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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