It’s January 27th 2026 and the BAFTA Nominations are out!
So, hot on the heels of the nominations for the 2026 Oscars, the BAFTA nominations for 2026 were announced. They neatly reflect the attitude of the more British centric voters to the qualities of British Film, with films like “Pillion” and “I Swear” getting a deserved look-in while the Oscars completely passed them by.
The following is the distribution of the awards, with One Battle After Another again leading the field:
- One Battle After Another – 14
- Sinners – 13
- Hamnet – 11
- Marty Supreme – 11
- Frankenstein – 8
- Sentimental Value – 8
- I Swear – 5
- Bugonia – 5
- The Ballad of Wallis Island – 3
- Pillion – 3
- F1 – 3
Wicked For Good got a couple of nominations, but Train Dreams largely lost out and again I’m also surprised that Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” came away empty handed.
Here then are the nominations in all of the categories. As always, links are provided to my reviews of the films, where I have so far seen them.
Best Film
- Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Marty Supreme (A24)
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)
- Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Sinners (Warner Bros)
Can’t really argue with this set of films, all of which were including in the 10 shortlisted for the Oscars. No surprises here.
Best Director
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Once again, Guillermo del Toro is missed off the nominations list for “Frankenstein“. The only addition to this list from the Oscars (6 noms instead of 5) is Yorgos Lanthinmos.
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
Chase Infiniti is the addition to this list. Again, 6 noms instead of 5. Infiniti was great (and beyond!) but rather struck me as a Supporting rather than as a Leading role.
Leading Actor
- Robert Aramayo, I Swear
- Timothee Chalomet, Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B Jordan, Sinners
- Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Think this is a very strong list for Best Actor. My only objection to the Oscar list was the lack of Plemons on the list. I bet a lot of US observers are saying “WTF is I Swear“?? – I’m not sure it got a US release. Their loss if so!
Best Supporting Actor
- Paul Mescal, Hamnet
- Peter Mullen, I Swear
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
No fellow nod for Delroy Lindo for Sinners here, but a crowd-pleasing inclusion of Peter Mullen’s kind-hearted caretake from I Swear.
Supporting Actress.
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Comparing the BAFTAs the Oscars, Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) missed out, but is replaced by Odessa A’zion (which the Flickering Dreams team predicted for the Oscar list) and a well-deserved Emily Blunt for Hamnet.
Adapted Screenplay
- The Ballad of Wallis Island – Tom Basden & Tim Key
- Bugonia – Will Tracy
- Hamnet – Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Pillion – Harry Lighton
So Frankenstein and Train Dreams are dropped out of the Oscar list and Wallis Island and Pillion are excellent choices to be added in.
Original Screenplay
- I Swear – Kirk Jones
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
- The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonca Filho
- Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
- Sinners – Ryan Coogler
- Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
All change! Blue Moon and It Was Just an Accident are out and I Swear and The Secret Agent are in.
Casting:
- I Swear – Lauren Evans
- Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
- One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
- Sentimental Value – Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman
- Sinners – Francine Maisler
So, Hamnet is out and Sentimental Value is in. Given the latter had most of the cast nominated, then the omission from the Oscars seemed odd. But then you could say the same about Hamnet.
Animated Film:
- Elio – Mary Alice Drumm, Adrian Molina, Madelina Sharafian, Domee Shi
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Claire LaCombe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago, Maïlys Vallade
- Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
The real surprise here is the lack of KPop Demon Hunters! Which I’d back to win the Oscar!
Production Design:
- Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
- Hamnet – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
- Sinners – Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne
For the first time in this listing, a category where the BAFTA nominations exactly match the Oscar ones.
Cinematography:
- Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – Michael Bauman
- Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
And another exact match!
Costume Design:
- Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
- Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
- Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi
- Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
- Wicked For Good – Paul Tazewell
The very odd Academy choice of Avatar: Fire and Ash is reversed to be replaced by “Wicked For Good” – completely overlooked by the Academy.
Editing:
- A House of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter
- F1 – Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
- Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Sentimental Value is out and A House of Dynamite is in, but that’s the only change.
Makeup and Hair:
- Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Cliona Furey, Jordan Samuel
- Hamnet – Nicole Stafford
- Marty Supreme – Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou & Mike Fontaine
- Sinners – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry
- Wicked For Good – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier & Sarah Nuth
A second nomination for Wicked.
Sound:
- F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Juan Peralta, Gary A. Rizzo, Gwendowlyn Yates Whittle
- Frankenstein – Greg Chapman, Christian Cooke, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaile, Brad Zoern
- One Battle After Another – Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
- Sinners – Benny Burt, Steve Boeddeker, David V. Butler, Felipe Pacheco, Chris Welcker
- Warfare – Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargraff, Richard Spooner
I wrote in my review for Warfare “The year is yet young, but at the moment I would predict a nomination and possibly a win for the Oscar Sound award.” Well, I was wrong about that for the Oscars, but I’m pleased to see it in the list for the BAFTAs at least.
Special Visual Effects:
- Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
- F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson
- Frankenstein – Dennis, Berardi, Aya Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
- How To Train Your Dragon – Christian Mánz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
- The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin
At least BAFTA got it right by not nominating Jurassic World Rebirth: a truly bizarre Oscar choice in my book. Sinners also misses out (for once!) But nice to see How To Train Your Dragon at least get something: go Belfast!
Original Score:
- Hamnet – Max Richter
- One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
- Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
- Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Snap with the Oscar nominations.
Film Not In The English Language:
- It Was Just an Accident (France) – dir. Jafar Panahi
- The Secret Agent (Brazil) – dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Sentimental Value (Norway) – dir. Joachim Trier
- Sirât (Spain) – dir. Oliver Laxe
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia) – dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
Another complete match to the Oscars.
Documentary Feature:
- 2000 Meters To Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
- Apocalypse in the Tropics – Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
- Cover-Up – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin – David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Sibrt, Alzbeta Karásková
- The Perfect Neighbor – Sam Bisbeem Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne
Only the last two survive from the Oscars list.
British Short Animation
- Cardboard – J.P. Vine
- Michaela Manas
- Malina
British Short Film
- Welcome Home Freckles – Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren
- Magid / Zafar – Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salem, Aidan Robert Brooks
- Nostalgie – Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath Mattock
- Terence – Edem Kelman, Noah Reich
- This is Endemetriosis – Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright
Children’s & Family Film
- Arco – Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
- Boong – Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritech Sidhwani
- Lilo & Stitch – Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich
- Zootropolis 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
Interesting that How To Train Your Dragon missed out in this category… I thought it would be in there.
I shall, of course, be posting a traditional “Will Win/Should Win” set of predictions ahead of this year’s Oscar ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien, on March 15th.
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
- Clare Binns
Clare is the Creative Director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment. A big day for them!
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
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer
- Pillion – Harry Lighton
- The Cremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer
- Wasteman – Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran
- A Want In Her – Myrid Carten
- My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jnr., Wale Davies
My heart suggests that this might be Harry Lighton’s award, but I am short of film watches in this category.
The BAFTA Fellowship
Announced on the night.
EE Rising Star Award
The only award voted for by the British public, so an interesting popularity contest! The nominees this year are:
- Robert Aramayo – I Swear
- Miles Caton – Sinners
- Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
- Archie Madekwe – Lurker
- Posy Sterling – Lollipop
Given the outpouring of public love for I Swear, might it go Aramayo’s way? But Caton and Infiniti seem strong contenders too. Friends have raved about Lollipop, but I have yet to see it.
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