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Nigerians recorded notable successes on Sunday in London, United Kingdom, at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, with actress Wunmi Mosaku and Nigerian-made film My Father’s Shadow emerging among the winners.
Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sinners, continuing a strong run at the BAFTAs where she had previously won the same category in 2017 for Damilola, Our Loved Boy.
The Nigerian-born star, known for her performances across British and Hollywood productions, has earned multiple BAFTA nominations over the years and has increasingly become one of the most recognised African actors on the global stage.
Also drawing attention was My Father’s Shadow, a film by Nigerian brothers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies, which won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
The film has enjoyed strong international recognition since its release. It became the first Nigerian film selected for the official lineup at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section and received critical acclaim.
Set in Lagos during the 1993 election crisis, the drama follows a father and his two sons navigating the city during a politically tense period.
Below is the full list of winners at the 2026 BAFTAs.
Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Actor
WINNER: Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Best Actress
WINNER: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
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
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Pillion
Best Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners
Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H is for Hawk
WINNER: Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve
Best Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie
WINNER: Zootopia 2
Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary Film
2,000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Children’s & Family Film
Arco
WINNER: Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2
Best Editing
A House of Dynamite
F1
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Casting
WINNER: I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Sound
WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best Special Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
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