Eye on the “BAFTA Film Awards 2026” ceremony… the date of the ceremony and the most prominent nominees

 

International film makers and fans are anticipating the “British Academy of Film and Television Arts” ceremony for the year 2026, known as the “BAFTA Awards” ceremony, in its seventy-ninth session. The “awards” are the second highest major awards in the world of the film industry after the “Oscars”. This international award often foretells the winners of the “Oscars”, for two reasons: First: its historical importance and credibility. The second: holding it three weeks before the Oscars ceremony.

This year, the BAFTA Awards Ceremony will be held on February 22nd in the British capital, London, at the Royal Festival Hall Theater in London. The event will be presented by Alan Cumming and broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One.

The BAFTA Awards Ceremony, which has critical weight and a clear influence on the map of international film awards, witnesses the presence of a large elite of international film makers, actors, directors, writers and producers, in addition to major critics and the media.

The list of categories for the “BAFTA Film Awards 2026” includes the major award categories, which are: “Best Film”, “Best British Film”, and “Best Director”. The acting award categories include: “Best Actor,” “Best Actress,” “Best Supporting Actor,” and “Best Supporting Actress,” and the two writing award categories: “Best Original Screenplay,” and “Best Adapted Screenplay.”

As for the artistic and technical award categories, they include: “Best Cinematography,” “Best Production Design,” “Best Original Music,” “Best Editing,” and “Best Costume Design.” Best Special Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

In specific film categories, there are awards: “Best Animated Film,” “Best Documentary Film,” “Best Non-English Language Film,” and “Best Children’s and Family Film.”

As for the most prominent works nominated for the most prominent categories of the “BAFTA Film Awards 2026”, they are as follows:

Nominees for the “Best Film” category:

#BAFTAFilmAwards2026 nominees for best film:

-Hamnet
– Marty Supreme
– One Battle After Another
– Sentimental Value
– Sinners

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— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 27, 2026

 

Hamnet.

Marty Supreme.

One Battle After Another.

Sentimental Value.

Sinners.

Films nominated for the “Best Non-English Language Film” category:

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It Was Just an Accident.

The Secret Agent.

Sentimental Value.

Sirât.

The Voice of Hind Rajab.

Nominees for the “Best Director” category:

Yorgos Lanthimos, for Bugonia.

Chloe Zhao, for the movie Hamnet.

Josh Safdie, for Marty Supreme.

Paul Thomas Anderson, for One Battle After Another.

Joachim Trier, for the movie Sentimental Value.

Ryan Coogler, for Sinners.

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Nominees for the “Best Actress” category:

Jesse Buckley, for Hamnet.

Rose Byrne, for the movie If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

Kate Hudson, for “Song Sung Blue.”

Chase Infinity, for the movie One Battle After Another.

Renata Rensef, for the movie Sentimental Value.

Emma Stone, for Bugonia.

Nominees for the “Best Actor” category:

Robert Aramayo, for the movie I Swear.

Timothée Chalamet, for Marty Supreme.

Leonardo DiCaprio, for the movie One Battle After Another.

Ethan Hawke, for “Song Sung Blue.”

Michael B. Jordan, for the movie Sinners.

Jesse Plemons, for Bugonia.

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Nominees for the “Best Supporting Actress” category:

Odessa Azion, for the movie Marty Supreme.

Inga Ibsdotter Lilias, for the movie Sentimental Value.

Wunmi Mosaku, for the movie Sinners.

Carey Mulligan, for The Ballad of Wallis Island.

Teyana Taylor, for the movie One Battle After Another.

Emily Watson, for Hamnet.

Nominees for the “Best Supporting Actor” category:

Benicio del Toro, for the movie One Battle After Another.

Jacob Elordi, for Frankenstein.

Paul Mescal, for Hamnet.

Peter Mullan, for I Swear.

Sean Penn, for the movie One Battle After Another.

Stellan Skarsgård, for Sentimental Value.

Films nominated for the “Best British Film” category:

The nominees for Film Not In The English Language are… 🌍

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
CRY
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJABAt the #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/L3uSOfpLmT

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 27, 2026

 

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.

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