BAFTA 2026 nominations: Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another leads the pack | Hollywood News

Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged action thriller One Battle After Another leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, securing 14 nominations Tuesday including acting nods for five of its cast.Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic ‘Sinners’ is close behind with 13 nominations, while Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean family tragedy Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s ping-pong odyssey Marty Supreme have 11 apiece.The best film nominees are One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners and Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value.Best leading actor contenders are Robert Aramayo for playing a man with Tourette’s syndrome in biographical drama I Swear, Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, Michael B. Jordan for Sinners and Jesse Plemons for Bugonia.
The leading actress race pits favorite Jessie Buckley for Hamnet against Rose rne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another, Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value and Emma Stone for Bugonia.
One Battle After Another actors Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn are all nominated for supporting performances.
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The winners will be announced at a February 22 ceremony in London hosted actor Alan Cumming. The U.K. prizes — officially called the EE BAFTA Film Awards — often provide clues about who will triumph at Hollywood’s Academy Awards, held this year on March 15.
This year, unusually, Oscar nominations were announced first, with Sinners securing a record 16 nominations, followed 13 for One Battle After Another.
The British academy has recognized several performers overlooked the Oscars, including supporting actor nominees Paul Mescal for Hamnet and Odessa A’zion for Marty Supreme.
The BAFTAs also have a dinctly British accent, with a separate category of best British film. Its 10 nominees include The Ballad of Wallis Island, Pillion, I Swear and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.Story continues below this ad
Most BAFTA winners are chosen 8,500 members of the U.K. academy of industry professionals, with one – the Rising Star Award – selected public vote from a shortl of nominees. This year’s rising star contenders are Infiniti, Aramayo, Sinners star Miles Caton and British actors Archie Madekwe and Posy Sterling.
Like other major movie awards, Britain’s film academy has introduced changes in recent years to increase diversity. In 2020, no women were nominated as best director for the seventh year running, and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white. The voting process was changed to add a longl round before the final nominees are selected.
Zhao is the only female nominee in the best director category, alongside Anderson, Safdie, Cooger, Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value. Across all categories including documentaries and shorts, 25% of the directing nominees are women.
See full l of BAFTA 2026 nominees below.
BEST FILM
Hamnet — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam MendesMarty Supreme — Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh SafdieOne Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas AndersonSentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen OttmarSinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
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Bugonia, Yorgos LanthimosHamnet, Chloé ZhaoMarty Supreme, Josh SafdieOne Battle After Another, Paul Thomas AndersonSentimental Value, Joachim TrierSinners, Ryan Coogler
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, HamnetRose rne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouKate Hudson, Song Sung BlueChase Infiniti, One Battle After AnotherRenate Reinsve, Sentimental ValueEmma Stone, Bugonia
LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, I SwearTimothée Chalamet, Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke, Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan, SinnersJesse Plemons, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, Marty SupremeInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental ValueWunmi Mosaku, SinnersCarey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis IslandTeyana Taylor, One Battle After AnotherEmily Watson, Hamnet
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Benicio del Toro, One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi, FrankensteinPaul Mescal, HamnetPeter Mullan, I SwearSean Penn, One Battle After AnotherStellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later — Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex GarlandThe Ballad of Wallis Island — James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, Tim KeyBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Michael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi MorganDie My Love — Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Cirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice BirchH Is for Hawk — Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma DonoghueHamnet — Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’FarrellI Swear — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers TempestMr. Burton — Marc Evans, Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom BulloughPillion — Harry Lighton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew LoweSteve — Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
OUTSTANDING DEBUT A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony — Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy MeerMy Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr., Wale DaviesPillion — Harry LightonA Want in Her — Myrid CartenWasteman — Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden and Tim KeyBugonia, Will TracyHamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’FarrellOne Battle After Another, Paul Thomas AndersonPillion, Harry Lighton
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYStory continues below this ad
I Swear, Kirk JonesMarty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh SafdieThe Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça FilhoSentimental Value, Eskil Vogt and Joachim TrierSinners, Ryan Coogler
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie PortmanBoong — Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh SidhwaniLilo & Stitch — Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan EirichZootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, ron Howard, Yvett Merino
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Philippe MartinThe Secret Agent — Kleber Mendonça Filho, Emilie LesclauxSentimental Value — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen OttmarSirât — Oliver Laxe, Domingo CorralThe Voice of Hind Rajab — Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadim Cheikhrouha
COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein, Kate HawleyHamnet, Malgosia TurzanskaMarty Supreme, Miyako BellizziSinners, Ruth E. CarterWicked: For Good, Paul Tazewell
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Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric SaindonF1 — Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert HarringtonFrankenstein — Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José GranellHow to Train Your Dragon — Chrian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry PalmerThe Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
DOCUMENTARY
2,000 Meters to Andriivka — Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-RathApocalypse in the Tropics — Petra Costa, Alessandra OrofinoCover-Up — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni GolijevMr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta KaráskováThe Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
ANIMATED FILM
Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice DrummLittle Amélie — Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri MagalonZootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, ron Howard, Yvett Merino
CASTING
I Swear, Lauren EvansMarty Supreme, Jennifer VendittiOne Battle After Another, Cassandra KulukundisSentimental Value, Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy KaufmanSinners, Francine Maisler
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Frankenstein, Dan LaustsenMarty Supreme, Darius KhondjiOne Battle After Another, Michael BaumanSinners, Autumn Durald ArkapawTrain Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1, Stephen MirrioneA House of Dynamite, Kirk BaxterMarty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh SafdieOne Battle After Another, Andy JurgensenSinners, Michael P. Shawver
MAKE UP & HAIR
Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan ManyHamnet — Nicole StaffordMarty Supreme — Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike FontaineSinners — Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike FontaineWicked: For Good — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia, Jerskin FendrixFrankenstein, Alexandre DesplatHamnet, Max RichterOne Battle After Another, Jonny GreenwoodSinners, Ludwig Göransson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell and Shane VieauHamnet, Fiona Crombie and Alice FeltonMarty Supreme, Jack Fisk and Adam WillisOne Battle After Another, Florencia Martin and Anthony CarlinoSinners, Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
SOUND
F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan PeraltaFrankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Chrian Cooke, Brad ZoemOne Battle After Another — Jose Antonio Garcia, Chropher Scarabosio, Tony VillaflorSinners — Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe PachecoWarfare — Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Cardboard — J.P. Vine, Michaela Manas MalinaSolstice — Luke AngusTwo Black Boys in Paradise — Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Magid/Zafar — Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert BrooksNostalgie — Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath MattockTerence — Edem Kelman, Noah ReichThis Is Endometriosis — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette WrightWelcome Home Freckles — Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for the public)
Robert AramayoMiles CatonChase InfinitiArchie MadekwePosy Sterling