The winners of the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming at The Royal Festival Hall in London, and broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer. The EE BAFTAs celebrate the very best in film of the past year.
- One Battle After Another wins six BAFTAs, including Best Film, Director and Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson
- Sinners wins three BAFTAs, including Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler
- Hamnet wins two categories, including Outstanding British Film
- Frankenstein wins three categories for Costume, Make Up & Hair, Production Design
- Jessie Buckley wins Leading Actress for Hamnet
- Robert Aramayo wins Leading Actor for I Swear
- Sean Penn wins Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another
- Wunmi Mosaku wins Supporting Actress for Sinners
- My Father’s Shadow wins Outstanding Debut
- Dame Donna Langley receives the BAFTA Fellowship
- Clare Binns receives the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
- Robert Aramayo wins the EE Rising Star Award
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One Battle After Another won six BAFTAs: Best Film; Director, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Cinematography and Editing.
Sinners won three BAFTAs: Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, and Original Score.
Frankenstein won three BAFTAs: Costume Design, Make Up & Hair and Production Design.
Hamnet won two categories: Outstanding British Film and Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley.
I Swear won two categories: Robert Aramayo for Leading Actor, and Casting.
Sentimental Value won Film Not in the English Language.
My Father’s Shadow won Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or Producer for BAFTA Breakthrough Akinola Davies Jr, and Wale Davies.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin won Documentary.
Zootropolis 2 won the Animated Film category.
Boong won Children’s & Family Film.
F1 won Sound.
Avatar: Fire and Ash won Special Visual Effects.
This Is Endometriosis won the British Short Film award; and the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by Two Black Boys in Paradise.
This marks first-time BAFTA Film Awards wins for all four performers Jessie Buckley, Robert Aramayo, Wunmi Mosaku and Sean Penn; a first-time BAFTA Film Awards nomination and win for Ryan Coogler; and a first-time Best Director win for Paul Thomas Anderson.
The BAFTA Fellowship was presented by BAFTA’s President HRH The Prince of Wales, to Dame Donna Langley, in honour of her transformative leadership, sustained commitment to inclusion and pipeline building, and the strength of her relationships with creative partners who bring film and television to life. The BAFTA Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television across their career.
Clare Binns, the Creative Director of Picturehouse Cinemas, was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award, for championing diverse and fiercely independent work on big screens around the UK. The award was presented by Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård.
The EE Rising Star Award, the only award voted for by the public, went to Robert Aramayo.
The ceremony included a live performance of “Golden” from HUNTR/X – the singing stars of KPop Demon Hunters. Jessie Ware gave a moving performance of “The Way We Were” during the In Memoriam section, to honour those in the film industry who have sadly passed away in the last 12 months.
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