Awards Season 2026: The 98th Academy Awards

So the curtain has fallen on the 98th Academy Awards. The winners and losers will now be on their way to the myriad Los Angeles parties to celebrate or drown their sorrows whilst, here in the UK, it's gone 3am and I'm struggling to stay awake to form cogent sentences about my thoughts on the ceremony. It's a very different life I lead. 

Conan O'Brien returned to host for a second year and the show began with an amusing- if slightly overlong- pre-recorded skit showing Conan (in similar make-up to Aunt Gladys from Weapons) being chased by a pack of ravenous kids through some of this year's nominated films. His opening monologue was, much like last year, hit-and-miss but there were a couple of good lines (I particularly liked the dig about the alternate Super Bowl half-time show and I genuinely snort-laughed with his comment about the response to the lack of British acting nominees), although the flight of fancy about what he'd do if he won an Oscar- replete with a Josh Groban cameo- fell flat for me. 

In fact, it felt like this was not a good year for the "guest host banter" sections. Many felt painful and just not very funny, and some went on way too long. There were a couple of standouts: Will Arnett's anti-AI bit when hosting the Best Animated Short Film award was pretty good, and I liked Kumail Nanjiani's quip about the Live Action Short tie. This certainly isn't going to be a banner year for those listicles of "best zingers from the Academy Awards".   

It wasn't all bad. The "In Memoriam" section was beautifully observed, starting with a heartfelt tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner by Billy Crystal (and featuring many stars from Reiner's films). After some VT, Rachel McAdams gave a touching eulogy to Diane Keaton. The last section ended with a tribute to Robert Redford from none other than Barbra Streisand, concluding her tribute with a short rendition of "The Way We Were". It was very sobering to see just how many losses the film industry has endured over the last twelve months. 

The two musical performances- "I Lied To You" from Sinners (recreating the powerful performance from the film live on stage) and "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters- were both polished, accomplished and energetic. I liked how they presented the inaugural Best Casting award, by having an actor from each of the nominated films to pay tribute to the individual casting director. I hope that's something they keep going forward. 

How did I do with my predictions? 3/6 as expected. I should have stuck my neck out a bit more. 

Amy Madigan gave a wonderfully flustered acceptance speech, the first award of the evening. Sean Penn was not in attendance at the event, so Kieran Culkin accepted the Oscar on his behalf; Penn is notoriously anti-awards campaigning and schmoozing. I was absolutely delighted that Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor, not just because his performance as the Smokestack Twins is superb but because it meant that the fairly odious Marty Supreme got totally shut out (Chalamet was the movie's best chance of taking home any gold). Hey, schadenfreude can be quite cathartic. Jessie Buckley's acceptance speech was also beautiful. Much like last year with Conclave, I'd liked to have seen Hamnet get a bit more awards love but I'm glad it got recognised in such an important category, and for such a powerful performance.

This ceremony has also seen a couple of "firsts". In addition to the first Best Casting award being handed out, Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first female cinematographer to win the Best Cinematography Oscar, for her stellar work on Sinners (her acceptance speech was one of the highlights of the evening). "Golden" also becomes the first KPop song to receive a Best Original Song Oscar. 

One Battle After Another is the big winner of the night with six Oscars, with Sinners coming second with four, and Frankenstein in third with three. Despite multiple nominations, Marty Supreme, Bugonia, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, Blue Moon and It Was Just An Accident all walked away empty-handed. 

Below is the full list of winners at the 98th Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture of the Year: One Battle After Another

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: KPop Demon Hunters

Best International Feature Film of the Year: Sentimental Value

Best Cinematography: Sinners

Best Film Editing: One Battle After Another

Best Production Design: Frankenstein

Best Costume Design: Frankenstein

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Frankenstein

Best Original Score: Sinners

Best Original Song: "Golden" (KPop Demon Hunters)

Best Sound: F1

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire And Ash

Best Casting: One Battle After Another

Best Documentary (Feature): Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Best Documentary (Short Subject): All The Empty Rooms

Best Animated Short Film: The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Best Live Action Short Film: The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva (tie)

Congratulations to all winners!

So that's awards season 2026 done and dusted for another year. Now it's time for bed. Goodnight, my loves. 

Awards Season 2026: Tez's Official Oscar Predictions

Tonight's the night. The 98th Academy Awards. What's felt like a long awards season (thanks in part to the Winter Olympics) reaches the grand finale this evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Conan O'Brien's returning to host for the second year running; once he settled into the role last year, he did well. Hopefully he'll have shed the first time nerves and do just as well tonight. 

