Ahead of the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards, BAFTA have submitted their longlists for all categories, determining the final films in each categories to be submitted for nomination. The second round of voting opens on the 9th January, with the final nominations announced on Wednesday 27th January, surprisingly after the Academy Award nominations a week earlier.
There was very little surprise as to which films appeared on the most longlists, with “One Battle After Another” leading the away with a record breaking 16 mentions. This was closely followed by Shakespearean drama “Hamnet” and vampire thriller “Sinners” (14), “Marty Supreme” (13), and “Bugonia” and “Frankenstein” (12). The expected British bias saw films like “I Swear” and “The Ballad of Wallis Island” do well, both landing on the Best Film longlist. The 10 Best Film mentions are rounded off by “Sentimental Value” and most surprisingly, WWII courtroom drama “Nuremberg”, which has had no other award season recognition whatsoever.
With the exception of “Sentimental Value”, the International contingent massively underperformed on the longlists, which may be due to belated release dates here in the UK. Films like “Sirat”, “No Other Choice” and “The Secret Agent” are yet to be released in cinemas as we enter 2026, and Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident”, which only received two nominations, was only released in select cinemas last month.
It was also bad day at the office for blockbusters “Wicked: For Good” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash”, which both underperformed when compared to their predecessors. Animated Film favourite “KPop Demon Hunters” was deemed ineligible due to its Netflix release, so its absence may allow “Zootropolis 2” or “Little Amelie” to gain some momentum and otentially surprise the record-smashing Sony animation. Other notable underperformers include “Wake Up Dead Man”, “Jay Kelly”, “The Smashing Machine” and “Rental Family”.
Full list of BAFTA Longlists:
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 or the Character of Rain”
- “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”
- “Sirat”
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Documentary
- “2000 Metres 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 or the Character of Rain”
- “Zootropolis 2”
Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos | “Bugonia”
- Lynne Ramsay |“Die My Love”
- Chloe 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”
- Timothee 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”
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 Suprme”
- “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 Dragon”
- “Jurassic 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 Peak”
- “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 Endemetriosis”
- “Welcome Home Freckles”
- “Wonderwall”
Films with the most nominations:
- One Battle After Another – 16
- Hamnet – 14
- Sinners – 14
- Marty Supreme – 13
- Bugonia – 12
- Frankenstein – 12
- Sentimental Value – 8
- Wicked: For Good – 8
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