{"id":224471,"date":"2026-02-22T23:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/baftas-2026-one-battle-after-another-named-best-film\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:40:09","slug":"baftas-2026-one-battle-after-another-named-best-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/baftas-2026-one-battle-after-another-named-best-film\/","title":{"rendered":"BAFTAs 2026: One Battle After Another named Best Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-02-22\" datetime=\"1771803609\" pubdate=\"\">22 February 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>One Battle After Another was declared Best Film at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">One Battle After Another&#8217;s team accepting the Best Film gong 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; reigned victorious as it beat off competition from Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, and Sinners, to bag the top gong at the event on Sunday night (22.02.26).<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/glenn-close\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,glenn-close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Close<\/a>, 78, presented the film&#8217;s sixth prize of the night &#8211; having already taken the likes of Best Director and Adapted Screenplay &#8211; at London&#8217;s Royal Festival Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Sara Murphy &#8211; who was joined on stage by the film&#8217;s director, Paul Thomas Anderson, cast and team &#8211; declared the win as an &#8220;honour&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She also paid tribute to One Battle After Another&#8217;s assistant director Adam Somner, who died from anaplastic thyroid cancer aged 57 in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said in her acceptance speech: &#8220;Thank you to Warner Brothers, Mike and Pam, for believing this film from the very beginning, and also for our team who&#8217;s carrying us all the way through now. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I wish more than anything that our producing partner, Adam Somner, could be here to accept this on behalf of us on his home turf.  <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I think most importantly, he would thank his beautiful wife, Carmen, and his children, Olivia and Bosco. \u2029And I think I can say for both of us, we would think, Paul Anderson. It&#8217;s an incredible journey on this film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnderson &#8211; who acknowledged the other films in the category &#8211; then suggested all the attendees at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards should celebrate the night in a pub.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;You have given us so much to celebrate tonight. Thank you for rewarding our film in the way that you have. This is a tremendous honour. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Well aware of the other films that share this gift of an award, and anybody that says movies aren&#8217;t any good anymore, can just pick right off. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I want to say thank you, and I know that there&#8217;s a bar somewhere. I think we should all go there. \u2029It&#8217;s been a long evening, but we have so much to celebrate. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We have a line from Nina Simone that we stole for our film. She says, &#8216;I know what freedom is. \u2029It&#8217;s no fear.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;So let&#8217;s keep making things without fear. It&#8217;s a good idea. See you at the bar.&#8221;<\/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\/baftas-2026-one-battle-after-another-named-best-film-1438074.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 February 2026 One Battle After Another was declared Best Film at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards. 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