As regular readers will know, it has become a tradition for me to predict the nominations and the winners in the main six categories (the four acting categories, Best Director and Best Picture). I've done this since 2003 with varying degrees of success. 

Last year, I slightly underestimated the Academy's love for Anora and got 4/6 (missing Best Actress [Mikey Madison] and Best Director [Sean Baker]). It's been a wide-open awards season in some categories this year, so I don't expect to do as well tonight. But stranger things have happened...

So, without further ado, here are my predictions for who will win.

Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Because the supporting acting categories have been so wide open this year, I've focused on seeing those films which contain the nominated performances (I try and see as many nominated films as I can but I don't always manage it). But, this year, I've managed to see them all, and- for me- Teyana Taylor's fierce, ferocious turn as compromised revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills just squeaks it over Amy Madigan's performance in Weapons (although I won't be mad if Madigan wins; she is great, even if the film surrounding her isn't). The first part of One Battle After Another positively crackles with Taylor's kinetic, livewire performance and, for me, the movie loses something once her character steps out of the frame. 

Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

I've got a feeling this one is just going to be wishful thinking on my part, although Skarsgård did win the corresponding award at the Golden Globes. He gives a considered and measured performance as lauded movie director Gustav Borg, attempting to make his most personal film yet. Borg's not a nice guy: he's an emotionally distant father, a borderline alcoholic, and utterly selfish but, crucially, there's a charm and charisma that helps you overlook some of those worst excesses. Josh Safdie could have taken a leaf our of Joachim Trier's book for that, but I'll get onto Marty Supreme in a bit. It's also the only one of this year's Supporting Actor nominees which feels the most grounded and the most "real" (Penn and del Toro play their characters very broad; Elordi and Lindo are in genre movies where their characters are heightened anyway). This feels unlikely (Sean Penn's BAFTA and Actor Award wins could see him take the gold) but I'm still holding our for it. Fun fact: if he does win, Skarsgård will be the first Supporting Actor Oscar winner in a foreign-language/international film. 

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Groucho Marx is said to have called Judy Garland not winning Best Actress for A Star Is Born (1954) "the biggest robbery since Brink's". I mean absolutely no disrespect to the other four actresses in this category with my next statement, but if- by some strange turn of events- Jessie Buckley doesn't win tonight, you can apply that comment here. Not only has she been the runaway winner throughout the awards season (the only consistent acting winner across all awards) but her performance as Agnes Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao's beautiful meditation on grief and loss is utterly tremendous. Buckley grounds the movie; her anguish at the loss of her son is emotionally affecting and I'm not afraid to say I cried several times throughout. There's been some claims that the movie is emotionally manipulative but I didn't feel that way about it. Unsurprisingly, for those who know me, Hamnet has been my favourite film of this awards season and it will be entirely fitting to have it honoured at the Oscars with Buckley's win.  

Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Full disclosure here, folks: I did not care for Marty Supreme. Two and a bit hours of unpleasant, amoral people doing unpleasant and amoral things to each other isn't my idea of a good time. And they don't come more unpleasant and amoral as the lead character, played by Timothée Chalamet. Marty Mauser is brash, unapologetically self-centred, possessed with an unshakable self-belief that he's the next best thing in table tennis and pretty much steps on, manipulates and cons those around him to make this dream a reality. The last act attempt to redeem this irredeemable arsehole felt emotionally hollow and manipulative and, crucially for me, didn't work- but that's more a problem with the script and less to do with the performance. Did I like the film? No. Did I like Chalamet's performance? Ish. He's given better performances elsewhere. But he's definitely committed to the bit here, and I think that might see him through, despite awards love cooling from him recently (see BAFTAs and Actor Awards). Personally, were I a voting member of the Academy, I would have put my vote in for Michael B. Jordan for his stellar work in Sinners; and there's still a chance (given his win at the Actor Awards) that this might happen. 

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Best Picture: One Battle After Another

From the get-go of this awards season, One Battle After Another has been the runaway winner. Nabbing Best Picture from the Critics' Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild, it really has stood tall against the other nominees. A strangely timely movie, there's no way that anyone involved in its production could have predicted exactly how close to home its themes of revolution and resistance against authoritarianism would get. It's a film that meets the moment we find ourselves in, whether by accident or design, and- whilst I might have personally resonated with other nominees better- it's an undeniable triumph.

And no small part of that triumph comes at the hands of its director, Paul Thomas Anderson. He gets superb performances from his ensemble cast, balances comedy and drama expertly, and also pulls off one of the most tense and technically accomplished car chases I've seen on film in years. Again, Anderson has won all the major precursor awards so he seems fairly nailed on for tonight.

