Stills from ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’
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The 79th British Academy Film Awards nominations, unveiled from BAFTA’s Piccadilly headquarters on 27 January 2026, present a run of films that cross political pulse, literary adaptation and genre spectacle. At the summit sits Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which collected 14 nominations across craft, directing and five acting slots, while Ryan Coogler’s Sinners follows closely with 13 nods; both films anchor a list that also gives substantial support to Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and a scattering of riskier, smaller titles.
BAFTA’s voting body — larger and more UK-centric than the Academy — has long functioned as both mirror and corrective to American sentiment. This year that dual role is visible as several Oscar favourites have been confirmed by BAFTA, reinforcing the momentum behind films like One Battle After Another and Hamnet, while BAFTA also restored attention to titles overlooked by the Academy. Examples include recognition for Wicked: For Good in technical categories and acting nods for performers such as Paul Mescal who missed out at the Oscars. Those divergences matter because BAFTA’s calendar position (nomination announcement after the Oscars this year) gives it the power to reshape late-season narratives rather than merely echo them.
For campaigns, the consequences are immediate. A BAFTA nomination list that broadens the conversation by elevating genre work and regional voices forces voters, pundits and distributors to recast which films are “in play” for publicity and platforming. For films that arrived before the Oscars or that failed to secure Academy attention, BAFTA nominations revive visibility and fundraising clout for theatrical runs and awards tours. For frontrunners, the BAFTA haul can harden frontrunner status and compress opposition by concentrating coverage and industry goodwill.
Here is a full list of the BAFTA nominations 2026:
BEST FILM
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The Ballad of Wallis Island
F1
Hamnet
The Lost Bus
Wicked: For Good
DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos — Bugonia
Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler — Sinners
LEADING ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
Robert Aramayo — I Swear
Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal — Hamnet
Jesse Plemons — Bugonia
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Emma Stone — Bugonia
Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
Peter Mullan — I Swear
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
Odessa A’zion — Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
Carey Mulligan — The Ballad of Wallis Island
Emily Watson — Hamnet
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
CASTING
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
EDITING
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
MAKE-UP & HAIR
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
SOUND
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
ANIMATED FILM
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootropolis 2
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM
Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
EE RISING STAR AWARD
Archie Madekwe — Lurker
Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another
Miles Caton — Sinners
Posy Sterling — Lollipop
Robert Aramayo — I Swear
The 79th BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will air on Sunday, 22 February 2026, with broadcasts streaming live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Published – January 28, 2026 12:59 pm IST