BAFTA/Marc Hoberman
The winners of the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced during a ceremony taking place at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London.
The BAFTA Fellowship was presented by BAFTA’s President HRH The Prince of Wales, to Dame Donna Langley, in honor of her transformative leadership, sustained commitment to inclusion and pipeline building, and the strength of her relationships with creative partners who bring film and television to life. The BAFTA Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television across their career.
Clare Binns, the Creative Director of Picturehouse Cinemas, was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award, for championing diverse and fiercely independent work on big screens around the UK. The award was presented by Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård.
The Actor Awards will not take place for another week but BAFTA skewed British once again with I Swear winning in two categories, including Leading Actor. Sony Pictures Classics acquired the U.S. rights in October and will not be releasing the film until some point this year. Other than that, BAFTA voters were in agreement with Critics Choice voters when it came to the big categories on Best Picture, Director, Actress, Original and Adapted Screenplay. I’ll be curious to see how SAG-AFTRA voters impact the Oscar race during the middle of voting.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards voting takes place over three rounds: Longlisting, Nominations and Winners, by BAFTA’s global voting membership, comprising over 8,100 creatives and film industry practitioners.
BEST FILM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HAMNET Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
MY FATHER’S SHADOW Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SENTIMENTAL VALUE Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
DOCUMENTARY
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková
ANIMATED FILM
ZOOTROPOLIS 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
BOONG Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani
DIRECTOR
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SINNERS Ryan Coogler
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Hamnet
LEADING ACTOR
ROBERT ARAMAYO I Swear
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WUNMI MOSAKU Sinners
SUPPORTING ACTOR
SEAN PENN One Battle After Another
CASTING
I SWEAR Lauren Evans
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Michael Bauman
EDITING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Andy Jurgensen
COSTUME DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Kate Hawley
MAKE UP & HAIR
FRANKENSTEIN Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
ORIGINAL SCORE
SINNERS Ludwig Göransson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
SOUND
F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
BRITISH SHORT FILM
THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ROBERT ARAMAYO
The 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards were held on February 22, 2026 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.
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