Whilst these aren't official predictions, I think Sinners and One Battle After Another will get the Original and Adapted Screenplay awards respectively (as they did at the Writers Guild Awards earlier in the month), Frankenstein will get a lot of technical love (I'm expecting to see it get Production Design and Hair & Make-Up at the very least), and KPop Demon Hunters will win Best Original Song for "Golden". 

So there are my predictions. What do you think?

For the third year, ITV and ITVX will be broadcasting the telecast in the UK, starting at 10:15PM GMT with the ceremony due to start at 11:00PM (as the U.S. has already swapped to Daylight Saving Time whilst the clocks don't go forward here until the end of the month). 

I'll be watching. Will you? 

A full write-up of my thoughts on the ceremony, plus a full list of the winners, will follow as soon as possible once the ceremony finishes. 

Awards Season 2026: Razzies Winners

It's Oscar eve, so you know what that means. Yep, the Razzies have announced their winners. And it's perhaps no surprise to see one particularly derided Zoom-based sci-fi film getting the $4.97 statuette. 

Here are this year's "winners"

Worst Picture: War Of The Worlds

Worst Director: Rich Lee (War Of The Worlds)

Worst Actor: Ice Cube (War Of The Worlds)

Worst Actress: Rebel Wilson (Bride Hard)

Worst Supporting Actor: All Seven Artificial Dwarfs (Snow White)

Worst Supporting Actress: Scarlet Rose Stallone (Gunslingers)

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel: War Of The Worlds

Worst Screen Combo: All Seven Dwarfs (Snow White)

Worst Screenplay: War Of The Worlds

Razzie Redeemer: Kate Hudson (for her Oscar-nominated performance in Song Sung Blue)

War Of The Worlds was the big "winner", garnering five Razzies from six nominations; the only one it didn't win (Worst Screen Combo) went to the only other film to win multiple awards - and that's the truly execrable live-action remake of Snow White. 

Hurry Up Tomorrow, Star Trek: Section 31, Alarum, The Electric State and In The Lost Lands can all count themselves lucky that War Of The Worlds sucked as much as it did. 

So there we have it. Congratulations to all the "winners". 

So, that just leaves the big one: the 98th Academy Awards. I'll be posting my predictions for who will win in six major categories tomorrow afternoon, following up with the full results once I've watched the ceremony.

Awards Season 2026: Producers Guild Awards (PGA), and Actor Award Winners

We are getting to the sharp end of the 2026 awards season, my loves. Over this weekend, two major guilds have handed out their awards, which are definitely cementing a couple of films and performers as this year's Oscar winners in my mind. 

So, as they say in Mulan, let's get down to business!

PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGA)

The 37th Producers Guild Awards (PGA) were handed out on Saturday 28th February. The film winners are:

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: One Battle After Another

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: My Mom Jayne 

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: KPop Demon Hunters

I don't think, at this stage in proceedings, One Battle After Another's win is going to surprise anyone. Maybe the win for KPop Demon Hunters over Zootopia 2 might be considered a surprise, but honestly I'm not that sure. It's been an absolute cultural juggernaut since it debuted, and it's pretty much guaranteed for some Oscars love in two weeks' time (it's almost definitely going to win Best Original Song). 

If you're wondering, My Mom Jayne is a documentary by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress Mariska Hargitay about her mother, the iconic Jayne Mansfield (who tragically died when Mariska was only three years old). 

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ACTOR AWARDS

The 32nd Actors Awards were held last night (Sunday 1st March) in a ceremony which streamed live on Netflix, hosted by Kristen Bell for the third time. 

Here are the film winners:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Sinners

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Well, now, this is interesting. Apart from Jessie Buckley, not what I expected to see from SAG at all. That said, last year, Timothée Chalamet won the Best Actor award for A Complete Unknown, throwing a bit of a curveball - although the Oscar ended up going to Adrien Brody. I'd say the momentum is still in Chalamet's corner but who can say? Academy voting is still open, however, closing on Thurday (5th March) so will these results sway those still on the fence? The supporting acting categories are still wide open, which might make for some interesting results come Oscar night. 

Ryan Coogler becomes the first director to direct two separate Best Cast-winning ensembles (Black Panther took the top prize in 2019) and Harrison Ford received the Life Achievement Award. 

Congratulations to all winners!

So where does that leave us? The only other major award I'll be covering before the 98th Academy Awards will be the Razzies, which will be handed out on Saturday 14th March.

