The lights dimmed and a single name bent the room in half. Someone in the press pit whispered so close I could hear the syllables tighten. By the time the envelope opened, careers had either been handed a compass or given a clean pair of scissors.
Here’s the Full List of BAFTA 2026 Winners
The red carpet was a river of glitter; the awards did the sorting.
I’ll walk you through what mattered, what surprised, and which films walked away with momentum. You can use this as your quick reference or the one list you return to when arguing with friends, editors, or your streaming queue. I follow the ceremony, industry chatter on IMDb and Variety, and the quiet afterparties so you don’t have to.
Who won Best Film at BAFTA 2026?
One Battle After Another took the crown and kept pulling trophies toward its table.
Which film won the most awards at BAFTA 2026?
By my count from the night’s roll call, One Battle After Another walked off with the largest haul — a sweep across directing, cinematography, editing, screenplay and Best Film, among others.
Best Film
The theatre held its breath when the envelope split open.
This category often signals the industry’s mood — appetite for scale, restraint, or risk. Here are the nominees and the winner.
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another WINNER
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Outstanding British Film
British cinema had a strong showing on the ballots and backstage conversations hummed with national pride.
Recognition here often sends smaller films into a new commercial life.
- 28 Years Later
- The Ballad Of Wallis Island
- Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
- Die My Love
- H Is For Hawk
- Hamnet WINNER
- I Swear
- Mr Burton
- Pillion
- Steve
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
New voices were under the spotlight; producers and critics leaned in.
This prize is often a career detonator — agents and festivals watch closely.
- The Ceremony — Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
- My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer) WINNER
- Pillion — Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
- A Want In Her — Myrid Carten (Director)
- Wasteman — Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
Film Not In The English Language
International contenders reminded everyone why festivals like Cannes and Berlinale matter to BAFTA voters.
These titles often find renewed distribution after a BAFTA nod.
- It Was Just An Accident
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value WINNER
- Sirāt
- The Voice Of Hind Rajab
Adapted Screenplay
Adaptations test a writer’s restraint — fidelity versus invention is the talk of the night.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s win signals that dense source material can still be tamed into clarity.
- 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 WINNER
- Pillion — Harry Lighton
Animated Film
Families and critics both watch this category for different reasons: spectacle or story craft.
- Elio
- Little Amélie
- Zootopia 2 WINNER
Children’s & Family Film
Children’s films are the box-office quiet achievers; word-of-mouth from kids moves numbers.
- Arco
- Boong WINNER
- Lilo & Stitch
- Zootropolis 2
British Short Animation
Shorts show what animators will attempt when budgets are tight and imagination isn’t.
- Cardboard
- Solstice
- Two Black Boys In Paradise WINNER
British Short Film
Shorts often steal the room at festivals; BAFTA recognition amplifies distribution opportunities.
- Magid / Zafar
- Nostalgie
- Terence
- This Is Endometriosis WINNER
- Welcome Home Freckles
CASTING
Good casting reshapes performance arcs; agents and casting directors exchanged knowing looks.
- I Swear — Lauren Evans WINNER
- Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti
- One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
- Sentimental Value — Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman
- Sinners — Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frames that feel lived-in won tonight; cinematographers collected praise from peers.
- Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman WINNER
- Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso
COSTUME DESIGN
Costume rooms quietly shape an era’s visual language and this year’s winners proved it.
- Frankenstein — Kate Hawley WINNER
- Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska
- Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi
- Sinners — Ruth E. Carter
- Wicked: For Good — Paul Tazewell
DIRECTOR
Directorial choices determined whose voice the industry elevated tonight.
Paul Thomas Anderson claimed the directing prize, consolidating his film’s sweep.
- Bugonia — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
- Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson WINNER
- Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier
- Sinners — Ryan Coogler
DOCUMENTARY
Documentaries tonight carried weight and political bite — the room acknowledged that.
- 2000 Meters To Andriivka
- Apocalypse In The Tropics
- Cover-Up
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin WINNER
- The Perfect Neighbor
EDITING
Editing choices turned length into urgency; editors were rightly applauded.
- F1 — Stephen Mirrione
- A House Of Dynamite — Kirk Baxter
- Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen WINNER
- Sinners — Michael P. Shawver
BEST RISING STAR
New faces can bootstrap a career overnight; agents were likely making notes.
- Robert Aramayo WINNER
- Miles Caton
- Chase Infiniti
- Archie Madekwe
- Posy Sterling
LEADING ACTOR
Performances shaped the conversation; the leading actor slot often predicts other ceremonies.
- Robert Aramayo — I Swear WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
- Jesse Plemons — Bugonia
LEADING ACTRESS
Acting choices carried emotional freight and shifted festival narratives.
- Jessie Buckley — Hamnet WINNER
- 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
MAKEUP & HAIR
Transformations that read instantly on camera won this category; teams were celebrated.
- Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many WINNER
- 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
ORIGINAL SCORE
Composers set moods that lingered in the lobby and on playlists after midnight.
- Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet — Max Richter
- One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
- Sinners — Ludwig Göransson WINNER
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Original scripts that felt urgent and contemporary earned strong support.
- 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 WINNER
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Industry veterans and executives sat forward when this name was called.
- CLARE BINNS WINNER
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Design teams created worlds that the camera could live in; production designers were recognized.
- Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau WINNER
- Hamnet — Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
- Sinners — Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
SOUND
Sound teams turned chaos into choreography and the winners were rewarded for that craft.
- F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta WINNER
- 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 — Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
VFX rooms get noisy when their reels hit the screen; the applause tells the rest of the story.
- Avatar: Fire And Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon WINNER
- 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
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Supporting roles reshaped expectations; performances like these fuel awards season chatter.
- Benicio Del Toro — One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
- Paul Mescal — Hamnet
- Peter Mullan — I Swear
- Sean Penn — One Battle After Another WINNER
- Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Supporting actresses delivered the moments that reviewers quoted the next morning.
- Odessa A’Zion — Marty Supreme
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
- Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners WINNER
- Carey Mulligan — The Ballad Of Wallis Island
- Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
- Emily Watson — Hamnet
Across categories, the winners list is a mosaic of risk and reward — a clear map for festival programmers, distributors, and audiences who are curating their next watchlist. I’ll be watching how these films travel from awards season into streaming charts on Netflix, Prime Video and boutique distributors listed on IMDb and covered by outlets like Variety or Deadline. Which win surprised you most, and which omission left you sharpening an argument for the comments?