BAFTA viewers left livid as Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek are snubbed from the ceremony’s emotional In Memoriam section
BAFTA viewers were left furious after noticing Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek were both missing from the In Memoriam segment during Sunday’s ceremony.
Jessie Ware took to the stage and sung an incredible rendition of Barbra Streisand‘s The Way We Were as she paid tribute to figures from the world of film who sadly passed away over the last year.
Honouring the likes of the late Diane Keaton, Terence Stamp, Catherine O’Hara and Rob Reiner, viewers couldn’t help but notice Eric and James being omitted.
Grey’s Anatomy star Eric’s death at the age of 53 was confirmed by his loved ones in a statement on Thursday – less than one year after he announced his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis.
Meanwhile Dawson Creek’s James passed away at the age of 48 on February 11 following a battle with stage three colorectal cancer.
Taking to X they fumed: ‘Poor oversight by BAFTA. James Van Der Beek and Eric Dane should have been included in the memorial section’: ‘Where was James Van Der Beek in that tribute to all the actors???’.
BAFTA viewers were left furious after noticing Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek were both missing from the In Memoriam segment during Sunday’s ceremony (Jessie Ware pictured)
Honouring the likes of the late Diane Keaton, Terence Stamp, Catherine O’Hara and Rob Reiner, viewers couldn’t help but notice Eric (Left in 2022) and James (Right in 2024) being omitted
While others said: ‘No Eric Dane?’: ‘No Eric Dane?’: ‘Hold on just a minute, why was Eric Dane not in that tribute video then?!?!’.
A BAFTA spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘We honour those within the sector in which their work was most closely associated. Our TV Awards take place later this spring. James and Eric are remembered on our website’
One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 2026 British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night, as it scooped six gongs during the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
The Paul Thomas Anderson hit had already received a record 14 nominations, and came out on top as it won Best Film, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Cinematography and Editing.
While Jessie Buckley won Best Actress honour for her role in Hamnet, having been favourite to do so, the night wasn’t without surprises, as Timothée Chalamet missed out on Best Actor to a home-grown favourite.
Despite being tipped as a favourite for the honour for his role in Marty Supreme, Timothée lost out on the prize to I Swear star Robert Aramayo.
As One Battle For Another was awarded Best Film, producer Sarah Murphy said: ‘We wish more than anything that our producing partner Adam Somner could be here to accept this on behalf of us on his home turf.’
Director and producer Paul Thomas Anderson said: ‘Thank you for rewarding our film in the way that you have, its just a tremendous honour.
Jessie Ware took to the stage and sung an incredible rendition of Barbra Streisand’s The Way We Were as she paid tribute to figures from the world of film who sadly passed away
The likes of the late Catherine O’Hara were honoured
Taking to X they fumed: ‘Poor oversight by BAFTA. James Van Der Beek and Eric Dane should have been included in the memorial section’
‘I’m well aware of the other films that share this. Anybody that says movies aren’t any good any more they can piss off because this is just a great f*****g year.’
He added that he planned to go and find a ‘bar somewhere to go celebrate’.
The biggest loser of the evening was the highly acclaimed ping pong drama Marty Supreme, which went into the evening as one of the favourites, with 11 nominations. It came away completely empty-handed.
Jessie, who is already tipped as a favourite to win the Oscar for Best Actress, used her acceptance speech to thank her fellow nominees.
She said: ‘This is really such an incredible honour. As a little girl I never thought in a million years I would be allowed to make a film but here I am.
‘When I arrived into my agent Lindy King in London, and I had nuclear bad fake tan on, white hoop earrings, a polka dot red skirt and dress, and I had the audacity to say to her that I dreamed to someday be something like Judi Dench.
‘I don’t know how on gods green earth she even dreamed that was possible. Thank you Lindy for always encouraging me to be disobedient and curious and human.
‘This really does belong to the women who have taught me and continue to teach me how to do it differently.’
