Nigerian talent took centre stage at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday, with actress Wunmi Mosaku and the acclaimed feature My Father’s Shadow among the night’s big winners.
Wunmi Mosaku secured the award for Best Supporting Actress for her compelling performance in Sinners. This is a significant milestone for the Nigerian-born star, who previously won in the same category in 2017 for Damilola, Our Loved Boy. Now a fixture in both British and Hollywood cinema, Mosaku’s latest win cements her status as one of the most formidable African actors on the global stage.
The evening also celebrated a breakthrough for Nigerian filmmaking. My Father’s Shadow, directed and produced by brothers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies, won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
The film, which previously made history as the first Nigerian production selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, is set against the backdrop of the 1993 Lagos election crisis. It follows the gripping journey of a father and his two sons navigating a city on the brink of political upheaval.
The 2026 Bafta Film Awards delivered a night of high drama and historic milestones at London’s Royal Festival Hall, as Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic One Battle After Another dominated the evening with six wins, including Best While One Battle After Another led the tally, while other productions held their ground. Hamnet, the Tudor drama took home two major awards, including Outstanding British Film and Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley, while Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s latest project proved a critical darling, earning three awards including Original Screenplay and Original Score. Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation dominated the craft categories, picking up three awards for Production Design, Costume Design, and Make-up and Hair.
The Bafta 2026 Winners List in Full
Best film
* Winner: One Battle After Another
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* Sentimental Value
* Sinners
Outstanding British film
* Winner: Hamnet
* 28 Years Later
* The Ballad of Wallis Island
* Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy
* Die My Love
* H Is For Hawk
* I Swear
* Mr Burton
* Pillion
* Steve
Leading actress
* Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
* Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
* Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
* Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
* Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
* Emma Stone – Bugonia
Leading actor
* Winner: Robert Aramayo – I Swear
* Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
* Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
* Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
* Michael B Jordan – Sinners
* Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Supporting actress
* Winner: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
* Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
* Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
* Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
* Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
* Emily Watson – Hamnet
Supporting actor
* Winner: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
* Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
* Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
* Paul Mescal – Hamnet
* Peter Mullan – I Swear
* Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Director
* Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
* Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
* Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
* Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
* Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
* Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
* Winner: My Father’s Shadow
* The Ceremony
* Pillion
* A Want In Her
* Wasteman
Film not in the English language
* Winner: Sentimental Value
* It Was Just An Accident
* The Secret Agent
* Sirât
* The Voice of Hind Rajab
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
* Winner: Clare Binns (Creative Director, Picturehouse)
Documentary
* Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin
* 2000 Meters to Andriivka
* Apocalypse in the Tropics
* Cover-Up
* The Perfect Neighbor
Animated film
* Winner: Zootropolis 2
* Elio
* Little Amélie
Children’s and family film
* Winner: Boong
* Arco
* Lilo & Stitch
* Zootropolis 2
Original screenplay
* Winner: Sinners
* I Swear
* Marty Supreme
* The Secret Agent
* Sentimental Value
Adapted screenplay
* Winner: One Battle After Another
* The Ballad of Wallis Island
* Bugonia
* Hamnet
* Pillion
EE Bafta rising star award (Public vote)
* Winner: Robert Aramayo
* Miles Caton
* Chase Infiniti
* Archie Madekwe
* Posy Sterling
Original score
* Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
* Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
* Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
* Hamnet – Max Richter
* One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Casting
* Winner: I Swear
* Marty Supreme
* One Battle After Another
* Sentimental Value
* Sinners
Cinematography
* Winner: One Battle After Another
* Frankenstein
* Marty Supreme
* Sinners
* Train Dreams
Costume design
* Winner: Frankenstein
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* Sinners
* Wicked: For Good
Editing
* Winner: One Battle After Another
* F1
* A House of Dynamite
* Marty Supreme
* Sinners
Production design
* Winner: Frankenstein
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* One Battle After Another
* Sinners
Make-up and hair
* Winner: Frankenstein
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* Sinners
* Wicked: For Good
Sound
* Winner: F1
* Frankenstein
* One Battle After Another
* Sinners
* Warfare
Special visual effects
* Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
* F1
* Frankenstein
* How to Train Your Dragon
* The Lost Bus
British short film
* Winner: This Is Endometr
iosis
* Magid / Zafar
* Nostalgie
* Terence
* Welcome Home Freckles
British short animation
* Winner: Two Black Boys in Paradise
* Cardboard
* Solstice
