One Battle After Another leads the 2026 crop of BAFTA nominees with 14 mentions, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners follows close behind with 13. But, I predict February 22nd will be a particularly good night for Hamnet. Why? BAFTA tends to “spread the wealth,” more so than the Oscars, and tends to favor films with a home court advantage. The Brittish Academy went big for Conclave last year; they could course correct and rubber-stamp One Battle’s frontrunner status. Or deliver some surprises and give Chloé Zhao’s drama a much-needed boost.
For U.S. viewers, BAFTA will air with a delay on E!. Although a VPN will allow you to watch live as the event takes place on Sunday, February 22. Emmy-winning Traitors host Alan Cumming will serve as MC. And Paddington Bear is among the presenters, reason alone to tune in.
For more BAFTA analysis, listen to the latest episode of Chasing the Gold, with special guest Doug Jamieson of Filmotomy and The Jam Report.
Best Film
Hamnet – Projected Winner
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – Runner-Up
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
Hamnet – Projected Winner
I Swear – Runner-Up
Mr Burton
Pillion
Steve
Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – Projected Winner
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Runner-Up
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme – Projected Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another – Runner-Up
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan -Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value – Projected Winner
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners – Runner-Up
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet – Runner-Up
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value – Projected Winner
Director
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson – Projected Winner
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler – Runner-Up
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow – Runner-Up
Pillion – Projected Winner
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Film not in the English language
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent – Runner-Up
Sentimental Value – Projected Winner
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka – Runner-Up
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor – Projected Winner
Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie – Runner-Up
Zootropolis 2 – Projected Winner
Children’s and Family Film
Arco – Runner-Up
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2 – Projected Winner
Original screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value – Runner-Up
Sinners – Projected Winner
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet – Projected Winner
One Battle After Another – Runner-Up
Pillion
EE Bafta rising star award (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo – Projected Winner
Miles Canon
Chase Infiniti – Runner-Up
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
Original Score
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter – Runner-Up
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson – Projected Winner
Casting
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – Runner-Up
Sentimental Value
Sinners – Projected Winner
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners – Projected Winner
Train Dreams – Runner-Up
Costume Design
Frankenstein – Projected Winner
Hamnet – Runner-Up
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Editing
F1 – Projected Winner
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – Runner-Up
Sinners
Production Design
Frankenstein – Projected Winner
Hamnet – Runner-Up
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Make-up and Hair
Frankenstein – Projected Winner
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good – Runner-Up
Sound
F1 – Projected Winner
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare – Runner-Up
Special visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Projected Winner
F1 – Runner-Up
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
British short film
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles
British short animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise
