Awards season is heating up, and all eyes at the moment are on the 79th version of the British Academy Movie Awards (BAFTA 2026). The ceremony is able to serve a heady mixture of star energy, vogue moments, and cinematic glory, with Alia Bhatt set so as to add a desi sparkle to the worldwide occasion. One of the best half? Followers received’t need to miss a second of the motion, because the ceremony might be watched reside from residence.
The place and when to observe BAFTA ceremony
Organised by the British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts, the annual ceremony shall be held on February 22 at London’s Royal Pageant Corridor, with Alan Cumming on internet hosting duties for the primary time. Alia shall be attending the ceremony as one of many presenters, taking the stage at hand over an award on the star-studded occasion.
For viewers in India, the ceremony shall be streamed reside on SonyLIV and on the official YouTube channel of the British Academy Movie Awards. With the occasion set to kick off at round 7 pm GMT in London, audiences in India can tune in through the early hours of Monday, February 23, with the telecast anticipated to start at roughly 12:30 am IST.
Different presenters embody Aaron Pierre, Aimee Lou Wooden, Alicia Vikander, Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, David Jonsson, Delroy Lindo, Emily Watson, Erin Doherty, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Glenn Shut, Hannah Waddingham, Karen Gillan, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Kerry Washington, Little Simz, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Milly Alcock, Minnie Driver, Monica Bellucci, Noah Jupe, Olivia Cooke, Patrick Dempsey, Regé-Jean Web page, Riz Ahmed, Sadie Sink, Stellan Skarsgård, Stormzy and Warwick Davis.
The award ceremony can even see the primary efficiency outdoors the US of Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters, sung by Jae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami. In the meantime, Jessie Ware will cowl one among Barbara Streisand’s songs through the In Memoriam part.
Who all are nominated
On the 79th BAFTA Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s political satire One Battle After One other leads the nominations with 14 nods. Ryan Coogler’s historic horror Sinners follows with 13 nominations, which is probably the most ever for a movie directed by a Black filmmaker in BAFTA historical past.
One Battle After One other has been nominated in main classes reminiscent of Finest Movie, Director and Tailored Screenplay. The 14 nominations is the second-highest haul recorded by a movie after Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, which landed 16 in 1983.
Sinners’ haul consists of Finest Director and Authentic Screenplay for Ryan Coogler. Michael B. Jordan is within the race to choose his first BAFTA as he’s nominated within the Finest Actor class.
Hamnet and Marty Supreme are nominated in 11 classes. Frankenstein and Sentimental Worth each bought eight nominations, whereas I Swear bought 5 nominations.
For the Finest Director award, Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia, Chloé Zhao for Hamnet, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After One other, Joachim Trier for Sentimental Worth, and Ryan Coogler for Sinners are within the race.
Relating to the Main Actress accolade, Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Track Sung Blue), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After One other), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Worth) and Emma Stone (Bugonia) are nominated.
Within the Main Actor class, Robert Aramayo (I Swear), Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After One other), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) are within the race to choose up the award.
Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Worth), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After One other) and Emily Watson (Hamnet) are vying for the Supporting Actress award.
The nominations for Supporting Actor embody Benicio del Toro (One Battle After One other), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Peter Mullan (I Swear), Sean Penn (One Battle After One other) and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Worth).