The BAFTAs often go their own way (just see many of this year’s nominees: I Swear, The Ballad of Wallis Island, H is for Hawk), but the British Academy Film Awards can also prove to be a surprisingly prescient bellwether ahead of the Oscars. So, in a tightly contested race between One Battle After Another and Sinners, who triumphed? Or, was Hamnet, the homegrown dark horse, the film we shouldn’t have underestimated all along? See all the winners from the 2026 BAFTAs, below.
Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sinners
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
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – WINNER
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet – WINNER
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo, I Swear – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners – WINNER
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
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
EE Rising Star Award
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Robert Aramayo – WINNER
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners – WINNER
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Pillion
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow – WINNER
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Film not in the English Language
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value – WINNER
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Documentary
2000 Meters To Andriivka
Apocalypse In The Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr Nobody Against Putin – WINNER
The Perfect Neighbour
Animated Film
Elio
Little Amelie
Zootopia 2 – WINNER
Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong – WINNER
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Casting
I Swear – WINNER
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sinners
Train Dreams
Costume Design
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sinners
Make-up & Hair
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners – WINNER
Production Design
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash – WINNER
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Sound
F1 – WINNER
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise – WINNER
British Short Film
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis – WINNER
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This story was originally published on British Vogue.
