BAFTAs battle tightens the Oscars race.

Movie News

Feb 24

Written By Eliza Casey

The 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have both affirmed key frontrunners and injected fresh uncertainty into the 2026 Oscars race. One Battle After Another dominated the night with six wins, including Best Film, and now heads into the Academy Awards with undeniable momentum. Yet the ceremony also delivered several surprises that could ripple through Oscar voting. Timothée Chalamet missed out on Best Actor, while Wunmi Mosaku’s Supporting Actress win and Sean Penn’s Supporting Actor victory have turned the supporting races into some of the biggest unknowns of the season.

Here is the full list of BAFTA winners:

Best Film

Winner: One Battle After Another

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Outstanding British Film

Winner: 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

Leading Actress

Winner: 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

Leading Actor

Winner: Robert Aramayo – I Swear

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

Supporting Actress

Winner: 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

Supporting Actor

Winner: 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

Director

Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

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

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Winner: My Father's Shadow

The Ceremony
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman

Film Not in the English Language

Winner: Sentimental Value

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

Documentary

Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin

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

Animated Film

Winner: Zootropolis 2

Elio
Little Amélie

Children's and Family Film

Winner: Boong

Arco
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2

Original Screenplay

Winner: Sinners

I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value

Adapted Screenplay

Winner: One Battle After Another

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
Pillion

EE BAFTA Rising Star Award (Voted by the Public)

Winner: Robert Aramayo

Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling

Original Score

Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson

Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

Casting

Winner: I Swear

Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Cinematography

Winner: One Battle After Another

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Train Dreams

Costume Design

Winner: Frankenstein

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Editing

Winner: One Battle After Another

F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Production Design

Winner: Frankenstein

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Make-Up and Hair