2026 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Predictions
Tracking the 2026 BAFTA race with ranked predictions in every category.
79th BAFTA Awards
Longlists: January 9, 2026 • Nominations: January 27, 2026
Ceremony: February 22, 2026 at 02:00 PM EST
Season Stage: Winners Announced
Updated on Feb. 24, 2026
🧮 Winner Prediction Scorecard
13 / 22 (59%)
Major Misses: Best Original Screenplay, Casting, and Leading Actor
Best Film | Director | Lead Actor | Lead Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress | Casting | Adapted Screenplay | Original Screenplay | British Film | British Debut | Non-English Language | Animated Feature | Documentary | Cinematography | Costume Design | Film Editing | Makeup & Hairstyling | Production Design | Score | Sound | Special Visual Effects
Best Film
|
1 |
Hamnet (Focus Features) |
— |
|
🏆 |
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) |
— |
|
3 |
Sinners (Warner Bros.) |
— |
|
4 |
Marty Supreme (A24) |
— |
|
5 |
Sentimental Value (Neon) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 5
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Called It
Director
|
🏆 |
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
Ryan Coogler (Sinners) |
— |
|
3 |
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) |
— |
|
4 |
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) |
— |
|
5 |
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme) |
— |
|
6 |
Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
6 / 6
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Called It
Lead Actor
|
1 |
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) |
— |
|
2 |
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) |
— |
|
3 |
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) |
— |
|
4 |
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) |
— |
|
5 |
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) |
— |
|
🏆 |
Robert Aramayo (I Swear) |
▲ 4 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 6
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Missed: Robert Aramayo → Predicted: Joel Edgerton
Lead Actress
|
🏆 |
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
Emma Stone (Bugonia) |
— |
|
3 |
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) |
— |
|
4 |
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) |
▲ 1 |
|
5 |
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue) |
▲ 1 |
|
6 |
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) |
▲ 1 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 6
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Missed: Chase Infiniti → Predicted: Jennifer Lawrence
Supporting Actor
|
1 |
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value) |
— |
|
2 |
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another) |
— |
|
3 |
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) |
— |
|
4 |
Paul Mescal (Hamnet) |
— |
|
🏆 |
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) |
▲ 3 |
|
6 |
Peter Mullan (I Swear) |
▲ 4 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 6
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Missed: Sean Penn and Peter Mullan → Predicted: Alexander Skarsgård and Delroy Lindo
Supporting Actress
|
🏆 |
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) |
▲ 4 |
|
2 |
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) |
▲ 1 |
|
3 |
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value) |
▲ 1 |
|
4 |
Emily Watson (Hamnet) |
▲ 1 |
|
5 |
Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island) |
▲ 4 |
|
6 |
Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme) |
▲ 4 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 6
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Missed: Carey Mulligan and Odessa A’zion → Predicted: #1 – Ariana Grande and #2 – Amy Madigan
Adapted Screenplay
|
🏆 |
One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell) |
— |
|
3 |
Bugonia (Will Tracy) |
▲ 2 |
|
4 |
The Ballad of Wallis Island (Tom Basden, Tim Key) |
▲ 3 |
|
5 |
Pillion (Harry Lighton) |
▲ 3 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
3 / 5
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Missed: The Ballad of Wallis Island and Pillion → Predicted: Frankenstein and Train Dreams
Original Screenplay
|
1 |
Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier) |
▲ 1 |
|
🏆 |
Sinners (Ryan Coogler) |
▼ 1 |
|
3 |
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie) |
— |
|
4 |
I Swear (Kirk Jones) |
▲ 1 |
|
5 |
The Secret Agent (Kieber Mendonca Filho) |
▲ 1 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: The Secret Agent → Predicted: It Was Just an Accident
Casting
|
1 |
Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti) |
▲ 3 |
|
2 |
Sentimental Value (Avy Kaufman) |
▲ 1 |
|
3 |
Sinners (Francine Maisler) |
▼ 2 |
|
4 |
One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis) |
▼ 1 |
|
🏆 |
I Swear (Lauren Evans) |
▲ 4 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: I Swear → Predicted: #1 – Hamnet
Best British Film
|
🏆 |
Hamnet (Focus Features) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features) |
▲ 4 |
|
3 |
28 Years Later (Sony) |
▲ 2 |
|
4 |
I Swear (Sony Pictures Classics) |
▲ 3 |
|
5 |
Pillion (A24) |
▲ 3 |
|
6 |
Die My Love (MUBI) |
▼ 3 |
|
7 |
Steve (Row K Entertainment) |
▲ 4 |
|
8 |
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Universal) |
▲ 4 |
|
9 |
H is for Hawk (Roadside Attractions) |
▲ 4 |
|
10 |
Mr. Burton (Icon Film) |
▲ 5 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
6 / 10
