BAFTA Film Awards 2026: all winners

This year’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony was dominated by Paul Thomas Anderson’s film One Battle After Another, while British actor Robert Aramayo made history by winning both Best Actor and Rising Star – the first time a single actor has claimed both trophies in the same year.

Aramayo portrayed activist John Davidson in the drama I Swear, a role that earned widespread acclaim and long applause in the hall, CE Report quotes ATA.

“I can’t believe it. It’s an extraordinary honor,” he said in his emotional speech.

Jessie Buckley and Hamnet

Irish actress Jessie Buckley was the favorite for Best Actress – and fully lived up to expectations. She won for her role as Agnes, Shakespeare’s wife, in the moving drama Hamnet, a film that explores the couple’s loss of their son.

On stage, Buckley said:

“This is madness. This award belongs to the women who taught me – and continue to teach me – how to do things differently.”

She became the first Irish actress to win this category at the BAFTAs.

The film Hamnet also won Outstanding British Film, one of the main categories honoring domestic cinema.

Winners of the Night

One Battle After Another – 6 awards

• Best Film

• Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson

• Best Supporting Actor – Sean Penn

• Best Editing

• Best Cinematography

• Best Adapted Screenplay

In an energetic speech, Anderson said:

“Anyone who thinks films no longer matter can leave right now. Let’s make movies without fear.”

Acting Awards

• Best Actor – Robert Aramayo (I Swear)

• Best Actress – Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Other Major Winners

• Best Supporting Actress – Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

• Best Original Screenplay – Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

• Best Original Score – Sinners

• Best Production Design / Makeup / Costume – Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)

• Best Film Not in English – Sentimental Value

• Best Documentary – Mr Nobody Against Putin

• Best Animated Film – Zootropolis 2

• Best Sound – FI

• Best Special Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Best Children & Family – Boong

Moments of the Night

Performances by K-Pop Demon Hunters and Jessie Ware, who sang “The Way We Were” during the In Memoriam segment, moved the audience, as major artistic figures such as Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, Gene Hackman, Brigitte Bardot and Robert Redford were honored.

Ahead of the 2026 Oscars, it is clear that One Battle After Another and Sinners are emerging as leading favorites, while Aramayo’s historic win remains the most unforgettable moment of the evening.