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2026 Award Season Kicks Off with Excitement
The 2026 award season is officially in full swing, with several high-profile events marking the beginning of the celebration. Last week’s Critics Choice Awards and this weekend’s Golden Globes set the stage for what promises to be an exciting year in film and television. However, it was the BAFTA Awards that captured the most attention this weekend, as the official 2026 longlist was revealed to the public.
The 2026 BAFTA Film Awards Longlist
The longlist includes a wide range of films and performances across various categories, showcasing the best of cinematic achievements from the past year.
Best Film
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- I Swear
- Marty Supreme
- Nuremberg
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Leading Actress
- Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good
- Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
- Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
- Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Andrea Riseborough, Dragonfly
- Emma Stone, Bugonia
- Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Leading Actor
- Robert Aramayo, I Swear
- Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
- Russell Crowe, Nuremberg
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Harry Melling, Pillion
- Cillian Murphy, Steve
- Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Supporting Actress
- Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
- Brenda Blethyn, Dragonfly
- Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
- Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
- Emily Watson, Hamnet
Supporting Actor
- Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Paul Mescal, Hamnet
- Peter Mullan, I Swear
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
- Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
- Alexander Skarsgard, Pillion
- Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
- Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Kathryn Bigelow, A House of Dynamite
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Hikari, Rental Family
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon
- A House of Dynamite
- I Swear
- Is This Thing On?
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Weapons
Adapted Screenplay
- 28 Years Later
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Nuremberg
- One Battle After Another
- Pillion
- Train Dreams
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Additional Categories
Outstanding British Film
- 28 Years Later
- Ballad of a Small Player
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- The Choral
- Die My Love
- Goodbye June
- H Is for Hawk
- Hamnet
- I Swear
- Mr Burton
- Pillion
- The Roses
- Steve
- Warfare
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- The Ceremony
- The Man in My Basement
- Mother Vera
- My Father’s Shadow
- Pillion
- Ocean With David Attenborough
- The Shadow Scholars
- Urchin
- A Want In Her
- Wasteman
Children’s & Family Film
- Arco
- Boong
- Elio
- Grow
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Lilo & Stitch
- Little Amelie
- Zootropolis 2
Film Not in English Language
- It Was Just an Accident
- La Grazia
- Left-Handed Girl
- No Other Choice
- Nouvelle Vague
- Rental Family
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sirat
- The Voice of Hind Rajab
Documentary
- 2000 Meters to Andriivka
- Apocalypse in the Tropics
- Becoming Led Zeppelin
- Cover-Up
- The Librarians
- Mr Nobody Against Putin
- Ocean With David Attenborough
- One to One: John & Yoko
- The Perfect Neighbor
- Riefenstahl
Animated Film
- Arco
- The Bad Guys 2
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- Elio
- Little Amelie
- Zootropolis 2
Casting
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- A House of Dynamite
- I Swear
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Pillion
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Sirat
Cinematography
- Ballad of a Small Player
- Bugonia
- Die My Love
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Costume Design
- Bugonia
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Nouvelle Vague
- Nuremberg
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Wicked: For Good
Editing
- 28 Years Later
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- A House of Dynamite
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Weapons
Make Up & Hair
- Bugonia
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Nuremberg
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- Wicked: For Good
Original Score
- 28 Years Later
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Nuremberg
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Wicked: For Good
Sound
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- The Lost Bus
- Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Warfare
- Wicked: For Good
British Short Film
- 22+1
- Blondi
- Magid / Zafar
- Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites
- Nostalgie
- The Pearl Comb
- Terence
- This Is Endometriosis
- Welcome Home Freckles
- Wonderwall
The official 2026 BAFTA nominations are expected to be announced on Tuesday, 27 January, before the televised ceremony on Sunday, 22 February. We will continue to update this story.