Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas 2026 predictions – who’ll get the gongs, who’ll be the goners?

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Best film

Will win One Battle After Another
Should win Hamnet
Shoulda been a contender The Secret Agent

Best director

Will win Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Should win Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Shoulda been a contender Kleber Mendonça Filho (The Secret Agent)

Outstanding British debut

Will win Pillion
Should win My Father’s Shadow
Shoulda been a contender Brides

Best British film

Will win The Ballad of Wallis Island
Should win The Ballad of Wallis Island
Shoulda been a contender The Choral

Best film not in the English language

Will win Sentimental Value
Should win The Secret Agent
Shoulda been a contender The Ice Tower

Best animated film

Will win Little Amélie
Should win Little Amélie
Shoulda been a contender Savages

Best original screenplay

Will win I Swear
Should win The Secret Agent
Shoulda been a contender Santosh

Best adapted screenplay

Will win One Battle After Another
Should win One Battle After Another
Shoulda been a contender Don’t Let’s Go to The Dogs Tonight

Best leading actor

Will win Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Should win Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Shoulda been a contender Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind; Wake Up Dead Man)

Best leading actress

Will win Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Should win Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Shoulda been a contender Emma Thompson (Dead of Winter)

Best supporting actor

Will win Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Should win Peter Mullan (I Swear)
Shoulda been a contender Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

Best supporting actress

Will win Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Should win Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Shoulda been a contender Sunita Rajwar (Santosh) or Fiona Shaw (Hot Milk; Park Avenue)

Best original score

Will win Sinners
Should win Sinners
Shoulda been a contender The Ballad of Wallis Island

Best cinematography

Will win Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)
Should win Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)
Shoulda been a contender Charlotte Bruus Christensen (H Is for Hawk)