{"id":224459,"date":"2026-02-23T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/what-happened-at-the-2026-ee-bafta-film-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:40:09","slug":"what-happened-at-the-2026-ee-bafta-film-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/what-happened-at-the-2026-ee-bafta-film-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-02-23\" datetime=\"1771807209\" pubdate=\"\">23 February 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>One Battle After Another was the big winner at Sunday night&#8217;s (22.02.26) EE BAFTA Film Awards, bagging six prizes.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">One Battle After Another won the most gongs at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards<\/p>\n<p>The action-thriller &#8211; which stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,leonardo-dicaprio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, 51, Sean Penn, 65, and 25 year old Chase Infiniti &#8211; won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the event, held at London&#8217;s Royal Festival Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Also, One Battle After Another&#8217;s director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/paul-thomas-anderson\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,paul-thomas-anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>, 55, was crowned Best Director, and Penn was named Best Supporting actor for his role as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw.<\/p>\n<p>After Song Sung Blue star Kate Hudson, 46, revealed Anderson as Best Director, he said in his acceptance speech: &#8220;I&#8217;m so happy about your appreciation for this film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I Swear bagged three accolades &#8211; Best Leading Actor and the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award for Robert Aramayo (John Davidson), as well as Best Casting.<\/p>\n<p>\nAramayo, 33, was in shock after Shadow Force actress Kerry Washington, 49, announced him as the Best Leading Winner.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said in his acceptance speech: &#8220;I honestly cannot believe that I have won this award. I really, really cannot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nJoining I Swear with three prizes was Frankenstein &#8211; Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Make-up and Hair.<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners also secured three awards &#8211; Best Supporting Actress for 39 year old Wunmi Mosaku (Annie), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson)<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet, however, received two big accolades &#8211; Outstanding British film, and Best Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley (Agnes Hathaway).<\/p>\n<p>\nBuckley, 36, dedicated her award to the women who inspired her to break the mould.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy, 49, declared her as the Best Leading Actress recipient, she said in her acceptance speech: &#8220;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. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;You are all just radical, and you&#8217;re doing it for the naughty girls, and I&#8217;m in awe of all your incredible performances. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I love what I do. I love cinema. \u2029I believe in storytelling to bring us together as a community. I believe in women&#8217;s voices to tell those stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nElsewhere 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&#8217;s received Best Sound.<\/p>\n<p>\n2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards full list of winners: <\/p>\n<p>\nBest film<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nSentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nOutstanding British film<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Hamnet<\/p>\n<p>\n28 Years Later<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Ballad of Wallis Island<\/p>\n<p>\nBridget Jones: Mad about the Boy<\/p>\n<p>\nDie My Love<\/p>\n<p>\nH Is For Hawk<\/p>\n<p>\nI Swear<\/p>\n<p>\nMr Burton<\/p>\n<p>\nPillion<\/p>\n<p>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Leading actress<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Jessie Buckley &#8211; Hamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nRose Byrne &#8211; If I Had Legs I&#8217;d Kick You<\/p>\n<p>\nKate Hudson &#8211; Song Sung Blue<\/p>\n<p>\nChase Infiniti &#8211; One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nRenate Reinsve &#8211; Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nEmma Stone &#8211; Bugonia<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Leading actor<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Robert Aramayo &#8211; I Swear<\/p>\n<p>\nTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet &#8211; Marty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nLeonardo DiCaprio &#8211; One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nEthan Hawke &#8211; Blue Moon<\/p>\n<p>\nMichael B Jordan -Sinners<\/p>\n<p>\nJesse Plemons &#8211; Bugonia<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Supporting Actress<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Wunmi Mosaku &#8211; Sinners<\/p>\n<p>\nOdessa A&#8217;zion &#8211; Marty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas &#8211; Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nCarey Mulligan &#8211; The Ballad of Wallis Island<\/p>\n<p>\nTeyana Taylor &#8211; One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nEmily Watson &#8211; Hamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Supporting actor<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Sean