At the 2026 BAFTAs, Black creatives dominated major wins.
The 2026 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) delivered one of the most dynamic and internationally resonant ceremonies in recent memory, celebrating the imagination and storytelling of many Black creatives. Hosted at the iconic Royal Festival Hall in London, the evening celebrated a year of daring storytelling and formal innovation across cinema. The intimate character studies and visually ambitious epics reflected this year’s nominees and the ever-changing film landscape, increasingly defined by global collaboration. The atmosphere celebrated the power of cinema to challenge, provoke, and connect audiences across cultures.
Among the night’s major wins, Wunmi Mosaku claimed Best Supporting Actress for her searing performance in “Sinners,” which also secured Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score, cementing its status as one of the evening’s most celebrated films. Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for “My Father’s Shadow,” marking a defining career moment for the filmmaking duo. Meanwhile, Frankenstein dominated the craft categories, taking home awards for Costume Design, Make Up & Hair, and Production Design.
The winners of the 2026 BAFTAs
Best film
Winner: One Battle After Another – Winner
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Outstanding British film
Hamnet – Winner
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
I Swear
Mr Burton
Pillion
Steve
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
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Robert Aramayo – I Swear – Winner
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan -Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Supporting actress
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners – Winner
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Supporting actor
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – Winner
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Director
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson – Winner
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
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Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
My Father’s Shadow – Winner
The Ceremony
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Film not in the English language
Sentimental Value – Winner
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
Claire Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment – Winner
Documentary
Mr Nobody Against Putin – Winner
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor
Animated film
Zootropolis 2 – Winner
Elio
Little Amélie
Children’s and family film
Boong – Winner
Arco
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Original screenplay
Sinners – Winner
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Adapted screenplay
One Battle After Another – Winner
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
Pillion
EE Bafta Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
The Rising Star Award is distinct from the other Golden Bafta trophies
Robert Aramayo – Winner
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
Original score
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson – Winner
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Casting
I Swear – Winner
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Cinematography
One Battle After Another – Winner
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Train Dreams
Costume design
Frankenstein – Winner
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Editing
One Battle After Another – Winner
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Production design
Frankenstein – Winner
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Make-up and hair
Frankenstein – Winner
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Sound
F1 – Winner
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Special visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Winner
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
British short film
This Is Endometriosis – Winner
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
Welcome Home Freckles
British short animation
Two Black Boys in Paradise – Winner
Cardboard
Solstice
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