BAFTA has officially unveiled this year’s longlists for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards, marking the start of the decisive second round of voting. With the longlisting phase now complete, eligible films and performances advance to Round Two, which opens today and will determine the final nominations.
Those nominations will be revealed via a global livestream on Tuesday, 27 January at 12:00 GMT, broadcast from BAFTA’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in London. A third and final round of voting will then decide the winners. As ever, BAFTA Film Awards voting unfolds across three stages: Longlisting, Nominations and Winners.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony itself will take place at London’s Southbank Centre, hosted at the Royal Festival Hall. The event will be broadcast as live on BBC One and iPlayer, and hosted by multi-award-winning actor, writer, producer and television presenter Alan Cumming.
Leading the longlists is ‘One Battle After Another,’ which has further cemented its status as the film to beat this awards season. Following the first round of voting across 25 categories, the film emerged with an impressive 16 longlist nods. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the epic and sharply scathing political satire explores U.S. extremism and polarisation, themes that feel increasingly urgent and timely. Alongside expected mentions for Best Film, Director and Adapted Screenplay, the film dominated the performance categories, with Chase Infiniti, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro, and Sean Penn all advancing to Round Two.
Close behind is a competitive cluster of titles. Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ and Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ each secured 14 longlist slots, underscoring their strong cross-category support. Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’ followed with 13 nods, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’ and Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ each earned 12 longlist mentions.
Also featuring prominently on the longlists are ‘Sentimental Value’ and ‘Wicked: For Good,’ both of which remain firmly in the conversation as the awards race intensifies.
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BEST FILM
‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’
‘Bugonia’
‘Frankenstein’
‘Hamnet’
‘I Swear’
‘Marty Supreme’
‘Nuremberg’
‘One Battle After Another’
‘Sentimental Value’
‘Sinners’
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’
‘Sirāt’
‘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’
DIRECTOR
‘Bugonia,’ Yorgos Lanthimos
‘Die My Love,’ Lynne Ramsay
‘Hamnet,’ Chloé Zhao
‘A House of Dynamite,’ Kathryn Bigelow
‘Marty Supreme,’ Josh Safdie
‘One Battle After Another,’ Paul Thomas Anderson
‘Rental Family,’ Hikari
‘Sentimental Value,’ Joachim Trier
‘Sinners,’ Ryan Coogler
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ Kaouther Ben Hania
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’
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 Skarsgård, ‘Pillion’
Stellan Skarsgård, ‘Sentimental Value’
For the full list of nominations, head over to BAFTA.
