BAFTA Film Awards to Air on E! in U.S.

The BAFTA Film Awards have set E! as their residence across the pond this yr.

Hosted by “The Traitors” star Alan Cumming, the awards ceremony — which celebrates the best in British and global movie — will broadcast on E! in the U.S. on Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Britbox beforehand had the broadcast rights to the BAFTAs in the States. In the U.Okay., the awards will air on BBC One and iPlayer.

The 2026 nominees are led by Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic “One Battle After Another” with 14 nods, adopted by Ryan Coogler’s historic horror “Sinners” with 13. Alongside those two, the race for best movie also consists of “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Sentimental Value.”

This yr’s BAFTA Film Awards nominees also embrace loads of local British fare, including a number of noms for indie titles “I Swear,” “Pillion” and “The Ballad of Wallis Island.” Robert Aramayo, the breakout star of “I Swear,” is even competing in the main actor race alongside the likes of Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”), Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”).

In latest years, the BAFTAs have more and more turn out to be a bellwether for the Oscars, with the two ceremonies lining up in 2025 on the winners for best actress (Mikey Madison for “Anora”), best actor (Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist”), supporting actor (Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain”) and supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez”). With final Oscars voting ending on March 5, it stays to be seen how a lot this yr’s BAFTAs’ winners checklist impacts that of the Academy Awards.