Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thrillerOne Battle After Another won six honors at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, with Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror drama Sinners earning three, setting a record for the most honors for a movie from a Black filmmaker. And Kirk Jones’Tourette Syndrome advocate dramedyI Swearstunned the crowd at the ceremony, hosted by Alan Cumming, the presenter and producer ofThe Traitors U.S., at London’s Royal Festival Hall, winning two honors voted on by the industry and a third one voted on by the public.
The film’s star, Robert Aramayo, in fact, left the event with two statuettes, one for Rising Star, the other for best actor, a star-studded category, in which his win was met with audible gasps by the audience. The other award for I Swear came in the best casting category.
The BAFTA nominations had set up a thrill ride for the British Academy honors, with One Battle After Another earning 14 nods,narrowly edging outSinners with 13, and Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreakerHamnetand Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caperMarty Supremewith 11 nods each.
At the end of the night, One Battle After Another could celebrate half a dozen BAFTAs, namely for best film, best director, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, editing, as well as best supporting actor Sean Penn.
The best supporting actress honor on Sunday went to Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, which was also honored with the best original screenplay BAFTA for Coogler and the best original score award. Sinners followed up its record as the most-nominated film by a Black director in the British Academy’s history with a record three wins. Coogler also became the firstBlackwinner of an original screenplay BAFTA on Sunday.
Three BAFTAs also went to Frankenstein, namely for production design, costumes, and make-up & hair. And Hamnet was honored twice, as the Outstanding British Film of the year, with star Jessie Buckley also winning the best leading actress award.
At theBAFTA Film Awards 2025,Conclave(best film) andThe Brutalist(best director and actor) had won four honors each.
BAFTA chair Sara Putt opened the 2026 festivities Sunday night, lauding this year’s nominees and thanking them for providing audiences with “windows into other worlds and sometimes, yes, a respite from this one.” And she touted the excellence they have shown, “no algorithms involved.”
A pre-recorded sketch, starring Cumming discussing marketing ideas for the BAFTAs on a video call with Brian Cox, Warwick Davis, Ken Jeong, Jacobi Jupe, Hannah Waddingham, dog LaLa, a muted and video-less Leo DiCaprio, and Paddington Bear then opened the entertainment portion of the night.
In his opening monologue, Cumming ran through the topics covered by this year’s nominees. “Whatever happened to escapism? I’m exhausted,” he concluded. “It’s almost as though, I don’t know, there are events going on in the real world that are influencing filmmakers. Anyone else, like you Americans in particular?” Cumming then invited everyone in attendance to join him in a collective primal scream at world events.
Director David Borenstein accepted the honor for best documentary for his Mr. Nobody Against Putin with another U.S. reference, saying: “No matter how dark things get, whether in Russia or on the streets of Minneapolis, we always face a moral choice.”
Among other political comments during Sunday’s ceremony, My Father’s Shadow director Akinola Davies Jr., who won the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producerhonor with his writer and brother Wale Davies, ended his acceptance speech with the words, “Free Palestine!”
Also on Sunday,Clare Binns, the creative director ofPicturehouseCinemas andPicturehouse Entertainmentand “a driving force in the distribution of films in the U.K.,” was honored with the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the ceremony. The world needs more neighborhood cinemas, she told the BAFTA crowd.And she lauded the late Robert Redford for founding the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival, saying:“He knew that above all, we should be prepared to take risks.”
And Donna Langley, the NBCUniversal Entertainment chair and the first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio, received the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s highest honor, telling the audience that “decency is a superpower.”
At the end of a big BAFTA Awards night for One Battle After Another, director Paul Thomas Anderson, who had received a standing ovation, lauded the strong movies of the past year and had this message for people who say movies are no good anymore: “You can p*** right off!”
Check out the full 2026 BAFTA honors in London below. The winners are highlighted in bold in all announced categories.