Penn &#8211; One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nBenicio del Toro &#8211; One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nJacob Elordi &#8211; Frankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nPaul Mescal &#8211; Hamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nPeter Mullan &#8211; I Swear<\/p>\n<p>\nStellan Skarsgard &#8211; Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Director<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: One Battle After Another &#8211; Paul Thomas Anderson<\/p>\n<p>\nBugonia &#8211; Yorgos Lanthimos<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet &#8211; Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme &#8211; Josh Safdie<\/p>\n<p>\nSentimental Value &#8211; Joachim Trier<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners &#8211; Ryan Coogler<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Original screenplay<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Sinners<\/p>\n<p>\nI Swear<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Secret Agent<\/p>\n<p>\nSentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Adapted screenplay<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Ballad of Wallis Island<\/p>\n<p>\nBugonia<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nPillion<\/p>\n<p>\nEE BAFTA rising star award (voted for by the public)<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Robert Aramayo<\/p>\n<p>\nMiles Caton<\/p>\n<p>\nChase Infiniti<\/p>\n<p>\nArchie Madekwe<\/p>\n<p>\nPosy Sterling<\/p>\n<p>\nOutstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: My Father&#8217;s Shadow<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>\nPillion<\/p>\n<p>\nA Want In Her<\/p>\n<p>\nWasteman<\/p>\n<p>\nOutstanding British contribution to cinema<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Claire Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>\n2026 BAFTA Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>\nDame Donna Langley &#8211; Universal<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Animated film<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Zootropolis 2<\/p>\n<p>\nElio<\/p>\n<p>\nLittle Am\u00e9lie<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Children&#8217;s and family film<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Boong<\/p>\n<p>\nArco<\/p>\n<p>\nLilo + Stitch<\/p>\n<p>\nZootropolis 2<\/p>\n<p>\nFilm not in the English language<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nIt Was Just An Accident<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Secret Agent<\/p>\n<p>\nSirat<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Voice of Hind Rajab<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Documentary<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/p>\n<p>\n2000 Meters to Andriivka<\/p>\n<p>\nApocalypse in the Tropics<\/p>\n<p>\nCover-Up<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Perfect Neighbor<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Original score<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Sinners &#8211; Ludwig G\u00f6ransson<\/p>\n<p>\nBugonia &#8211; Jerskin Fendrix<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankenstein &#8211; Alexandre Desplat<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet &#8211; Max Richter<\/p>\n<p>\nOne Battle After Another &#8211; Jonny Greenwood<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Casting<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: I Swear<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nOne Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nSentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nCinematography<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nTrain Dreams<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Costume design<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Frankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nWicked: For Good<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Editing<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nF1<\/p>\n<p>\nA House of Dynamite<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Production Design<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Frankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nOne Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Make-up and Hair<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Frankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nHamnet<\/p>\n<p>\nMarty Supreme<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nWicked: For Good<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Sound<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: F1<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nOne Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>\nSinners<\/p>\n<p>\nWarfare<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Special Visual Effects<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/p>\n<p>\nF1<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankenstein<\/p>\n<p>\nHow to Train Your Dragon<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Lost Bus<\/p>\n<p>\nBest British short film<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: This Is Endometriosis<\/p>\n<p>\nMagid \/ Zafar<\/p>\n<p>\nNostalgie<\/p>\n<p>\nTerence<\/p>\n<p>\nWelcome Home Freckles<\/p>\n<p>\nBest British short animation<\/p>\n<p>\nWinner: Two Black Boys in Paradise<\/p>\n<p>\nCardboard<\/p>\n<p>\nSolstice<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/happened-2026-bafta-film-awards-1438075.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 February 2026 One Battle After Another was the big winner at Sunday night&#8217;s (22.02.26) EE BAFTA Film Awards, bagging six prizes. 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