BAFTA 2026: One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Farhan Akhtar’s Boong take top honours. Full list of winners

The 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Alan Cumming, lit up London with a dazzling celebration of global cinema, bringing together some of the biggest names in film for one of the industry’s most prestigious nights. Hosted at the iconic Royal Festival Hall, the glittery ceremony was marked by surprise wins, emotional acceptance speeches, and stunning red-carpet moments. Alia Bhatt represented India, marking her first-ever appearance at the star-studded event. Farhan Akhtar, whose Manipuri-language movie Boong was up for nominations, also graced the occasion, alongside his wife Shibani Dandekar.

Farhan Akhtar’s Boong wins big

Dominating the night was One Battle After Another, headlined by Leonardo DiCaprio. After entering the ceremony with a leading 14 nominations, the nail-biting thriller claimed the top honour for the Best Film category and the Best Director award. Additionally, Sean Penn bagged the Best Supporting Actor. It also won the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.



Trailing behind was Sinners with 13 nominations and ultimately taking home Best Original Screenplay, a Best Supporting Actress win for Wunmi Mosaku, and the award for Best Original Score. From India, Farhan Akhtar’s Boong, directed by Lakshmipriya Devi, triumphed over its international nominees like Lilo & Stitch, Zootopia 2 and Arco, winning the coveted Best Children's & Family Film award. Now, let us take a look at the full list of winners:

BAFTA 2026 full list of winners

Best Film - One Battle After Another

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Yargos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Leading Actress - Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

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

Best Leading Actor - Robert Aramayo, I Swear

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemmons, Bugonia

Best Supporting Actress - Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

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

Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Outstanding British Film - Hamnet

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

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - My Father's Shadow

The Ceremony
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman

Best Film Not in the English Language - Sentimental Value

It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary - Mr. Nobody Against Putin

2000 Meters to Adraiivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Animated Film - Zootopia 2

Elio
Little Amélie

Best Children's & Family Film - Boong

Arco
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

Best Original Screenplay - Sinners

I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay - One Battle After Another

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
Pillion

Best Casting - I Swear

Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Cinematography - One Battle After Another

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Editing - One Battle After Another

F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Best Costume Design - Frankenstein

Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Hamnet

Best Makeup & Hair - Frankenstein

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Original Score - Sinners

Bugonia
Frankestein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another

Best Production Design - Frankenstein

Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Hamnet

Best Sound - F1

Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Best Special Visual Effects - Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

Best British Short Animation - Two Black Boys in Paradise

Cardboard
Solstice

Best British Short Film - This Is Endometriosis

Magid/Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
Welcome Home Freckles

EE Rising Star Award - Robert Aramayo

Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling