BAFTA Awards 2026: From Paul Thomas Anderson to Ryan Coogler, here’s a complete list of winners

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2026 were announced on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. In one of the night’s major shocks, Timothee Chalamet lost the award for Best Actor for his performance in Marty Supreme to actor Robert Aramayo, who won it for the film I Swear.

On the other hand, Jessie Buckley won the award for Best Actress for her performance in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. The biographical drama also bagged the award for Best British Film.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another led the awards with over 14 nominations from which it won six. Similarly, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners earned 13 nominations and managed to win three awards, including Best Original Screenplay.

In a major win for India on the global scale, Farhan Akhtar-backed Manipuri film, Boong, bagged the award for Best Children’s and Family Film.

Here’s a complete list of winners:

Best Film: One Battle After Another

Best British Film: Hamnet

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

Best Actor: Robert Aramayo for I Swear

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley for Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn for One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners

Rising Star (voted for by the public): Robert Aramayo

Outstanding British Debut: Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies for writing and directing My Father’s Shadow

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler for Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

Best Film Not in the English Language: Sentimental Value

Best Musical Score: Sinners

Best Cinematography: Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another

Best Editing: Andy Jurgensen for One Battle After Another

Best Production Design: Frankenstein

Best Costume Design: Kate Hawley for Frankenstein

Best Sound: F1

Best Casting: Lauren Evans for I Swear

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Makeup and Hair: Frankenstein

Best Animated Film: Zootropolis 2 (released in the U.S. as Zootopia 2)

Best British Short Film: This is Endometriosis

Best British Short Animation: Two Black Boys in Paradise

Best Children’s and Family Film: Boong

Best Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Outstanding British contribution to cinema: Clare Binns, Creative Director of PictureHouse Cinemas

BAFTA Fellowship: NBCUniversal Entertainment chairperson Donna Langley