‘One Battle After Another’ dominated the Bafta Awards Winners List 2026, which won many major awards including Best Film and Director. India’s ‘Boong’ created history by winning the Best Children and Family Film. ‘Sinners’ and ‘Hamnet’ were also big winners.
This time the stage of the 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA 2026) held at the Royal Festival Hall in London witnessed the celebration of glamour, glory and global cinema. Hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the ceremony was anchored by famous host Alan Cumming. Many stars including Alia Bhatt, Emma Stone and Kate Hudson caught everyone’s attention with their style on the red carpet. At BAFTA 2026, awards were given to the best films and artists of the past year, where the strength of international cinema was clearly visible.
The magic of ‘One Battle After Another’, India’s ‘Boong’ also created history
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another won big awards like Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay out of 14 nominations. Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama Sinners won for Original Screenplay, while Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress. Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet was named Outstanding British Film and Jessie Buckley won the Leading Actress award. The special thing was that Indian film Boong created history by winning the Best Children and Family Film.
BAFTA 2026 Winners List
- Best Film- One Battle After Another (Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson)
- Outstanding British Film- Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell)
- Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer- My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)
- Best Film Not In The English Language- Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar)
- Best Documentary-Mr. Nobody Against Putin(David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karáskova)
- Best Animated Film – Zootropolis 2 (Zootopia 2)(Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino)
- Best Children’s & Family Film – Boong (Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani)
- Best Director- One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
- Best Original Screenplay – Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
- Best Adapted Screenplay – One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
- Best Leading Actress – Jessie Buckley(Hamnet)
- Best Leading Actor – Robert Aramayo (I Swear)
- Best Supporting Actress – Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
- Best Supporting Actor- Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
- Best Casting – I Swear(Lauren Evans)
- Best Cinematography- One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
- Best Editing – One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
- Best Costume Design – Frankenstein (Kate Hawley)
- Best Make Up & Hair- Frankenstein (Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many)
- Best Original Score – Sinners(Ludwig Göransson)
- Best Production Design – Frankenstein (Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau)
- Best Sound – F1 (Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta)
- Best Special Visual Effects- Avatar: Fire And Ash (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon)
- Best British Short Animation – Two Black Boys In Paradise (Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson)
- Best British Short Film – This Is Endometriosis (Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright)
- EE Rising Star Award (Voted for by public) – Robert Aramayo
Dame Donna Langley, Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship. Claire Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas, was awarded BAFTA’s ‘Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema’ award for her significant British contribution to the field of cinema.