The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) returns this 2026 for its 79th edition, recognizing the best in British and international film and television.
BAFTA was established in 1947 by major figures in British film, with the first awarding ceremony occurring in 1949, and being held annually ever since. For 2026, One Battle After Another won the most awards for film with six, followed by I Swear, Sinners and Frankenstein with three each, and Hamnet with two.
Read more about the winners below.
Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (Winner)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Leading Actor
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Michael B Jordan – Sinners
Robert Aramayo – I Swear (Winner)
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Best 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 (Winner)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Leading Actress
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Winner)
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Actress
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Winner)
Best Director
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
EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)
Archie Madekwe
Chase Infiniti
Miles Caton
Posy Sterling
Robert Aramayo (Winner)
Best special visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Winner)
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Best children’s and family film
Arco
Boong (Winner)
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Best production design
Frankenstein (Winner)
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best make up & hair
Frankenstein (Winner)
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr Nobody Against Putin (Winner)
The Perfect Neighbor
Best British short film
Magid/Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis (Winner)
Welcome Home Freckles
Best British short animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise (Winner)
Best 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 (Winner)
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) – Winner
Pillion – Harry Lighton (director, writer)
A Want in Her – Myrid Carten (director)
Wasteman – Cal McMau (director), Hunter Andrews (writer), Eoin Doran (writer)
Best casting
I Swear (Winner)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (Winner)
Sinners
Best animated film
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootropolis 2 (Winner)
Best cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (Winner)
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best sound
F1 (Winner)
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best original score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners (Winner)
Best 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 (Winner)
Pillion – Harry Lighton
Best costume design
Frankenstein (Winner)
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best film not in the English language
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (Winner)
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Outstanding British film
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
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