One Battle After Another sweeps Baftas as Hamnet and I Swear also triumph

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One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 2026 Bafta Film Awards, where British films Hamnet and I Swear also received plaudits.Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won six awards, including best film, best director and best supporting actor for Sean Penn.I Swear, the real story of a man with Tourette syndrome, won two Baftas, including a surprise best actor win for Robert Aramayo.He defeated Hollywood heavyweights including Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothee Chalamet and Ethan Hawke for the best actor prize.British-Nigerian actress Wunmi Mosaku won the best supporting actress prize for her role in Sinners, beating nominees including Teyana Taylor.Irish actress Jessie Buckley continued her domination of awards season as she was named best actress for Hamnet.

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00:00Tonight, we will have intense drama, laughter, histrionics, outrageous costumes, and that's just coming from me.

00:07One battle after another.

00:15Robert Aramayo from I Swear.

00:39I absolutely can't believe this. I can't believe that I'm looking at people like you and I'm in the same

00:44category of you.

00:45Never mind that, I'm still here.

00:47Buon mi moussaka.

00:56This is really such an incredible honour, and as a little girl, I never in a million years thought I'd

01:05be allowed to make a film, as we say in Ireland.

01:08So, well, here I am.

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