The BAFTA nominations offered some clarity, and enough complication, to keep this year's Oscar race interesting. Leading the charge, as expected, was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” which landed a commanding 14 nominations,

Emma Stone, Timothée Chalamet and Wunmi Mosaku are among the actors who could be nominated later.

The way the awards calendar shook out, this conclusion was a bit reverse engineered, with them being announced a week after the Academy nods they usually influence, but the 2026 BAFTA nominations once again prove that the British awards body is currently the most dependable at predicting where the Oscars race is going.

The 2025 nominees for BAFTA's Rising Star Award have been revealed, and the list includes actors Chase Infiniti, Miles Caton, and Archie Madekwe. The full list of five nominees this year are: Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another),

The team also looks at the Golden Globes results and explore date shifts for the European Film Awards and the Bafta nominations.

The winners will be announced at a February 22 ceremony in London hosted by actor Alan Cumming. The UK prizes — officially called the EE BAFTA Film Awards — often provide clues about who will triumph at Hollywood’s Academy Awards, held this year on March 15.

Earlier this month, the longlists were announced for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards with Aramayo in the running for Leading Actor for I Swear and Infiniti in contention for Leading Actress for One Battle After Another. None of their other Rising Star contenders were included in the longlists.