EE BAFTA FILM AWARDS 2026: THE WINNERS
BEST FILM
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – WINNER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 YEARS LATER
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
DIE MY LOVE
H IS FOR HAWK
HAMNET – WINNER
I SWEAR
MR BURTON
PILLION
STEVE
One Battle After Another earned the most nods with 14, including one for lead star Leonardo DiCaprio
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
THE CEREMONY Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
MY FATHER’S SHADOW Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer) – WINNER
PILLION Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
A WANT IN HER Myrid Carten (Director)
WASTEMAN Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE – WINNER
SIRĀT
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Marty Supreme has scored eleven BAFTA nominations including Best Film
DOCUMENTARY
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
COVER-UP
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN – WINNER
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
ANIMATED FILM
ELIO
LITTLE AMÉLIE
ZOOTROPOLIS 2 – WINNER
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
ARCO
BOONG – WINNER
LILO & STITCH
ZOOTROPOLIS 2
DIRECTOR
BUGONIA
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I SWEAR
MARTY SUPREME
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS – WINNER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
BUGONIA
HAMNET
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – WINNER
PILLION
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Hamnet – WINNER
ROSE BYRNE If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
KATE HUDSON Song Sung Blue
CHASE INFINITI One Battle After Another
RENATE REINSVE Sentimental Value
EMMA STONE Bugonia
Teyana Taylor has a Supporting Actress nomination for One Battle After Another
LEADING ACTOR
ROBERT ARAMAYO I Swear – WINNER
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Marty Supreme
LEONARDO DICAPRIO One Battle After Another
ETHAN HAWKE Blue Moon
MICHAEL B. JORDAN Sinners
JESSE PLEMONS Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ODESSA A’ZION Marty Supreme
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS Sentimental Value
WUNMI MOSAKU Sinners – WINNER
CAREY MULLIGAN The Ballad of Wallis Island
TEYANA TAYLOR One Battle After Another
EMILY WATSON Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BENICIO DEL TORO One Battle After Another
JACOB ELORDI Frankenstein
PAUL MESCAL Hamnet
PETER MULLAN I Swear
SEAN PENN One Battle After Another – WINNER
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has earned 11 nods overall
CASTING
I SWEAR Lauren Evans – WINNER
MARTY SUPREME Jennifer Venditti
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Cassandra Kulukundis
SENTIMENTAL VALUE Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman
SINNERS Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
FRANKENSTEIN Dan Laustsen
MARTY SUPREME Darius Khondji
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Michael Bauman – WINNER
SINNERS Autumn Durald Arkapaw
TRAIN DREAMS Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1 Stephen Mirrione
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Kirk Baxter
MARTY SUPREME Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Andy Jurgensen – WINNER
SINNERS Michael P. Shawver
COSTUME DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Kate Hawley – WINNER
HAMNET Malgosia Turzanska
MARTY SUPREME Miyako Bellizzi
SINNERS Ruth E. Carter
WICKED: FOR GOOD Paul Tazewell
MAKE UP & HAIR
FRANKENSTEIN Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many – WINNER
HAMNET Nicole Stafford
MARTY SUPREME Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
SINNERS Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
WICKED: FOR GOOD Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
BUGONIA Jerskin Fendrix
FRANKENSTEIN Alexandre Desplat
HAMNET Max Richter
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jonny Greenwood
SINNERS Ludwig Göransson – WINNERS
Hamnet has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in BAFTA history
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – WINNER
HAMNET Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
MARTY SUPREME Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
SINNERS Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
SOUND
F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta – WINNER
FRANKENSTEIN Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
SINNERS Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
WARFARE Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
Sentimental Value has eight BAFTA nominations
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon – WINNER
F1 Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
FRANKENSTEIN Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Christian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
THE LOST BUS Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
CARDBOARD
SOLSTICE
TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE – WINNER
BRITISH SHORT FILM
MAGID / ZAFAR
NOSTALGIE
TERENCE
THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS – WINNER
WELCOME HOME FRECKLES
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ROBERT ARAMAYO – WINNER
MILES CATON
CHASE INFINITI
ARCHIE MADEKWE
POSY STERLING
