The excitement is palpable as the 2026 BAFTA nominations have just been announced! Leading the charge is Paul Thomas Anderson’s compelling drama ‘One Battle After Another’ with an impressive 14 nominations, while the intense narrative of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ follows closely behind with 13 nods. These awards shine a spotlight on the incredible creativity in both British and international films.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nomination list for the upcoming 2026 BAFTA awards ceremony. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has swept the nominations, as it got listed in 14 categories. This was followed by Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’, featuring Michael B. Jordan in the lead. The film bagged 13 nominations. Let’s take a look at the full list here.Best film‘Hamnet’‘Marty Supreme’‘One Battle After Another’‘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’‘I Swear’‘Mr Burton’‘Pillion’‘Steve’Outstanding debut by a British writer, director, or producer‘The Ceremony’ – Jack King (director, writer), Hollie Bryan (producer), Lucy Meer (producer)‘My Father’s Shadow’ – Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer)‘Pillion’ – Harry Lighton (director, writer)‘A Want in Her’ – Myrid Carten (director)‘Wasteman’ – Cal McMau (director), Hunter Andrews (writer), Eoin Doran (writer)Best film not in the English language‘It Was Just an Accident’‘The Secret Agent’‘Sentimental Value’‘Sirāt’‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’Best documentary‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’‘Cover-Up’‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’‘The Perfect Neighbor’Best animated film‘Elio’‘Little Amélie’‘Zootopia 2’Best children’s and family film‘Arco’‘Boong’‘Lilo & Stitch’‘Zootopia 2’Best director‘Bugonia’ – Yorgos Lanthimos‘Hamnet’ – Chloé Zhao‘Marty Supreme’ – Josh Safdie‘One Battle After Another’ – Paul Thomas Anderson‘Sentimental Value’ – Joachim Trier‘Sinners’ – Ryan CooglerBest original screenplay‘I Swear’ – Kirk Jones‘Marty Supreme’ – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie‘The Secret Agent’ – Kleber Mendonça Filho‘Sentimental Value’ – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier‘Sinners’ – Ryan CooglerBest adapted screenplay‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ – Tom Basden, Tim Key‘Bugonia’ – Will Tracy‘Hamnet’ – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell‘One Battle After Another’ – Paul Thomas Anderson‘Pillion’ – Harry LightonBest leading actressJessie 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 actorRobert Aramayo – ‘I Swear’Timothée Chalamet – ‘Marty Supreme’Leonardo DiCaprio – ‘One Battle After Another’Ethan Hawke – ‘Blue Moon’Michael B Jordan – ‘Sinners’Jesse Plemons – ‘Bugonia’Best supporting actressOdessa A’zion – ‘Marty Supreme’Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – ‘Sentimental Value’Wunmi Mosaku – ‘Sinners’Carey Mulligan – ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’Teyana Taylor – ‘One Battle After Another’Emily Watson – ‘Hamnet’Best supporting actorBenicio del Toro – ‘One Battle After Another’Jacob Elordi – ‘Frankenstein’Paul Mescal – ‘Hamnet’Peter Mullan – ‘I Swear’Sean Penn – ‘One Battle After Another’Stellan Skarsgård – ‘Sentimental Value’Best casting‘I Swear’‘Marty Supreme’‘One Battle After Another’‘Sentimental Value’‘Sinners’Best cinematography‘Frankenstein’‘Marty Supreme’‘One Battle After Another’‘Sinners’‘Train Dreams’Best editing‘F1’‘A House of Dynamite’‘Marty Supreme’‘One Battle After Another’‘Sinners’Best costume design‘Frankenstein’‘Hamnet’‘Marty Supreme’‘Sinners’‘Wicked: For Good’Best makeup & hair‘Frankenstein’‘Hamnet’‘Marty Supreme’‘Sinners’‘Wicked: For Good’Best original score‘Bugonia’‘Frankenstein’‘Hamnet’‘One Battle After Another’‘Sinners’Best production design‘Frankenstein’‘Hamnet’‘Marty Supreme’‘One Battle After Another’‘Sinners’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‘Cardboard’‘Solstice’‘Two Black Boys in Paradise’Best British short film‘Magid / Zafar’‘Nostalgie’‘Terence’‘This Is Endometriosis’‘Welcome Home Freckles’EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)‘Robert Aramayo’‘Miles Caton’‘Chase Infiniti’‘Archie Madekwe’‘Posy Sterling’The 79th BAFTA awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Scottish actor, writer, and host Alan Cumming will be hosting the BAFTA awards show this year.