Awards Season 2026: BAFTA Film Awards Winners

Last night (Sunday 22nd February), the 79th British Academy Film Awards were given out in a star-studded ceremony, hosted by Alan Cumming for the first time. 

Here's a full list of BAFTA winners.

Best Film: One Battle After Another

Outstanding British Film: Hamnet

Leading Actor: Robert Aramayo (I Swear)

Leading Actress: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Supporting Actor: Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Original Screenplay: Sinners

Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer: Akinola Davies Jr. (director) and Wale Davies (writer) (My Father's Shadow)

Animated Film: Zootropolis 2

Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Film Not In The English Language: Sentimental Value

Cinematography: One Battle After Another

Costume Design: Frankenstein

Editing: One Battle After Another

Make Up And Hair: Frankenstein

Original Score: Sinners

Production Design: Frankenstein

Sound: F1

Special Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire And Ash

Casting: I Swear

Short Animation: Two Black Boys In Paradise

Short Film: This Is Endometriosis

Children's & Family Film: Boong

Rising Star: Robert Aramayo

Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema: Clare Binns

BAFTA Fellowship: Donna Langley (chair of Universal Pictures)

One Battle After Another was the biggest winner of the evening with six BAFTAs, whilst Frankenstein and Sinners are tied for second place with three each. The only other films to win multiple awards were Hamnet and I Swear with two apiece. 

Despite multiple nominations, Marty Supreme, Bugonia, The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Pillion, and The Secret Agent didn't win anything. Marty Supreme joins Women In Love (1969) and Finding Neverland (2004) as the films to have the most BAFTA nominations (11) without any wins.

In some respects, the results are what may have been expected. In many, however, the BAFTAs have provided a couple of curveballs. Oscar voting is still going on until the start of March, so the results here- and the upcoming Actor Awards- could have some sway on the final result. This is more in the case of the supporting acting categories rather than the leads (which I'll go into in a bit). 

Unlike last year, where Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin were the runaway supporting acting winners throughout the entirety of the 2025 awards season, this year, it's been much more fluid. Of the three major awards bodies that give Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards, there have been three different winners in each: Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan at Critics' Choice, Stellan Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor at the Golden Globes, and now Sean Penn and Wunmi Mosaku at the BAFTAs. It's always nice when things aren't just a straightforward coronation, even if it might play merry hell with my predictions

That said, it feels like a couple of races are now secure, with Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another needing a La La Land-scale upset to not hear "And the Oscar goes to..." in a couple of weeks' time. Same with Jessie Buckley whose anguished and emotional performance in Hamnet grounds the movie.  

Robert Aramayo's Best Actor win was probably the biggest surprise of the evening, but it's a feat that obviously won't be repeated on 15th March (I still think Timothée Chalamet is the most likely Best Actor winner). Also, the BAFTAs do tend to favour British talent so it's not a massive shock that Aramayo won. Aramayo plays the Tourette's campaigner John Davidson in the bopic I Swear and puts in a truly committed performance, also winning the Rising Star Award (the only BAFTA voted for by the public).  

On that note, Davidson's attendance at the event has sparked something of a controversy (putting it mildly). Davidson has an element of Tourette's known as coprolalia, which is the impulse to swear and use other inappropriate language. Whilst it's probably the most often depicted presentation of Tourette's, it's less common than you might think (only around 10-15% of those with the condition actually have coprolalia). The main thing to remember with this is it's involuntary; the person hasn't got control over what they tic and- due to brain chemistry and other things- the tics will usually be the worst things you can think of in the given situation.  

At the ceremony, and in the Sunday night telecast, Davidson can be heard cursing heavily at several points and used a racial slur when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the Special Visual Effects award. Attendees at the ceremony were advised that they may hear some strong and offensive language due to Davidson's condition. Host Alan Cumming also mentioned it and apologised for any offence caused twice as part of his hosting duties.

Understandably, people are upset. Rightly so. It's a fairly horrendous situation. But here's the thing: the BAFTAs are not broadcast live; they have a two-hour delay. And the telecast apparently edited out a political statement from Akinola Davies Jr. when he accepted his award. So, whilst Davidson's language was unacceptable (and he appearently left the ceremony of his own volition about 25 minutes in after his outbursts), it was involuntary. 

The BBC's choice to let it go to air wasn't. 

That was a conscious decision made, and a bloody stupid one too. The knives are out for the BBC on multiple fronts and making a deliberate choice to air one of the worst slurs a person can be called plays right into the hands of those who wish to criticise our national broadcaster. They have pulled the show from iPlayer and have now edited the slur out but, really, that should have been done straight away. It doesn't minimise the effect that word had on those in the room, but it would have stopped further controversy. The right-wing morons have just been given another stick to beat the BBC with, and the Corporation willingly handed it to them. 

