Meet The 2026 BAFTA Nominees
The BAFTA nominations are in, with Arab cinema earning a major nod in this year’s line-up
The EE BAFTA Film Awards return for their 79th edition on February 22 at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, with this year’s nominations highlighting both established auteurs and emerging global voices.
Paul Thomas Anderson leads the field with 14 nominations for One Battle After Another, while Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab continues its award season momentum following a recent Oscar nomination – further cementing Arab cinema’s growing presence on a global stage.
The ceremony will also see a shift in hosting duties, with Alan Cumming taking over from David Tennant, opening the door to a new chapter for the awards.
Here, Bazaar Arabia shares the nominee line-up for this year’s BAFTAs…
The 2026 BAFTA 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
Film not in the English language
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
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
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
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
Supporting Actor
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Director
Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootropolis 2
British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
British Short Film
Welcome Home Freckles
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
Original Score
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Make-up & Hair
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Costume Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Casting
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Clare Binns