BAFTA 2026 Winners as One Battle After Another Takes Six Awards

The 79th British Academy Film Awards took place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22 February, hosted by Alan Cumming. It was billed as one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory. By the end of the ceremony, one film had pulled ahead.

One Battle After Another arrived with 14 nominations and left with six awards. It won Best Film, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn. The thriller did not just lead the nominations. It controlled the room.

Sinners followed closely behind. With 13 nominations, Ryan Coogler’s film secured three wins: Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku.

Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, swept major craft categories with three wins, reinforcing how strongly technical achievement shaped this year’s ceremony.

There was also a historic moment. Boong became the first Manipuri language film to win a BAFTA, taking Children’s and Family Film and beating Zootopia 2, one of the year’s biggest global releases.

Other key wins included Hamnet for Outstanding British Film and Best Actress for Jessie Buckley, along with I Swear earning Best Actor for Robert Aramayo.

BAFTA 2026 did not split attention evenly. It had a clear leader. Yet across acting, screenplay and craft, the spread of winners showed a year defined by strong direction, controlled performances and ambitious scale.

Read on for the full list of winners:

Best Film

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER:
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Director

Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best 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

Best 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

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Best Supporting Actress

Odessa A'zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Pillion

Best Original Screenplay

I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners

Outstanding British Film

28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H is for Hawk
WINNER:
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

Best Animated Film

Elio
Little Amélie
WINNER: Zootopia 2

Best Film Not in the English Language

It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary Film

2,000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Children's & Family Film

Arco
WINNER: Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

Best Editing

A House of Dynamite
F1
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Casting

WINNER: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Production Design

WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Sound

WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Best Special Visual Effects

WINNER:
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Mary Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup and Hair

WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Original Score

Hamnet
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Bugonia
Frankenstein

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Clare Binns

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer

Pillion
The Ceremony
Wasteman
A Want In Her
WINNER: My Father's Shadow

Best British Short Animation

Cardboard
Solstice
WINNER: Two Black Boys in Paradise

Best British Short Film

Welcome Home Freckles
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
WINNER: This Is Endometriosis

EE Rising Star Award

WINNER: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling