79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs)

Overview

• Held on 22 February 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London.
• Honoured the best national and foreign films of 2025.
• Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA); eligible films screened in British cinemas in 2025.
• Hosted by Alan Cumming — his first time hosting — following David Tennant, who hosted in 2024 and 2025.
• Broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK at 7 p.m. GMT.
• In the US, it aired for the first time on E! as a pre-recorded special (8 p.m. ET/PT), replacing the previous BritBox stream.

Key Dates

• 9 January 2026 — Longlists announced.
• 14 January 2026 — EE Rising Star Award nominees announced (only category voted on by the British public).
• 19 January 2026 — Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recipient announced.
• 27 January 2026 — Nominations announced by David Jonsson (2025 EE Rising Star winner) and Aimee Lou Wood, live-streamed from BAFTA HQ (195 Piccadilly).
• 11 February 2026 — BAFTA Fellowship recipient announced.
• 22 February 2026 — Winners announced at the ceremony.

Longlist & Nomination Highlights

• One Battle After Another led the longlists with 16 mentions — the most longlisted film in BAFTA history.
• Hamnet and Sinners followed with 14 longlist mentions each.
• Nomination leaders: One Battle After Another (14), Sinners (13), Hamnet and Marty Supreme (11 each).
• Hamnet became BAFTA's most-nominated film by a female director (Chloé Zhao).
• Sinners became the most-nominated film by a Black director (Ryan Coogler).

Winners Summary

• One Battle After Another won the most awards overall — six.
• Frankenstein and Sinners each won three awards.
• Sinners' wins made it BAFTA's most-honoured film by a Black director.
• Marty Supreme tied the record for most losses at a single ceremony, winning none of its eleven nominations.

Major Award Winners

Best Film

• One Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
• Other nominees: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Sinners

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
• Other nominees: Ryan Coogler, Yorgos Lanthimos, Josh Safdie, Joachim Trier, Chloé Zhao

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Robert Aramayo — I Swear (as John Davidson)
• Other nominees: Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan, Jesse Plemons

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley — Hamnet (as Agnes Shakespeare)
• Other nominees: Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Chase Infiniti, Renate Reinsve, Emma Stone

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Sean Penn — One Battle After Another (as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw)
• Other nominees: Benicio del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Paul Mescal, Peter Mullan, Stellan Skarsgård

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners (as Annie)
• Other nominees: Odessa A'zion, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Carey Mulligan, Teyana Taylor, Emily Watson

Best Original Screenplay

• Ryan Coogler — Sinners
• Other nominees: Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Kirk Jones, Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
• Other nominees: Tom Basden & Tim Key, Harry Lighton, Will Tracy, Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

Best Animated Film

• Zootopia 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
• Other nominees: Elio; Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Best Documentary

• Mr Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková
• Other nominees: 2000 Meters to Andriivka; Apocalypse in the Tropics; Cover-Up; The Perfect Neighbor

Best Film Not in the English Language

• Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
• Other nominees: It Was Just an Accident; The Secret Agent; Sirāt; The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Original Score

• Sinners — Ludwig Göransson
• Other nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another

Outstanding British Film

• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O'Farrell
• Other nominees: 28 Years Later, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Die My Love, H Is for Hawk, I Swear, Mr Burton, Pillion, Steve

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• My Father's Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies
• Other nominees: The Ceremony, Pillion, A Want in Her, Wasteman

Best Children's & Family Film

• Boong — Lakshmipriya Devi and Ritesh Sidhwani
• Other nominees: Arco, Lilo & Stitch, Zootopia 2

EE Rising Star Award

• Robert Aramayo
• Other nominees: Miles Caton, Chase Infiniti, Archie Madekwe

Craft & Technical Awards

• Best Casting: I Swear — Lauren Evans
• Best Cinematography: One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
• Best Costume Design: Frankenstein — Kate Hawley
• Best Editing: One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
• Best Make Up & Hair: Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
• Best Production Design: Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
• Best Sound: F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
• Best Special Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon

British Short Film Awards

1. Best British Short Animation: Two Black Boys in Paradise — Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson

• Other nominees: Cardboard; Solstice

2. Best British Short Film: This Is Endometriosis — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright

• Other nominees: Magid / Zafar; Nostalgie; Terence; Welcome Home Freckles

Honorary Awards

• BAFTA Fellowship: Donna Langley (announced 11 February 2026).
• Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema: Clare Binns (announced 19 January 2026).