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Correct: Hamnet, The Ballad of Wallis Island, 28 Years Later, I Swear, Pillion, and Die My Love
Best British Debut
|
1 |
Pillion (A24) |
🔒 |
|
🏆 |
My Father’s Shadow (FilmOne Entertainment) |
▲ 1 |
|
3 |
Wasteman (Lionsgate) |
▲ 1 |
|
4 |
The Ceremony (Filmhub) |
▲ 2 |
|
5 |
A Want in Her (Break Out Pictures) |
▲ 3 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
3 / 5
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Missed: The Ceremony and A Want in Her → Predicted: #2 – Urchin and Ocean with David Attenborough
Film not in an English Language
|
🏆 |
Sentimental Value (Neon) |
— |
|
2 |
The Secret Agent (Neon) |
— |
|
3 |
It Was Just an Accident (Neon) |
— |
|
4 |
Sirāt (Neon) |
— |
|
5 |
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) |
▲ 1 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: The Voice of Hind Rajab → Predicted: No Other Choice
Documentary
|
1 |
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) |
— |
|
2 |
Apocalypse in the Tropics (Impact Partners) |
— |
|
🏆 |
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Kino Lorber) |
— |
|
4 |
Cover-Up (Netflix) |
— |
|
5 |
2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 5
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Called It
Animated Feature
|
🏆 |
Zootopia 2 (Disney) |
— |
|
2 |
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS) |
— |
|
3 |
Elio (Disney) |
▲ 1 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
2 / 3
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Missed: Elio → Predicted: Arco
Cinematography
|
1 |
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
— |
|
2 |
Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso) |
— |
|
3 |
Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji) |
▲ 4 |
|
4 |
Frankenstein (Dan Lausten) |
— |
|
🏆 |
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: Marty Supreme → Predicted: Hamnet
Film Editing
|
1 |
F1: The Movie (Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith) |
▲ 1 |
|
🏆 |
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) |
— |
|
3 |
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver) |
▼ 2 |
|
4 |
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie) |
— |
|
5 |
A House of Dynamite (Kirk Baxter) |
▲ 5 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: A House of Dynamite → Predicted: Hamnet
Production Design
|
🏆 |
Frankenstein (Shane Vieau, Tamara Deverell) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
Sinners (Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne) |
— |
|
3 |
Hamnet (Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton) |
— |
|
4 |
Marty Supreme (Adam Willis, Jack Fisk) |
▲ 3 |
|
5 |
One Battle After Another (Florencia Martin, Anthony Cartino) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: Marty Supreme → Predicted: Bugonia
Costume Design
|
🏆 |
Frankenstein (Kate Hawley) |
— |
|
2 |
Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska) |
— |
|
3 |
Sinners (Ruth E. Carter) |
— |
|
4 |
Marty Supreme (Miyako Bellizzi) |
— |
|
5 |
Wicked: For Good (Paul Tazewell) |
▲ 1 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: Wicked: For Good → Predicted: Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale
Makeup and Hairstyling
|
🏆 |
Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey) |
— |
|
2 |
Sinners (Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry) |
▲ 1 |
|
3 |
Hamnet (Nicole Stafford, Marie Deehanas) |
▲ 1 |
|
4 |
Wicked: For Good (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount) |
▲ 3 |
|
5 |
Marty Supreme (Fontaine, Kyra Panchenko) |
▲ 4 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
3 / 5
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Missed: Wicked: For Good and Marty Supreme → Predicted: The Smashing Machine and Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale
Special Visual Effects
|
🏆 |
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Charles Lai, Jeff White, Nigel Sumner, Richard Baneham) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
F1: The Movie (Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson) |
— |
|
3 |
Frankenstein (Dennis Berardi, Ivan Busquets) |
— |
|
4 |
The Lost Bus (Charlie Noble, Russell Bowen, Max Dennison, David Zarett, Oliver Schultz, John McLaren, Jiwoong Kim, Sasi Kumar) |
— |
|
5 |
How to Train Your Dragon (Christian Manz, Francois Lambert, Andy Kind, Glenn Melenhorst, Robert Altman) |
▲ 5 |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
4 / 5
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Missed: How to Train Your Dragon → Predicted: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Sound
|
🏆 |
F1: The Movie (Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John) |
— |
|
2 |
Sinners (Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler) |
— |
|
3 |
One Battle After Another (Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor) |
— |
|
4 |
Warfare (Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner) |
— |
|
5 |
Frankenstein (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 5
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Called It
Original Score
|
🏆 |
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson) |
🔒 |
|
2 |
Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat) |
— |
|
3 |
One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood) |
— |
|
4 |
Hamnet (Max Richter) |
— |
|
5 |
Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix) |
— |
🧮 Prediction Scorecard
5 / 5
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Called It