79th BAFTA Film Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Film, Director; Robert Aramayo Wins Best Actor
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was the big winner of the 79th BAFTA Film Awards tonight, with wins for Best Film, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. The film led the nominations with 14.
The ceremony was held at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with Alan Cumming on hosting duties for the first time, and opened the show highlighting that 2025 was “a great year for daddy issues” in film.
Ryan Coogler’s horror hit Sinners came in with 13 nominations, the highest for any film by a Black director in BAFTA history, and left with three: Original Screenplay, Score and Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku.
The biggest shock of the night came in Best Actor when homegrown talent Robert Aramayo won for I Swear, besting the likes of Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio, making it the first time in 25 years that BAFTA gave the award to a non-Best Actor Oscar nominee. The last was Jamie Bell for 2000’s Billy Elliot. Aramayo was also the recipient of the BAFTA Rising Star Award, which is voted on by the public. I Swear also surprised (somewhat) with the Best Casting win. The award, introduced in 2019, has coincided with an individual acting award in all but one year (2020 when Rocks won but Bukky Backray lost Best Actress).
Best Actress went to Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, making her the first Irish actress ever to win the BAFTA. Buckley is also the only actor this season to potentially make a clean sweep, having already secured Critics Choice and the Golden Globe. Hamnet was also the winner of Best British Film.
This marks first-time BAFTA Film Awards wins for all four performers; a first-time BAFTA Film Awards nomination and win for Ryan Coogler; and a first-time Best Director win for Paul Thomas Anderson.
The supporting wins for Penn and Mosaku provided another piece in the very split puzzle of those races, with a different person winning the precursors so far before the Screen Actors Guild has their say on March 1. In supporting actor, Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) won Critics Choice while Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value) won the Golden Globe. In supporting actress, Amy Madigan (Weapons) won Critics Choice while Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) won the Globe. Madigan was not BAFTA-nominated.
Frankenstein was a triple winner with awards for costume design, make up & hair and production design, three categories its dominated in the guilds so far. F1 pulled out a sound win and Sentimental Value also only managed one, Film Not in the English Language, but is also the first Norwegian film to win a BAFTA.
Marty Supreme‘s loss in Best Actor meant the film went 11-0 today and the only Best Film nominee to not win an award. It ties the BAFTA record for most losses with 1969’s Women in Love and 2004’s Finding Neverland. Both of those films still managed to eke out single Oscar wins; Glenda Jackson for Best Actress and original score, respectively.
My Father’s Shadow won Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or Producer for BAFTA Breakthrough for Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies.
The BAFTA ceremony also hosted a performance of the chart-topping “Golden” from Netflix’s Grammy, Golden Globe and Annie-winning animated film Kpop Demon Hunters, sung by Jae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami. The film was ineligible for the BAFTA animation award due to its lack of theatrical screening in the UK. Jessie Ware performed “The Way We Were” during the In Memoriam section.
The BAFTA Fellowship was presented by BAFTA’s President HRH The Prince of Wales, to Dame Donna Langley, in honour of her transformative leadership, sustained commitment to inclusion and pipeline building, and the strength of her relationships with creative partners who bring film and television to life. The BAFTA Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television across their career.
Clare Binns, the Creative Director of Picturehouse Cinemas, was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award, for championing diverse and fiercely independent work on big screens around the UK. The award was presented by Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård.
Here is the complete list of winners.
BEST FILM
Hamnet — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
Marty Supreme — Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Sentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later — Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex Garland
The Ballad of Wallis Island — James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, Tim Key
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Michael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan
Die My Love — Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Cirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch
H Is for Hawk — Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Speilberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell – WINNER
I Swear — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest
Mr. Burton — Marc Evans, Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom Bullough
Pillion — Harry Lighton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Steve — Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony — Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer) – WINNER
Pillion — Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
A Want in Her — Myrid Carten (Director)
Wasteman — Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
DIRECTOR
Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet – WINNER
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
LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, I Swear – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners – WINNER
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another – WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
CASTING
I Swear, Lauren Evans – WINNER
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
Sentimental Value, Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
Sinners, Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman – WINNER
Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1, Stephen Mirrione
A House of Dynamite, Kirk Baxter
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen – WINNER
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden and Tim Key
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Pillion, Harry Lighton
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear, Kirk Jones
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler – WINNER
COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein, Kate Hawley – WINNER
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
Wicked: For Good, Paul Tazewell
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau – WINNER
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
Sinners, Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
MAKE UP & HAIR
Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many – WINNER
Hamnet — Nicole Stafford
Marty Supreme — Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
Sinners — Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
Wicked: For Good — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
Sinners, Ludwig Göransson – WINNER
SOUND
F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta – WINNER
Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem
One Battle After Another — Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
Warfare — Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon – WINNER
F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein — Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
How to Train Your Dragon — Christian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
DOCUMENTARY
2,000 Meters to Andriivka — Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
Apocalypse in the Tropics — Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
Cover-Up — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev
Mr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková – WINNER
The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
ANIMATED FILM
Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
Little Amélie — Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri Magalon
Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino – WINNER
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
The Secret Agent — Kleber Mendonça Filho, Emilie Lesclaux
Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar – WINNER
Sirât — Oliver Laxe, Domingo Corral
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadim Cheikhrouha
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
Boong — Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani – WINNER
Lilo & Stitch — Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich
Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Cardboard — J.P. Vine, Michaela Manas Malina
Solstice — Luke Angus
Two Black Boys in Paradise — Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson – WINNER
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Magid/Zafar — Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
Nostalgie — Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath Mattock
Terence — Edem Kelman, Noah Reich
This Is Endometriosis — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright – WINNER
Welcome Home Freckles — Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo – WINNER
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
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