To quote Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek, my favourite season is awards. And awards season is well and truly underway, with the 2026 BAFTAs kicking off tonight. The ceremony kicked off at 5 pm today and will be broadcast on BBC One at 7 pm tonight. We'll be updating the winners list as we go, so if you don't want any spoilers, now's the time to tap out.
This year's biggest heavy-hitters, Paul Thomas Anderson's thriller One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's genre-busting vampire epic Sinners, both lead the way with 14 nominations apiece. Shortly on their tails are Chloe Zhao's poetic, moving Hamnet and Josh Safdie's all-American, mile-a-minute ping pong prodigy epic Marty Supreme. Following the trend set by the Oscars, Golden Globes and Critics' Choice awards, Sentimental Value is the fifth film up for Best Picture.
The BAFTAs don't just celebrate achievements in film – they also spotlight British contributions to the medium. Ten wonderful British films are up for the Outstanding British Film Award, including Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Harry Lighton's black rom-com Pillion and the Cillian Murphy-led Steve.
One Battle After Another swept this year's Academy Awards.
The ceremony is taking place at London's iconic Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Read on for the full list of BAFTA 2026 winners:
Best film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER!: One Battle After Another
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
WINNER!: Hamnet
I Swear
Mr Burton
Pillion
Steve
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
The Ceremony – Jack King (director, writer), Hollie Bryan (producer), Lucy Meer (producer)
WINNER!: My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer)
Pillion – Harry Lighton (director, writer)
A Want in Her – Myrid Carten (director)
Wasteman – Cal McMau (director), Hunter Andrews (writer), Eoin Doran (writer)
Best film not in the English language
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
WINNER!:Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best documentary
WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor
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Best animated film
Elio
Little Amélie
WINNER!: Zootropolis 2
Best children’s and family film
Arco
WINNER: Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Best director
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
WINNER!: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
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
WINNER!: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best adapted screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island – Tom Basden, Tim Key
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
WINNER!: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion – Harry Lighton
Best leading actress
WINNER!: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
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
Best leading actor
WINNER!: Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Best supporting actress
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Best supporting actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
WINNER: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Five stars you've definitely seen before.
Best casting
WINNER!: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
WINNER!: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
WINNER!: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best costume design
WINNER!: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best makeup & hair
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best original score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
WINNER! Sinners
Best production design
WINNER Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best sound
WINNER!: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best special visual effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Best British short animation
Cardboard
Solstice
WINNER!: Two Black Boys in Paradise
Best British short film
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
WINNER! This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles
EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)
WINNER!: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
Outstanding British contribution to cinema award
Clare Binns
Bafta fellowship
Donna Langley
Who fancies staying up late to watch the awards roll in?
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