One Battle After Another wins six BAFTAs, including Best Film

At the 2026 BAFTA Awards, the American film One Battle After Another won the most prizes, with six. One of them was Best Film. The ceremony was the 79th British Academy Film Awards. Six wins made it the leading film of the night by the count given.

The BAFTA Awards are the film prizes given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Best Film is the top picture award. An American film taking that British prize was the result reported, without a list of the other five categories One Battle After Another won. The report did not name the director or the cast.

Hamnet became the most-nominated film by a female director in BAFTA history. Sinners became the most-nominated film by a Black director in BAFTA history. Those two marks are about nominations, not about the number of trophies each film carried home. The account did not say how many nominations either film received.

A nomination is a place on the shortlist, distinct from a win. The report used the nomination records to mark Hamnet and Sinners even while giving the win count to One Battle After Another. It did not say whether Hamnet or Sinners won any awards that night. The female director and the Black director were not named.

History-of-the-awards claims require a comparison with every previous year, and the report stated both films had set those nomination records. No earlier record-holder was named. The 79th edition was the ceremony at which the records and the six wins were registered. Nothing was said about television prizes, only the film awards.

One Battle After Another left the 79th BAFTAs with six awards, including Best Film, the highest total of the night. Hamnet set the mark for nominations of a film by a female director. Sinners set the mark for nominations of a film by a Black director. The win total and the two nomination records were the reported results.