote on the top categories of Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress. If you tune in to the BAFTA awards ceremony, it can make your evening more entertaining and potentially rewarding if you have selected the final winners.
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The BAFTAs is incredibly popular from both within the UK and around the world. As such, many UK betting sites take bets on the ceremony and on who will win the awards.
If you’re looking to bet on the BAFTAs, head to any of the bookmakers below and you will find the BAFTAs betting section in the ‘TV’ or ‘Specials’ categories of the bookies’ websites.
All of the betting sites listed below have welcome offers available to new customers which allow you to receive free bets and other incentives when creating an account and placing your first bet.
Click on any bookmaker below to bet on the BAFTAs or find out more about the 2025 awards below.
| BAFTA Betting Sites | ||
|---|---|---|
 | Betfred | Visit |
 | Coral | Visit |
 | Bet365 | Visit |
 | Ladbrokes | Visit |
 | William Hill | Visit |
The 2025 BAFTA Awards will be held on 16th February. Following six years of being held at the Royal Albert Hall, the BAFTAs moved to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in 2023 which is the venue for the 2025 awards.
Award-winning actor David Tennant is set to return as host for the 2025 BAFTAs.
The 2025 BAFTAs will be televised in the UK on BBC One, iPlayer and BritBox
A start time has yet to be confirmed but will be available on this page once released so please check back soon.
The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949 and has handed out hundreds of awards since for categories such as Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.
A list of previous BAFTA winners can be found below.
| Year | Best Film | Best Actor | Best Actress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oppenheiner | Cillian Murphy | Emma Stone |
| 2023 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Austin Butler | Cate Blanchett |
| 2022 | The Power of the Dog | Will Smith | Joanna Scanian |
| 2021 | Nomadland | Anthony Hopkins | Frances McDormand |
| 2020 | 1917 | Joaquin Phoenix | Renée Zellweger |
| 2019 | Roma | Rami Malek | Olivia Colman |
| 2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Gary Oldman | Frances McDormand |
| 2017 | La La Land | Casey Affleck | Emma Stone |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Leonardo DiCaprio | Brie Larson |
| 2015 | Boyhood | Eddie Redmayne | Julianne Moore |
| 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Cate Blanchett |
| 2013 | Argo | Daniel Day-Lewis | Emmanuelle Riva |
| 2012 | The Artist | Jean Dujardin | Meryl Streep |
Several awards are given out at the ceremony such as the Rising Star Award, Best British Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Direction, Best Short Film and many others. However, there are three main categories that are more popular than others when it comes to betting on the BAFTAs.
Here are some of the leading contenders for the main categories:
Emilia Pérez: Leading with 15 longlist mentions, including Best Film and Best Director for Jacques Audiard.
Conclave: Close behind with 14 mentions, directed by Edward Berger.
The Substance, The Brutalist, and A Complete Unknown: Each securing 11 longlist spots.
Wicked and Dune: Part Two: Both with 10 mentions.
Anora and Gladiator II: Each with nine spots, though Gladiator II missed out on Best Film.
Ralph Fiennes for Conclave.
Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice.
Notably, Gladiator II did not secure a Leading Actor longlist spot.
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez, potentially becoming the first transgender actress shortlisted for a BAFTA film award.
Marisa Abela for Back to Black, portraying Amy Winehouse.
Saoirse Ronan for The Outrun.
Best Director
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez.
Edward Berger for Conclave.
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist.
Sean Baker for Anora.
Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two.
Five of the ten longlisted directors are women, including Nora Fingscheidt for The Outrun and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance.
Rising Star Award
Marisa Abela (Back to Black).
Jharrel Jerome (Unstoppable)
.David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus).
Mikey Madison (Anora).
Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera).
Abela, Jonsson, and Rizwan all starred in the TV series Industry.
The BAFTA Awards will be held on Sunday, 13 March at Royal Albert Hall with Rebel Wilson as host.
Head to any BAFTA betting site and you’ll find the latest odds for all of the available betting categories.
BAFTA odds are available now which means that you can place your bets early for the 2025 awards.
Betting on the BAFTAs is as easy as picking out who you think will win a category and heading to an online betting site to place your bets.
All of the bookmakers listed on this page take bets on the BAFTAs but we highly recommend Betfred who are one of the leading UK bookmakers. Betfred have great odds available on various awards and TV Shows such as The Oscars, Love Island, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, The Masked Singer, Dancing On Ice, The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice UK and several others.
Click below to bet on the 2025 BAFTAs with Betfred.
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