Winners of the BAFTA Film Awards2026: One Battle After Another Named Best Film

According to CinemaDrame News Agency, the 79th edition of the BAFTA Film Awards concluded with One Battle After Another winning Best Film. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film also took awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

At the ceremony, Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao, which will compete against One Battle After Another at the Oscars, won the BAFTA for Best British Film.

Britain’s biggest night in cinema was held at the Royal Festival Hall and hosted by Alan Cumming. This year’s race was more competitive than in previous years, with no clear frontrunner ahead of the ceremony.

Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress for Sinners, while Frankenstein led the craft categories, winning Production Design, Makeup and Hair, and Costume Design.

One Battle After Another led nominations with 14, nearing the record of 16 nominations held by Gandhi. Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, followed with 13 nominations and won Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score.

During the ceremony, the song “Golden” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters was performed.

2026 BAFTA Film Awards Winners

Best Film

• Hamnet — Lisa Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
• Marty Supreme — Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• One Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson – Winner
• Sentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
• Sinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler

Best Director

• Bugonia — Yorgos Lanthimos
• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
• Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie
• One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson – Winner
• Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier
• Sinners — Ryan Coogler

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Ballad of Wallis Island — Tom Basden & Tim Key
• Bugonia — Will Tracy
• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson – Winner
• Pillion — Harry Lighton

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
• Sinners — Ryan Coogler – Winner

Best Animated Film

• Elio
• Little Amélie
• Zootopia 2 – Winner

Best Documentary

• 2,000 Meters to Andriivka
• Apocalypse in the Tropics
• Cover-Up
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin – Winner
• The Perfect Neighbor

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash – Winner
• F1
• Frankenstein
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Lost Bus

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
• Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
• One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman – Winner
• Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
• Train Dreams — Adolfo Veloso

Best Editing

• F1
• A House of Dynamite
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another – Winner
• Sinners

Best Original Score

• Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet — Max Richter
• One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners — Ludwig Göransson – Winner

EE Rising Star Award (Public Vote)

Posy Sterling

Robert Aramayo – Winner

Marisa Abela

Chase Infiniti

Archie Madekwe