The nominees for the 2026 EE BAFTA film awards are being unveiled in London on Tuesday.
David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood are revealing the shortlists at 12 p.m. GMT (4 a.m. PT) in a livestream from the U.K. Academy’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in the British capital.
Earlier this month, the longlists for each category — the results of the first round of voting for the honors — were unveiled. They were led by Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another with 16 mentions on the longlists, Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker Hamnet (14), and Ryan Coogler’s vampire film Sinners (14).
Also having a strong presence on the longlists: Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme (13), Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy Bugonia (12), and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic Frankenstein (12), plus Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good appeared eight times each. Apart from Wicked, they are all in contention for best film, as are The Ballad of Wallis Island, Nuremberg and I Swear.
The BAFTA winners will be presented with their awards at the 79th BAFTA film awards ceremony, set to take place Sunday, Feb. 22, at London’s Royal Festival Hall. After two years of Scottish star David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man) leading through the ceremony, Scottish actor, writer and host Alan Cumming, the presenter and producer of The Traitors U.S., will host the BAFTA awards show this year.
In the U.K., BBC One and BBC streamer iPlayer will show the ceremony. Streamer BritBox International will bring the ceremony to the U.S., Canada, and other markets.
The EE BAFTA Film Awards are one of the biggest nights of the year for the British film industry and beyond, celebrating on- and off-screen talent around the world.
At the BAFTA Film Awards 2025, Conclave (best film) and The Brutalist (best director and actor) won four honors each.
Watch the 2026 BAFTA nominations announcement, livestreamed via BAFTA’s YouTube account, below.
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