In any case, congratulations to all winners!

The next clutch of awards season news comes this coming weekend, with the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday 28th February and the Actor Awards on Sunday 1st March. 

Awards Season 2026: Directors Guild Awards (DGA) and Independent Spirit Awards Winners

A little bit of a catch-up on how the 2026 awards season has been going, as a couple of major awards have been handed out in the last few weeks. Here's all the news you may have missed:

DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS

On Saturday 7th February 2026, the Directors' Guild Awards (DGA) were handed out. The film winners are:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film: Charlie Polinger (The Plague)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Mstyslav Chernov (2000 Meters To Andriivka)

This didn't feel like a surprise, to be honest. Anderson has been a standout winner throughout this awards season (and rightly so), so it feels like another step on the path to Oscar night. 

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INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

On Sunday 15th February 2026, the 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards- recognising films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system- took place.

Here's a full list of film winners. 

Best Feature: Train Dreams

Best Lead Performance: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

Best Supporting Performance: Naomi Ackie (Sorry, Baby)

Best Breakthrough Performance: Kayo Martin (The Plague)

Best Director: Clint Bentley (Train Dreams)

Best Screenplay: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Best First Screenplay: Alex Russell (Lurker)

Best Cinematography: Train Dreams

Best Editing: The Testament Of Ann Lee

Best First Feature: Lurker

Best International Film: The Secret Agent

Best Documentary: The Perfect Neighbor

John Cassavetes Award: This Island (Esta Isla)

Robert Altman Award: The Long Walk

The John Cassavetes Award is given to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1 million, whilst the Robert Altman Award is presented to the ensemble cast of the movie, its director, and its casting director(s). 

Train Dreams was the big winner of the evening with three awards, whilst Sorry, Baby and Lurker walked away with two apiece. Despite multiple nominations, Peter Hujar's Day, Blue Sun Palace, One Of Them Days and Twinless didn't win anything. 

Congratulations to all winners!

The next major awards news will come this weekend (Sunday 22nd February) with this year's BAFTA Film Awards. I'll update on those as soon as I can after the ceremony. 

Awards Season 2026: BAFTA Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 79th British Academy (BAFTA) Film Awards were announced this afternoon, by David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus, Rye Lane) and Aimee Lou Wood (Living, Sex Education). 

Here's a selection of the nominees:

BEST FILM

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

28 Years Later

The Ballad Of Wallis Island

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

Die My Love

H Is For Hawk

Hamnet

I Swear

Mr. Burton

Pillion

Steve

LEADING ACTOR

Robert Aramayo (I Swear)

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

LEADING ACTRESS 

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

Peter Mullan (I Swear)

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Odessa A'zion (Marty Supreme)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Carey Mulligan (The Ballad Of Wallis Island)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Emily Watson (Hamnet)

DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia)

Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

A full list of nominees in all categories can be found here.

BAFTA previously announced longlists for all categories, so you can see what was in contention for nominations here.

One Battle After Another leads the pack with an astonishing 14 nominations, followed by Sinners with 13, and Hamnet and Marty Supreme tied for third place with a thoroughly respectable 11 each.

No real shocks or surprises here, to be honest. As expected, BAFTA voters will go for British-made films and performances therein, so it's nice to see that being reflected with acting nods for both The Ballad Of Wallis Island (a quirky comedy about an eccentric lottery winner who invites his favourite musicians to perform a private gig for him) and I Swear (a biopic of John Davidson, the Tourette's campaigner who brought widespread attention to the condition when he appeared in a documentary as a teenager). 

I'll be honest, it does feel a bit weird doing this after the Oscar nominations have been announced, like things are out of order. That said, it was only in 2001 that the BAFTA Film Awards moved to be handed out before the Oscars. The first BAFTA Film Awards ceremony was held in May, with subsequent ceremonies happening anywhere between February and July (although mostly held in March and April). Hopefully just an outlier and we'll go back to things as usual next year. 

It has also been announced that BAFTA's Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award will go to Clare Binns, the creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas. 

The nominees for the 2026 Rising Star award - the only BAFTA awarded by public vote - have also been announced: this year's nominees are Robert Aramayo (I Swear), Miles Caton (Sinners), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), Archie Madekwe (Lurker), and Posy Sterling (Lollipop). Find out more about them, and cast your vote here.

The 79th BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out on Sunday 22nd February in a ceremony to be hosted by the force of nature that is Alan Cumming.

Congratulations to all nominees!