Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another became the biggest winner at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, leading the BAFTA winners tally with six awards, including Best Film. The ceremony celebrated the best films of the past year, with major wins also for Sinners, I Swear, Frankenstein, and Hamnet.
Here is the full list of winners at BAFTA 2026
One Battle After Another won Best Film and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson. The film also won Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Michael Bauman), and Best Editing. In one of the evening’s surprises, Sean Penn claimed Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film. However, the veteran actor wasn’t present to accept his first-ever BAFTA win.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was among the ones that followed with three awards. The film earned Original Screenplay, making Coogler the first Black filmmaker to win in the category. Wunmi Mosaku took Supporting Actress, while Ludwig Göransson won Original Score.
Below is the BAFTA winners’ full list from the ceremony:
- Best Film: One Battle After Another
- Outstanding British Film: Hamnet
- Leading Actress: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Leading Actor: Robert Aramayo – I Swear
- Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Supporting Actor: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Original Screenplay: Sinners
- Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another
- Film Not in the English Language: Sentimental Value
- Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- Animated Film: Zootropolis 2
- Children’s & Family Film: Boong
- Original Score: Sinners
- Casting: I Swear
- Cinematography: One Battle After Another
- Editing: One Battle After Another
- Costume Design: Frankenstein
- Make Up & Hair: Frankenstein
- Production Design: Frankenstein
- Sound: F1
- Special Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
- British Short Film: This Is Endometriosis
- British Short Animation: Two Black Boys in Paradise
The 2026 BAFTA Film Awards showcased the extraordinary depth of international cinema, with One Battle After Another leading the pack while independent films and debut directors claimed their place alongside established filmmakers (via BBC).
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on ComingSoon.
