February Check out the 2026 BAFTA Awards Longlist!

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Check out the 2026 BAFTA Awards Longlist!
Here’s the full selection of films, performances, and craft categories that are in the running this year. Who do you think will take home the trophies? ​

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
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 Neighbor
Riefenstahl

Animated Film
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Demon Slayer: 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 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

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

Craft Categories
Casting – Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners
Cinematography – Bugonia, Frankenstein, Sinners
Costume Design – Wicked: For Good, Bugonia
Editing – 28 Years Later, Sinners
Make-Up & Hair – Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good
Original Score – Hamnet, Sinners
Production Design – Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good
Visual Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash, Superman
Sound – F1, Warfare

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

British Short Animation
Brain Space
Cardboard
Death’s Peak
Ovary-Acting
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise

That’s the complete 2026 BAFTA longlist!
Which films or performances are your favorites? Let the discussion begin — and may the best wins take home the golden mask! ​