One Battle After Another was the big winner at Sunday night’s (22.02.26) EE BAFTA Film Awards, bagging six prizes.
One Battle After Another won the most gongs at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
The action-thriller – which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, 51, Sean Penn, 65, and 25 year old Chase Infiniti – won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the event, held at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Also, One Battle After Another’s director Paul Thomas Anderson, 55, was crowned Best Director, and Penn was named Best Supporting actor for his role as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw.
After Song Sung Blue star Kate Hudson, 46, revealed Anderson as Best Director, he said in his acceptance speech: “I’m so happy about your appreciation for this film.”
Meanwhile, I Swear bagged three accolades – Best Leading Actor and the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award for Robert Aramayo (John Davidson), as well as Best Casting.
Aramayo, 33, was in shock after Shadow Force actress Kerry Washington, 49, announced him as the Best Leading Winner.
He said in his acceptance speech: “I honestly cannot believe that I have won this award. I really, really cannot.”
Joining I Swear with three prizes was Frankenstein – Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Make-up and Hair.
Sinners also secured three awards – Best Supporting Actress for 39 year old Wunmi Mosaku (Annie), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson)
Hamnet, however, received two big accolades – Outstanding British film, and Best Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley (Agnes Hathaway).
Buckley, 36, dedicated her award to the women who inspired her to break the mould.
After Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy, 49, declared her as the Best Leading Actress recipient, she said in her acceptance speech: “This really does belong to the women past, present and future that have taught me and continued to teach me how to do it differently.
“You are all just radical, and you’re doing it for the naughty girls, and I’m in awe of all your incredible performances.
“I love what I do. I love cinema. I believe in storytelling to bring us together as a community. I believe in women’s voices to tell those stories.”
Elsewhere on the night, Zootropolis 2 was named Best Animated Film, Avatar: Fire and Ash came out on top in the Best Special Visual Effects category, and F1’s received Best Sound.
2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards full list of winners:
Best film
Winner: One Battle After Another
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Outstanding British film
Winner: Hamnet
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
I Swear
Mr Burton
Pillion
Steve
Best Leading actress
Winner: 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
Winner: Robert 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 Actress
Winner: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
Best Supporting actor
Winner: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value
Best Director
Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Original screenplay
Winner: Sinners
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Best Adapted screenplay
Winner: One Battle After Another
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
Pillion
EE BAFTA rising star award (voted for by the public)
Winner: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: My Father’s Shadow
The Ceremony
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
Winner: Claire Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment
2026 BAFTA Fellowship
Dame Donna Langley – Universal
Best Animated film
Winner: Zootropolis 2
Elio
Little Amélie
Best Children’s and family film
Winner: Boong
Arco
Lilo + Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Film not in the English language
Winner: Sentimental Value
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary
Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original score
Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Best Casting
Winner: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Cinematography
Winner: One Battle After Another
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Costume design
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Editing
Winner: One Battle After Another
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Production Design
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Make-up and Hair
Winner: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Sound
Winner: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best Special Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Best British short film
Winner: This Is Endometriosis
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
Welcome Home Freckles
Best British short animation
Winner: Two Black Boys in Paradise
Cardboard
Solstice
