BAFTAs 2026: the winners in full
One Battle After Another was the biggest winner at this year’s BAFTAs, taking best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as adapted screenplay, cinematography and editing. The film also secured more prizes, with Sean Penn winning best supporting actor and further nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor.
Hamnet followed closely behind, winning outstanding British film and leading actress for Jessie Buckley. Chloé Zhao’s adaptation also won original score for Max Richter. Sinners had a strong night, winning original screenplay, supporting actress for Wunmi Mosaku and original score for Ludwig Göransson. Sentimental Value was named best film not in the English language, while I Swear took leading actor for Robert Aramayo and best casting. Frankenstein won costume design, production design and make-up and hair, while Avatar: Fire and Ash won special visual effects and F1 was recognised for sound.
BFI-backed projects were also recognised at this year’s awards. My Father’s Shadow won outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer; the film was supported by the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund alongside BBC Film, helping to develop and produce Akinola Davies Jr’s debut feature. In the shorts categories, Two Black Boys in Paradise won British short animation – a project backed by the BFI Short Form Animation Fund, which uses National Lottery funding to support innovative short animated work by UK creators.
Best film
Winner: One Battle After Another – Adam Summer, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
Hamnet – Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicholas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
Marty Supreme – Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berensten Ottmar
Sinners – Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
Outstanding British film
Winner: Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
28 Years Later – Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex Garland
The Ballad of Wallis Island – James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, Tim Key
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – Michael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan
Die My Love – Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch
H Is For Hawk – Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue
I Swear – Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest
Mr Burton – Marc Evans, Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom Bullough
Pillion – Harry Lighton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Steve – Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: My Father’s Shadow
The Ceremony
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
Winner: Clare Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment
Film not in the English language
Winner: Sentimental Value
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Documentary
Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor
Animated film
Winner: Zootropolis 2
Elio
Little Amélie
Children‘s and family film
Winner: Boong
Arco
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Director
Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Original screenplay
Winner: Sinners
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Adapted screenplay
Winner: One Battle After Another
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
Pillion
Leading actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Leading actor
Winner: Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Supporting actress
Winner: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Supporting actor
Winner: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Casting
Winner: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Cinematography
Winner: One Battle After Another
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Train Dreams
Editing
Winner: One Battle After Another
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Costume design
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Make-up and hair
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Original score
Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Production design
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sound
Winner: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Special visual effects
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
British short animation
Winner: Two Black Boys in Paradise
Cardboard
Solstice
British short film
Winner: This Is Endometriosis
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
Welcome Home Freckles
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Winner: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
