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Politically charged thriller One Battle After Another took six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) on Sunday, building momentum ahead of the Oscars next month.
Blues-steeped vampire epic Sinners and gothic horror story Frankenstein won three awards each, while Shakespearean family tragedy Hamnet was named best British film.
Jessie Buckley, as widely predicted, won the best actress prize for playing a grieving mother and wife of William Shakespeare, Agnes Hathaway, in Hamnet.
In a major upset, Robert Aramayo took the best actor prize for the British indie film I Swear, beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s explosive film about a group of revolutionaries in conflict with the state, won the awards for directing, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and Sean Penn’s supporting performance.
“This is very overwhelming and wonderful,” Anderson said as he accepted the directing prize.
Hollywood stars and British celebrities gathered on Sunday for the awards hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, where One Battle and Sinners led the nominations.
Sinners took home trophies for original screenplay, musicals score and for Wunmi Mosaku’s supporting actress performance.
Stars including DiCaprio, Chalamet, Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Glenn Close and Ethan Hawke were among those walking the red carpet outside London’s Royal Festival Hall before a black-tie ceremony hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.
Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, also attended, three days after William’s uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by police and held for 11 hours over allegations he sent sensitive government information to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The scandal has rocked the royal family led by King Charles, though William and Kate remain popular standard-bearers for the monarchy. William is president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Among the biggest receptions from gathered fans was for Paddington, the puppet bear who stars in a musical stage adaptation of the beloved children’s classic.
One Battle went into the ceremony with 14 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for five of its cast. Sinners was just behind with 13, while Hamnet and the ping-pong odyssey Marty Supreme each had 11 nominations.
Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of Frankenstein and Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value each got eight nominations.
Frankenstein took awards for production design, costume design and for the hair and make-up artists who spent 10 hours a day transforming Jacob Elordi into the film’s monstrous creature.
Sentimental Value won the prize for the best film not in the English language.

The British prizes, officially called the EE Bafta Film Awards, often provide hints about who will win at Hollywood’s Academy Awards, held this year on March 15. In the Oscar nominations, Sinners leads the race with a record 16 nominations, followed by One Battle After Another with 13.
Cumming told the audience that it had been a strong year for cinema, if not a cheerful one, with nominated films tackling themes including child death, racism and political violence.
“Watching the films this year was like taking part in a collective nervous breakdown,” he said. “It’s almost as though there are events going on in the real world that are influencing filmmakers.”
The ceremony was more glitz than gloom, though, including a performance by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami – the voices of animated band HUNTR/X in box office juggernaut KPop Demon Hunters – singing the film hit “Golden”.
The best documentary prize went to Mr. Nobody Against Putin, about a Russian teacher who documented the propaganda imposed on Russian schools after the invasion of Ukraine.
The film’s American director David Borenstein said teacher Pavel Talankin had shown that “whether it’s in Russia or the streets of Minneapolis, we always face a moral choice”, referring to the protests against US immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
“We need more Mr Nobodies,” he said.
It beat documentaries including Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing Ukraine war portrait 2000 Meters to Andriivka, co-produced by Associated Press and Frontline PBS.
Most Bafta winners are chosen by 8,500 members of the UK academy of industry professionals. The Rising Star award, which is decided by public vote, went to Aramayo.
Donna Langley, the UK-born chairwoman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, was awarded the British Academy’s highest honour, the Bafta fellowship.


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One Battle After Another triumphs with 6 Bafta prizes as Oscars loom

Director Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another cast. Photo: Reuters

Paul Thomas Anderson with the awards for best director, cinematography, and adapted screenplay for ‘One Battle After Another’. Photo: AP

Robert Aramayo, who took the best actor prize,. Photo: Reuters

Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales. Photo: Reuters

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US extra Sherry Brown delivers a speech after receiving the award for the best female multicamera stand-in at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles, California, on February 15, 2026. Photo: AFP

Daniel Armella speaks after receiving the award for the best male single camera stand-in at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards ceremony. Photo: AFP

The statuettes – called blurries – at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards ceremony. Photo: AFP

Vincent Amaya, founder of the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards, before delivering a speech during the ceremony on February 15, 2026. Photo: AFP

The audience at the awards ceremony, in Los Angeles, California. Photo: AFP

‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9 nods

Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another’. Photo: Ghoulardi Film Company

  Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed vampire hit, was nominated for seven awards. Photo: Warner Bros via AP

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ earned three nominations. Photo: Netflix via AP

Chloé Zhao and the cast of ‘Hamnet’. Photo: AFP

KPop Demon Hunters song Golden earns first K-pop Grammy

Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters wins best song written for visual media during the premiere ceremony of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller dominates UK awards, while newcomer Robert Aramayo stuns Hollywood heavyweights for best actor


Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller dominates UK awards, while newcomer Robert Aramayo stuns Hollywood heavyweights for best actor.


One Battle After Another triumphs with 6 Bafta prizes as Oscars loom

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller dominates UK awards, while newcomer Robert Aramayo stuns Hollywood heavyweights for best actor