Nigerian talents picked up major recognition on Sunday, February 22, in London, as the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards handed honours to standout winners across acting and filmmaking.

Actress Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sinners, adding another major career milestone to her growing international 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

SinnersBest 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 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

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, HamnetBest 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 2Best 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 BusBest 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

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