BAFTA Awards 2026: 'One Battle After Another' triumphs and dominates the 79th edition

Awards season is still in full swing.

This Sunday, February 22, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (British Academy Film Awards; BAFTA) presented the prizes corresponding to the 79th edition of the BAFTA Awardrecognizing the best films of 2025.

In a ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming from the Royal Festival Hall in London, One Battle After Anotherwhich came in as the most nominated film with 14 nominations, swept the gala taking home the awards for Best Film, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

While Sinnersthe second most nominated with 13 nominations, took home the awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku) and Best Original Score. In addition, it broke the record as the most awarded film by a black director at the BAFTAs.

ALL WINNERS:

BEST FILM

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST 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

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM

It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

BEST DOCUMENTARY

2000 Meters to Adraiivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Elio
Little Amélie
Zootopia 2

BEST CHILDREN & FAMILY FILM

Arco
Stupid
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

BEST DIRECTOR

Yargos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

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

BEST LEADING ACTOR

Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemmons, Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Odessa 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 ACTOR

Benicio 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 EDITION

F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Hamnet
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLE

Hamnet
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Hamnet

BETTER SOUND

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

BETTER VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

Magid/Zafar
Nostalgia
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles

EE Rising Star Award

Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling