The 2026 British Academy Film Awards had taken place on 22 February 2026 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Like any award show, it celebrates the films of the previous year that stoodout, ones that had great creative talent and true passion. The ceremony featured major wins for ‘One Battle After Another’, while other films got suprise winnings in acting, technical, and debut categories. This year’s BAFTAs had many nominees, all of which can be found here.

The winners were as follows:

• Best Film: ‘One Battle After Another” – Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
• Outstanding British Film: ‘Hamnet’ – Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson – ‘One Battle After Another’
• Best Leading Actress: Jessie Buckley – ‘Hamnet’
• Best Leading Actor: Robert Aramayo – ‘I Swear’
• Best Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku – ‘Sinners’
• Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn – ‘One Battle After Another’
• EE Rising Star Award: Robert Aramayo
• Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Akinola Davies Jr & Wale Davies – ‘My Fathers Shadow’
• Adapted Screenplay: ‘One Battle After Another’ – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Original Screenplay: ‘Sinners’ – Ryan Coogler
• Original Score: ‘Sinners’ – Ludwig Göransson
• Best Animated Film: ‘Zootopia 2’
• Best Documentary: ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’
• Film Not in the English Language: ‘Sentimental Value’
• Children’s & Family Film: ‘Boong’
• Best Costume Design: ‘Frankenstein’ – Kate Hawley
• Production Design: ‘Frankenstein’ – Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau
• Make-Up & Hair: ‘Frankenstein’ – Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
• Special Visual Effects: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
• Editing: ‘One Battle After Another’ – Andy Jurgensen
• Cinematography: ‘One Battle After Another’ – Michael Bauman
• Casting: ‘I Swear’ – Lauren Evans
• Sound: ‘F1’ – Steve Speed, Nick Fry, James Evans, Hugh Wan
• British Short Film: ‘This Is Endometriosis’
• British Short Animation: ‘Two Black Boys in Paradise’