Best Film
HAMNETLiza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
MARTY SUPREMETimothée Chalamet, AnthonyKatagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERAdam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
SENTIMENTAL VALUEMaria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
SINNERSZinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
Leading Actress
JESSIE BUCKLEYHamnet
ROSE BYRNEIf I HadLegsI’dKick You
KATE HUDSONSong Sung Blue
CHASE INFINITIOne Battle After Another
RENATE REINSVESentimental Value
EMMA STONEBugonia
Leading Actor
ROBERT ARAMAYOI Swear
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMETMarty Supreme
LEONARDO DICAPRIOOne Battle After Another
ETHAN HAWKEBlue Moon
MICHAEL B. JORDANSinners
JESSE PLEMONSBugonia
Director
BUGONIAYorgos Lanthimos
HAMNETChloé Zhao
MARTY SUPREMEJosh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERPaul Thomas Anderson
SENTIMENTAL VALUEJoachim Trier
SINNERSRyan Coogler
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
ArchieMadekwe
Posy Sterling
Outstanding British Film
28 YEARS LATERDanny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex Garland
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLANDJames Griffiths,RupertMajendie,Tom Basden, Tim Key
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOYMichael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan
DIE MY LOVELynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, JustineCirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch
H IS FOR HAWKPhilippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue
HAMNETChloé Zhao,Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, StevenSpeilberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
I SWEARKirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest
MR BURTONMarc Evans, EdTalfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom Bullough
PILLIONHarry Lighton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
STEVETimMielants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
Film Not in the English Language
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENTJafar Panahi, PhilippeMartin
THE SECRET AGENTKleber Mendonça Filho, EmilieLesclaux
SENTIMENTAL VALUEJoachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
SIRĀTOliver Laxe, Domingo Corral
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJABKaouther Ben Hania, NadimCheikhrouha
Costume Design
FRANKENSTEINKate Hawley
HAMNETMalgosiaTurzanska
MARTY SUPREMEMiyako Bellizzi
SINNERSRuth E. Carter
WICKED: FOR GOODPaul Tazewell
Adapted Screenplay
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLANDTom Basden, Tim Key
BUGONIAWill Tracy
HAMNETChloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERPaul Thomas Anderson
PILLIONHarry Lighton
Original Score
BUGONIAJerskinFendrix
FRANKENSTEINAlexandre Desplat
HAMNETMax Richter
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERJonny Greenwood
SINNERSLudwig Göransson
Sound
F1Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
FRANKENSTEINGreg Chapman, NathanRobitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, BradZoem
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERJose Antonio Garcia, ChristopherScarabosio, Tony Villaflor
SINNERSChris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
WARFAREGlenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Ben Barker, HowardBargroff, Richard Spooner
Cinematography
FRANKENSTEINDan Laustsen
MARTY SUPREMEDariusKhondji
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERMichael Bauman
SINNERSAutumnDuraldArkapaw
TRAIN DREAMSAdolpho Veloso
Animated Film
ELIOMadeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
LITTLE AMÉLIEMailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han,Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, HenriMagalon
ZOOTROPOLIS 2Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
Editing
F1Stephen Mirrione
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITEKirk Baxter
MARTY SUPREMERonald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERAndy Jurgensen
SINNERSMichael P. Shawver
Casting
I SWEARLauren Evans
MARTY SUPREMEJennifer Venditti
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERCassandra Kulukundis
SENTIMENTAL VALUEYngvillKolsetHaga, Avy Kaufman
SINNERSFrancineMaisler
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
THE CEREMONYJack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer(Producer)
MY FATHER’S SHADOWAkinola Davies Jr.(Director), Wale Davies(Writer)
PILLIONHarry Lighton(Director, Writer)
A WANT IN HERMyrid Carten (Director)
WASTEMANCalMcMau(Director),Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
Original Screenplay
I SWEARKirk Jones
MARTY SUPREMERonald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
THE SECRET AGENTKleber Mendonça Filho
SENTIMENTAL VALUEEskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
SINNERSRyan Coogler
British ShortAnimation
CARDBOARDJ.P. Vine, Michaela Manas Malina
SOLSTICELuke Angus
TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISEBaz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
British Short Film
MAGID / ZAFARLuis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
NOSTALGIEKathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson,KathMattock
TERENCEEdem Kelman,Noah Reich
THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSISGeorgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright
WELCOME HOME FRECKLESHuijuPark, Nathan Hendren
Documentary
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKAMstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICSPetra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
COVER-UPLaura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev
MR.NOBODY AGAINST PUTINDavid Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková
THE PERFECT NEIGHBORGeeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
Make-up & Hair
FRANKENSTEINJordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
HAMNETNicole Stafford
MARTY SUPREMEKyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
SINNERSSiân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
WICKED: FOR GOODFrances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
Production Design
FRANKENSTEINTamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
HAMNETFiona Crombie, Alice Felton
MARTY SUPREMEJack Fisk, Adam Willis
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERFlorenciaMartin, Anthony Carlino
SINNERSHannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
Children’s & Family Film
ARCOUgo Bienvenu, Félix DeGivry,Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
BOONGLakshmipriya Devi, RiteshSidhwani
LILO & STITCHDean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich
ZOOTROPOLIS 2Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
Supporting Actor
BENICIO DEL TOROOne Battle After Another
JACOB ELORDIFrankenstein
PAUL MESCALHamnet
PETER MULLANI Swear
SEAN PENNOne Battle After Another
STELLAN SKARSGÅRDSentimental Value
SupportingActress
ODESSA A’ZIONMarty Supreme
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAASSentimental Value
WUNMI MOSAKUSinners
CAREY MULLIGANThe Ballad of Wallis Island
TEYANA TAYLOROne Battle After Another
EMILY WATSONHamnet
Special Visual Effects
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHJoe Letteri, RichardBaneham,Daniel Barrett,Eric Saindon
F1Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
FRANKENSTEINDennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGONChristianMänz,Francois Lambert,Glen McIntosh,Terry Palmer
THE LOST BUSCharlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti