Overview
- The film won three BAFTAs in London: Best Original Screenplay (Ryan Coogler), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), and Best Original Score (Ludwig Göransson).
- Coogler became the first Black recipient of BAFTA’s Original Screenplay award and used his speech to thank his community and encourage writers.
- With 13 nominations, Sinners set a BAFTA record for a film directed by a Black filmmaker and is now the most-decorated such title at the ceremony.
- Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director for One Battle After Another, underscoring that BAFTA has yet to honor a Black filmmaker in that category.
- Sinners enters the Academy Awards with a record 16 nominations, with final voting running Feb. 26–Mar. 5 and the ceremony set for Mar. 15.