Nigerians shine at 2026 BAFTA Awards [Full list]

By Seyi Babalola

Nigerian talents received significant recognition on Sunday, February 22, in London, when the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards announced standout winners in acting and filmmaking.

Wunmi Mosaku received Best Supporting Actress for her part in Sinners, adding another significant professional milestone to her already impressive worldwide profile.

Mosaku has earned BAFTA attention before, winning Supporting Actress at the 2017 BAFTA Television Awards for Damilola, Our Loved Boy.

Also on the winners’ list was My Father’s Shadow, created by Nigerian brothers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies, which won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

BAFTA’s official winners announcement confirmed the film’s Outstanding Debut win, placing the project among the night’s most celebrated new entries.

Set in Lagos during the 1993 election crisis, the film follows a father and his two sons as they move through the city in a tense political moment.

Outside the Nigerian wins, One Battle After Another led the night with six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson.

Sinners also won Original Screenplay and Original Score, giving the title three wins overall.

Below is the full list of winners at the 2026 BAFTAs.

Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best 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

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Pillion

Best Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners

Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H is for Hawk
WINNER: Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

Best Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie
WINNER: Zootopia 2

Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary Film
2,000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Children’s & Family Film
Arco
WINNER: Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

Best Editing
A House of Dynamite
F1
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Casting
WINNER: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Sound

WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Best Special Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

Best Costume Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Mary Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Makeup and Hair
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Original Score
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Clare Binns

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer
Pillion
The Ceremony
Wasteman
A Want In Her
WINNER: My Father’s Shadow

Best British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
WINNER: Two Black Boys in Paradise

Best British Short Film
Welcome Home Freckles
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
WINNER: This Is Endometriosis

EE Rising Star Award
WINNER: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling