What happened at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards? The 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards took place at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night (22.02.26). 23 February 2026 One Battle After Another was the big winner at Sunday night's (22.02.26) EE BAFTA Film Awards, bagging six prizes. One Battle After Another won the most gongs at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards The action-thriller - which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, 51, Sean Penn, 65, and 25 year old Chase Infiniti - won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the event, held at London's Royal Festival Hall. Also, One Battle After Another's director Paul Thomas Anderson, 55, was crowned Best Director, and Penn was named Best Supporting actor for his role as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw. After Song Sung Blue star Kate Hudson, 46, revealed Anderson as Best Director, he said in his acceptance speech: "I'm so happy about your appreciation for this film." Meanwhile, I Swear bagged three accolades - Best Leading Actor and the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award for Robert Aramayo (John Davidson), as well as Best Casting. Aramayo, 33, was in shock after Shadow Force actress Kerry Washington, 49, announced him as the Best Leading Winner. He said in his acceptance speech: "I honestly cannot believe that I have won this award. I really, really cannot." Joining I Swear with three prizes was Frankenstein - Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Make-up and Hair. Sinners also secured three awards - Best Supporting Actress for 39 year old Wunmi Mosaku (Annie), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson) Hamnet, however, received two big accolades - Outstanding British film, and Best Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley (Agnes Hathaway). Buckley, 36, dedicated her award to the women who inspired her to break the mould. After Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy, 49, declared her as the Best Leading Actress recipient, she said in her acceptance speech: "This really does belong to the women past, present and future that have taught me and continued to teach me how to do it differently. "You are all just radical, and you're doing it for the naughty girls, and I'm in awe of all your incredible performances. "I love what I do. I love cinema. I believe in storytelling to bring us together as a community. I believe in women's voices to tell those stories." Elsewhere on the night, Zootropolis 2 was named Best Animated Film, Avatar: Fire and Ash came out on top in the Best Special Visual Effects category, and F1's received Best Sound. 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards full list of winners: Best film Winner: One Battle After Another Hamnet Marty Supreme Sentimental Value Sinners Outstanding British film Winner: Hamnet 28 Years Later The Ballad of Wallis Island Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy Die My Love H Is For Hawk I Swear Mr Burton Pillion Steve Best Leading actress Winner: 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 Best Leading actor Winner: 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 Best Supporting Actress Winner: Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value Carey Mulligan - The Ballad of Wallis Island Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another Emily Watson - Hamnet Best Supporting actor Winner: Sean Penn - One Battle After Another Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein Paul Mescal - Hamnet Peter Mullan - I Swear Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value Best Director Winner: One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos Hamnet - Chloé Zhao Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier Sinners - Ryan Coogler Best Original screenplay Winner: Sinners I Swear Marty Supreme The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Best Adapted screenplay Winner: One Battle After Another The Ballad of Wallis Island Bugonia Hamnet Pillion EE BAFTA rising star award (voted for by the public) Winner: Robert Aramayo Miles Caton Chase Infiniti Archie Madekwe Posy Sterling Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Winner: My Father's Shadow The Ceremony Pillion A Want In Her Wasteman Outstanding British contribution to cinema Winner: Claire Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment 2026 BAFTA Fellowship Dame Donna Langley - Universal Best Animated film Winner: Zootropolis 2 Elio Little Amélie Best Children's and family film Winner: Boong Arco Lilo + Stitch Zootropolis 2 Film not in the English language Winner: Sentimental Value It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sirat The Voice of Hind Rajab Best Documentary Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin 2000 Meters to Andriivka Apocalypse in the Tropics Cover-Up The Pe