‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Wins at 2026 BAFTA Film Awards

The winners of the 79th EE BAFTA Film Awards have been announced at a ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming, which took place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

The frontrunner of the night was Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which had six impressive wins. These included the awards for Best Film, Supporting Actor, Director and Adapted Screenplay.

However, the Leading Actress and Actor awards evaded the main cast, going to Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley and I Swear’s Robert Aramayo – both of who are Spotlight members. Robert Aramayo was also awarded the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award, leading to a successful night for the proud Hull-born actor.

I Swear, Sinners, and Frankenstein also performed well, each receiving three awards. Other highlights include British casting director Lauren Evans winning the Casting award for her excellent work on I Swear, and Spotlight member Wunmi Mosaku being presented with the Supporting Actress award for the role of ‘Annie’ in Sinners.

Full List of EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 Winners:

EE BAFTA Rising Star Award

Robert Aramayo (I Swear, The Rings of Power) – WINNER

Miles Caton (Sinners, Miles Caton: Somethin)

Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another, The Testaments)

Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Steal)

Posy Sterling (Trigger Point, Lollipop)

Best Film

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

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

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

Casting

Lauren Evans – I Swear – WINNER

Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme

Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another

Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman – Sentimental Value

Francine Maisler – Sinners

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER

Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr. & Wale Davies – WINNER

The Ceremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan & Lucy Meer

Pillion – Harry Lighton

A Want In Her – Myriad Carten

Wasteman – Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews & Eoin Doran

Film Not in the English Language

Sentimental Value – WINNER

It Was Just An Accident

The Secret Agent

Sirât

The Voice of Hind Rajab

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 – Ryan Coogler – WINNER

I Swear – Kirk Jones

Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho

Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER

The Ballad of Wallis Island – Tom Basden & Tim Key

Bugonia – Will Tracy

Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

Pillion – Harry Lighton

Cinematography

One Battle After Another – WINNER

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Train Dreams

Congratulations to all the winners!