The winners of the BAFTA Awards 2026 were unveiled by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on February 22.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s dark comedy One Battle After Another led the field, winning six of its 14 nominations, including Best Film, genre works were well-represented in other categories.

Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku won Supporting Actress. Ryan Coogler also won Original Screenplay, and Ludwig Göransson won Original Score.

Frankenstein won for Production Design, Costume Design, and Make Up and Hair.

Avatar: Fire and Ash took the award for Special Visual Effects.

The winning Animated Film was Zootropolis 2 (we know it as Zootopia 2).

Best Film

  • One Battle After Another

Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Leading Actress

  • Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Leading Actor

  • Robert Aramayo, I Swear

Supporting Actress

  • Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Supporting Actor

  • Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Outstanding British Film

  • Hamnet

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

  • Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow

Film Not in the English Language

  • Sentimental Value

Documentary

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Animated Film

  • Zootopia 2

Adapted Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Original Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Original Score

  • Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Costume Design

  • Kate Hawley, Frankenstein

Production Design

  • Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein

Special Visual Effects

  • Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett and Eric SaindonAvatar: Fire and Ash

Makeup & Hair

  • Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill and Megan Many, Frankenstein

Editing

  • Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Cinematography

  • Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

Casting

  • Lauren Evans, I Swear

Sound

  • Steve Speed, Nick Fry, James Evans, and Hugh Wan, F1

British Short Animation

  • Two Black Boys in Paradise

British Short Film

  • This Is Endometriosis

EE Rising Star Award

  • Robert Aramayo

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