BAFTA 2026 Full Winners List: It was quite the night for Paul Thomas Anderson and the team behind One Battle After Another. Taking home six masks including Best Film and Best Director, solidifies its place as the definitive cinematic heavyweight of 2026. While the sweep was impressive, the spread of talent across the other categories shows just how competitive this year’s field was, particularly with Hamnet and Sinners picking up significant momentum.

BAFTA 2026: Major Winners

Best Film: One Battle After Another
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Outstanding British Film: Hamnet
Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Film Not In The English Language: Sentimental Value 
Outstanding British Debut: Akinola Davies Jr & Wale Davies (My Father’s Shadow) 
Children’s & Family Film: Boong

BAFTA 2026 Key Highlights

• Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another lived up to the hype, dominating the technical and major categories to finish the night with six wins.
• Hamnet took the top prize for British Film, beating out high-profile sequels like 28 Years Later and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.
• Ryan Coogler’s Sinners proved that genre filmmaking can still command prestige respect, securing the Original Screenplay win despite the tough competition.

Best Film

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another – WINNER

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 – WINNER

I Swear

Mr Burton

Pillion

Steve

The Ceremony – Jack King (director, writer), Hollie Bryan (producer), Lucy Meer (producer)

My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer) – WINNER

Pillion – Harry Lighton (director, writer)

A Want In Her – Myrid Carten (director)

Wasteman – Cal McMau (director), Hunter Andrews (writer), Eoin Doran (writer)

Children’s & Family Film

Arco

Boong – WINNER

Lilo & Stitch

Zootropolis 2

Film Not In The English Language

It Was Just An Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value – WINNER

Sirat

The Voice Of Hind Rajab

Best Director

Yorgos Lanthimos; Bugonia

Chloe Zhao; Hamnet

Josh Safdie; Marty Supreme

Paul Thomas Anderson; One Battle After Another – WINNER

Joachim Trier; Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler; Sinners

Original Screenplay

I Swear; Kirk Jones

Marty Supreme; Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie

The Secret Agent; Kleber Mendona Filho

Sentimental Value; Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Sinners; Ryan Coogler – WINNER