BAFTA Awards 2026: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead Longlists

This is the official longlist for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards - Friday 9 January 2026

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners racks up 14 longlist entries. Photograph: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

The final nominations are announced on 27 January, and the award winners will be announced on 22 February at a ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall hosted by actor Alan Cumming.

BEST FILM

10 films are advancing in the Best Film category out of 109 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• “The Ballad of Wallis Island”

• “Bugonia”

• “Frankenstein”

• “Hamnet”

• “I Swear”

• “Marty Supreme”

• “Nuremberg”

• “One Battle After Another”

• “Sentimental Value”

• “Sinners”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ten films are advancing in the Cinematography category out of 159 films submitted for consideration.

• Ballad of a Small Player - Cinematographer: James Friend

• Bugonia - Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan

• Die My Love - Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey

• F1 - Cinematographer: Claudio Miranda

• Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen

• Hamnet - Cinematographer: Lucasz Zal

• Marty Supreme - Cinematographer: Darius Khondji

• One Battle After Another - Cinematographer: Michael Bauman

• Sinners - Cinematographer: Autum Durald Arkapaw

• Train Dreams - Cinematographer: Adolpho Veloso

Members of the Cinematography chapter vote to determine the Cinematography longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film.

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

10 films are advancing in the Outstanding Debut category out of 43 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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

A jury determines the Outstanding Debut longlist, nominations and overall winner in this category.

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

Eight films are advancing in the Children’s & Family Film category out of 14 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• Arco

• Boong

• Elio

• Grow

• How to Train Your Dragon

• Lilo & Stitch

• Little Amelie

• Zootropolis 2

A jury determines the Children’s & Family Film longlist, nominations and overall winner.

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

10 films are advancing in the Film not in the English Language category out of 40 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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

All BAFTA film-voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the Film not in the English Language longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate five films. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film.

DOCUMENTARY

10 films are advancing in the Documentary category out of 61 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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 Neighbour

• Riefenstahl

Members of the Documentary chapter vote to determine the Documentary longlist. A jury selects the five nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film.

ANIMATED FILM

Six films are advancing in the Animated Film category out of 10 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• Arco

• The Bad Guys 2

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

• Elio

• Little Amelie

• Zootropolis 2

All BAFTA film-voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the Animated Film longlist and will vote to nominate three films. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film.

DIRECTOR

Ten films are advancing in the Director category out of 182 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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)

Members of the Directing chapter vote for their top 10 to determine the Director longlist, of which the top women and men directors, and directors who identify as non-binary/gender diverse and any mixed-gender directing teams (within the voting results range of the top 10 women/men directors) will be longlisted to a max of 11, with gender parity upheld between women and men directors. The Directing chapter will vote for the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Ten films are advancing in the Original Screenplay category out of 74 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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

Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the Original Screenplay longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the winning film.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Ten films are advancing in the Adapted Screenplay category out of 64 eligible films submitted for consideration.

• 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

Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the Adapted Screenplay longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the winning film.