This year’s 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards longlists are here. Out of a total 221 films submitted for consideration the following films will advance to the nominating stage of voting.

Films are listed alphabetically by title, with the exception of the performance categories, listed alphabetically by the last name of the performer, followed by the film title.

Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, opens today at 4pm GMT to BAFTA’s voting members and closes on January 20th at 6pm GMT. The EE British Academy Film Awards nominations will be announced on January 27th. The EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 22nd. 

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 Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

FILM NOT IN 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: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

DIRECTOR
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Die My Love,” Lynne Ramsay
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“A House of Dynamite,” Kathryn Bigelow
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Rental Family,” Hikari
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Kaouther Ben Hania

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 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”

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”

CASTING
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“A House of Dynamite”
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Pillion”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirāt”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Bugonia”
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

EDITING
“28 Years Later”
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Weapons”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Bugonia”
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“Wicked: For Good”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Mickey 17”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Mickey 17”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”

SOUND
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“The Lost Bus”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Warfare”
“Wicked: For Good”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Brain Space”
“Cardboard”
“Death’s Peak”
“Ovary-Acting”
“Solstice”
“Two Black Boys in Paradise”

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”

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