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Winners of the 2026 British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs

LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2026 British Academy Film Awards, announced Sunday:

Film — “One Battle After Another”

British Film — “Hamnet”

Director — Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”

Actor — Robert Aramayo, “I Swear”

Actress — Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”

Supporting Actor — Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”

Supporting Actress — Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”

Rising Star (voted for by the public) — Robert Aramayo

Outstanding British Debut — Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies for writing and directing “My Father’s Shadow”

Original Screenplay — Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Adapted Screenplay — Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”

Film Not in the English Language — “Sentimental Value”

Musical Score — “Sinners”

Cinematography – Michael Bauman, “One Battle After Another”

Editing – Andy Jurgensen, “One Battle After Another”

Production Design — “Frankenstein”

Costume Design – Kate Hawley, “Frankenstein”

Sound — “F1”

Casting — Lauren Evans, “I Swear”

Visual Effects — “Avatar: Fire and Ash”

Makeup and Hair — “Frankenstein”

Animated Film — “Zootropolis 2” (released in the U.S. as “Zootopia 2”)

British Short Film — “This is Endometriosis”

British Short Animation — “Two Black Boys in Paradise”

Children’s and Family Film – “Boong”

Documentary – “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”

Outstanding British contribution to cinema — Clare Binns, Creative Director of PictureHouse Cinemas

BAFTA Fellowship — NBCUniversal Entertainment chairperson Donna Langley

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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