2026 BAFTA Film Awards Longlists

A few minutes ago BAFTA released the annual film awards longlists that are not that long but have the films that advance to the next round of voting to define the nominees in each category. A total of 221 films were submitted for consideration.

My biggest surprise is not finding Guillermo Del Toro in the director longlist of 10, what happened? Probably the awards requirement of 5 male and 5 female nominees for the 10 in longlist has something to do; but, still believe that Guillermo Del Toro skill with Frankenstein is above Yorgos Lanthimos with Bugonia, for example.

Round Two voting opens today, Friday, January 9th and will close on Tuesday, January 20th at 18:00GMT. The nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 27th at 12:00 GMT via global livestream and the awards ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming on Sunday, February 22nd.

The Longlists

Best Film
10 films will advance in the Best Film category. All film-voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist, nominations and overall winner. 109 films eligible for this category were submitted for consideration.

Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, Germany, Denmark, France Sweden, UK and Turkey
Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, UK, Canada, South Korea and USA
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Mexico and USA
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, UK and USA
I Swear, Kirk Jones, UK
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, USA and Finland
Nuremberg, James Vanderbilt, USA, Hungary
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
Sinners, Ryan Coogler, USA
The Ballad of Wallis Island, James Griffiths, UK

Outstanding British Film
15 films advance. All film voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist (of which the top five ara nominated). A jury selects the remaining five nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 70 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

28 Years Later, Danny Boyle, UK. Canada and USA
Ballad of a Small Player, Edward Berger, UK and Germany
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Michael Morris, UK, France and USA
Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay, UK, USA and Canada
Goodbye June, Kate Winslet, UK and USA
H is for Hawk, Philippa Lowthorpe, UK, Singapore and USA
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, UK and USA
I Swear, Kirk Jones, UK
Mr. Burton, Marc Evans, UK, Canada, USA, and Ireland
Pillion, Harry Lighton, UK and Ireland
The Roses, Jay Roach, UK, Australia and USA
Steve, Tim Mielants, UK and Ireland
Warfare, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, USA and UK
The Ballad of Wallis Island, James Griffiths, UK
The Choral, Nicholas Hytner, UK and USA

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
10 films advance from 43 eligible films submitted for consideration.

A Want in Her, Myrid Carten, Ireland, UK and Netherlands (documentary)
Mother Vera, Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson, UK (documentary)
My Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr, UK, Nigeria and Ireland
Pillion, Harry Lighton, UK and Ireland
Ocean with David Attenborough, Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, and Keith Scholey, UK (documentary)
The Ceremony, Jack King, UK
The Man in My Basement, Nadia Latif, UK and USA 
The Shadow Scholars, Eloise King, UK (documentary)
Urchin, Harris Dickinson, UK and USA
Wasteman, Cal McMau, UK

Film Not In English Language
10 films advance from 40 eligible films submitted for consideration.

Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, Germany, Denmark, France Sweden, UK and Turkey
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Pahani, Iran, France, Luxembourg, and USA
La Grazia, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
左撇子女孩 Left-Handed Girl, Shih-Ching Tsou, Taiwan, France, USA and UK
어쩔수가없다 Eojjeolsuga eobsda (No Other Choice), Park Chan-wook, South Korea
Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA
O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands and Germany
Rental Family, Hikari, Japan and USA
Sirât, Oliver Laxe, France and Spain
صوت هند رجب The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia, France, USA, UK, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus

Documentary
10 films advance from 61 eligible films submitted for consideration.

2000 метрів до Андріївки (2000 Meters to Andriivka), Mstyslav Chernov, USA and Ukraine
Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra Costa, Brazil, USA and UK
Becoming Led Zeppeling, Bernard MacMachon, USA and UK
Cover-Up, Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, USA
Mr. Nobody Against Putin, David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, Denmark, Czech Republic and Germany
Ocean with David Attenborough, Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, and Keith Scholey, UK (documentary)
One to One: John and Oko, Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, UK
Riefenstahl, Andres Veiel, Germany
The Librarians, Kim A. Snyder, USA
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, USA

Animated Film
6 films advance from 10 eligible films submitted for consideration.

Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain), Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang and Maïlys Vallade, France and Belgium
Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, France
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle, Hikaru Kondô and Haruo Sotozaki, Japan and USA
Elio, Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian, and Domee Shi, USA
The Bad Guys 2, Pierre Perifel and JP Sans, USA
Zootopia 2, Jared Bush and Byron Howard, USA

Director
10 films advance from 182 eligible films submitted for consideration.

Joachim Trier for Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, Germany, Denmark, France Sweden, UK and Turkey
Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, UK, Canada, South Korea and USA
Lynne Ramsay for Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay, UK, USA and Canada
Chloé Zhao for Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, UK and USA
Kathryn Bigelow for A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow, USA 
Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, USA and Finland
Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
Hikari for Rental Family, Hikari, Japan and USA
Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Ryan Coogler, USA
Kaouther Ben Hania for صوت هند رجب The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia, France, USA, UK, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus

For next categories will list only the movie and names if applicable.

Children's and Family Film
Arco
Boong
Elio
Grow
How to Train Your Dragon
Lilo and Stich
Little Amelie
Zootropolis 2

Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
A House of Dynamite
I Swear
Is This Thing On?
It Wass 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: Knives Out Mystery

Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti in One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love
Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
Andrea Riseborough in Dragonfly
Emma Stone in Bugonia
Tessa Thompson in Hedda

Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion in Marty Supreme
Brenda Blethyn in Dragonfly
Ariana Grande in Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan in Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners
Carey Mulligan in The Ballad of Wallis Island
Gwyneth Paltrow in Marty Supreme
Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another
Emily Watson in Hamnet

Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo in I Swear
Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
Russell Crowe in Nuremberg
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
Harry Melling in Pillion
Cillian Murphy in Steve
Jesse Plemons in Bugonia

Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo in Sinners
Paul Mescal in Hamnet
Peter Mullan in I Swear
Sean Penn in One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly
Andrew Scott in Blue Moon
Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion
Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value

To check the other categories go official site here, is a pdf file.