BAFTA Awards 2026: Full longlists, when are the shortlists announced, ceremony date, host and how to watch

All eyes are now on the BAFTA Film Awards next month, with the the ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 22.

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It’s seen as a major indicator of who will triumph at the Oscars, the world’s most prestigious film awards, which will be held on Sunday, March 15.

Here’s everything you need to know about the awards.

When does the BAFTA Film Awards 2026 ceremony start?

The BAFTAs will start at 5pm on Sunday, February 22, with the red carpet arrivals starting around two hours before.

Where are the BAFTA Film Awards held?

The ceremony is held at London’s Royal Festival Hall, in the Southbank Centre, and crowds of spectators sypically gather at the venue to watch the stars arrive.

When will the BAFTA Film Awards be on television?

The ceremony will be be broadcast on BBC1 from 7pm on the night of the awards - two hours after the event starts. It means you’ll be wanting to avoid the internet and social media if you don’t want to know the winners beforehand.

Who will be hosting the BAFTA Film Awards 2026?

Following David Tennant last year, another Scot will be taking on hosting duties - Alan Cumming.

Cumming first found fame in the role of the MC in the stage musical Cabaret, first in London’s West End and then in Broadway. Since then he has starred in a slew of successful television programmes and feature films, including The High Life, The Good Wife, Goldeneye, Spy Kids and X-Men 2.

He is currently hosting the US version of The Traitors, for which he won an Emmy Award, and recently became the Artistic Director of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

When will the shortlists be announced for the BAFTA Film Awards 2026?

The nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, January 27.

What films have been longlisted for the BAFTA Film Awards 2026?

Here are all the films that are in the running for each category. The shortlists will be taken from these longlists.

EE Rising Star Award

• Miles Caton
• Chase Infiniti
• Robert Aramayo
• Archie Madekwe
• Posy Sterling

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

Children’s & Family Film

• Wasteman
• Arco
• Boong
• Elio
• Grow
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Lilo & Stitch
• Little Amelie
• Zootropolis 2

Film not in the 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 Neighbour
• Riefenstahl

Animated Film

• Arco
• The Bad Guys 2
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Elio
• Little Amelie
• Zootropolis 2

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

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

Casting

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• A House of Dynamite
• I Swear
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Pillion
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Sirāt

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

Production Design

• Ballad of a Small Player
• Bugonia
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Mickey 17
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Special Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• How to Train Your DragonJ
• urassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Mickey 17
• Superman
• Tron: Ares
• 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 Animation

• Brain Space
• Cardboard
• Death’s Pea
• Ovary-Acting
• Solstice
• Two Black Boys in Paradise

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

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