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2026 BAFTA Award Winners

No Film School [Unofficial] February 22, 2026
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The 79th British Academy Film Awards have officially taken over London’s Royal Festival Hall, and the 2026 winners list is a masterclass in cinematic range.

The show was hosted by the incomparable Alan Cumming. And the evening belonged to a handful of titans who have dominated this awards season, including Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.

Whether you're catching up on the snubs or cheering for the technical triumphs, here is the full breakdown of who took home the golden masks this year.

Check out the winners below.


Best Film HAMNET Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes MARTY SUPREME Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie **ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson **SENTIMENTAL VALUE Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar SINNERS Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler

Leading Actress **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 **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

Director BUGONIA Yorgos Lanthimos HAMNET Chloé Zhao MARTY SUPREME Josh Safdie **ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson **SENTIMENTAL VALUE Joachim Trier SINNERS Ryan Coogler

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) **Robert Aramayo ** Miles Caton Chase Infiniti Archie Madekwe Posy Sterling

Outstanding British Film 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 Cirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch H IS FOR HAWK Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue **HAMNET Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Speilberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell **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

Film Not in the English Language IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin THE SECRET AGENT Kleber Mendonça Filho, Emilie Lesclaux **SENTIMENTAL VALUE Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar **SIRĀT Oliver Laxe, Domingo Corral THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadim Cheikhrouha

Costume Design **FRANKENSTEIN Kate Hawley **HAMNET Malgosia Turzanska MARTY SUPREME Miyako Bellizzi SINNERS Ruth E. Carter WICKED: FOR GOOD Paul Tazewell

**Adapted Screenplay ** THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND Tom Basden, Tim Key BUGONIA Will Tracy HAMNET Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell **ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson **PILLION Harry Lighton

Original Score BUGONIA Jerskin Fendrix FRANKENSTEIN Alexandre Desplat HAMNET Max Richter ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jonny Greenwood **SINNERS Ludwig Göransson **

Sound **F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta **FRANKENSTEIN Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor SINNERS Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco WARFARE Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner

Cinematography FRANKENSTEIN Dan Laustsen MARTY SUPREME Darius Khondji **ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Michael Bauman **SINNERS Autumn Durald Arkapaw TRAIN DREAMS Adolpho Veloso

Animated Film ELIO Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm LITTLE AMÉLIE Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri Magalon **ZOOTOPIA 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino **

Editing F1 Stephen Mirrione A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Kirk Baxter MARTY SUPREME Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie **ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Andy Jurgensen **SINNERS Michael P. Shawver

Casting **I SWEAR Lauren Evans **MARTY SUPREME Jennifer Venditti ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Cassandra Kulukundis SENTIMENTAL VALUE Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman SINNERS Francine Maisler

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer THE CEREMONY Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer) **MY FATHER’S SHADOW Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer) **PILLION Harry Lighton (Director, Writer) A WANT IN HER Myrid Carten (Director) WASTEMAN Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)

Original Screenplay I SWEAR Kirk Jones MARTY SUPREME Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie THE SECRET AGENT Kleber Mendonça Filho SENTIMENTAL VALUE Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier **SINNERS Ryan Coogler **

British Short Animation CARDBOARD J .P. Vine, Michaela Manas Malina SOLSTICE Luke Angus **TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson ** British Short Film MAGID / ZAFAR Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks NOSTALGIE Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath Mattock TERENCE Edem Kelman, Noah Reich **THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright **WELCOME HOME FRECKLES Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren

Documentary 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino COVER-UP Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev **MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková **THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee

Make-up & Hair **FRANKENSTEIN Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many **HAMNET Nicole Stafford MARTY SUPREME Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine SINNERS Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine WICKED: FOR GOOD Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth

Production Design **FRANKENSTEIN Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau **HAMNET Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton MARTY SUPREME Jack Fisk, Adam Willis ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino SINNERS Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne

Children’s & Family Film ARCO Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman **BOONG Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani **LILO & STITCH Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich ZOOTROPOLIS 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino

Supporting Actor BENICIO DEL TORO One Battle After Another JACOB ELORDI Frankenstein PAUL MESCAL Hamnet PETER MULLAN I Swear **SEAN PENN One Battle After Another **STELLAN SKARSGÅRD Sentimental Value

Supporting Actress ODESSA A’ZION Marty Supreme INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS Sentimental Value **WUNMI MOSAKU Sinners ** CAREY MULLIGAN The Ballad of Wallis Island TEYANA TAYLOR One Battle After Another EMILY WATSON Hamnet

**Special Visual Effects AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon **F1 Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington FRANKENSTEIN Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Christian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer THE LOST BUS Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti

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