Oscars 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins the Oscar race

Sentimental Value takes home the Oscar for Best International Feature Film! Norway's entry wins the award, presented by Javier Bardem and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, beating out Brazil's The Secret Agent, France's It Was Just An Accident, Spain's Sirāt, and Tunisia's The Voice of Hind Rajab. Joachim Trier's deeply personal Norwegian drama has been one of the quiet standouts of this awards season — and tonight the Academy gave it the recognition it deserves. 

A powerful moment at the Dolby Theatre! Presenters Javier Bardem and Priyanka Chopra Jonas took to the stage to announce the Best International Feature Film award — but before the envelope was opened, Bardem used his platform to deliver a pointed message: "No to war and free Palestine." The moment drew a significant reaction from the audience, and will undoubtedly be one of the most talked-about moments of the night well beyond the awards themselves.

We're in the home stretch at the 98th Academy Awards! Six awards remain and the tension in the Dolby Theatre is palpable. Here's what's still to come:

🎬 Best International Feature Film

🎬 Best Original Song

🎬 Best Director

🎬 Best Actor

🎬 Best Actress

🎬 Best Picture

With One Battle After Another leading on four wins, Frankenstein and Sinners hot on its heels with three each — and the biggest prizes still up for grabs — tonight is far from over. Who takes home Best Picture? Can Sinners stage a late surge? Will One Battle After Another complete a historic night? Buckle up. 

Sinners is finding its rhythm! Autumn Durald Arkapaw takes home the Oscar for Best Cinematography, seeing off Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein), Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme), Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another), and Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams).

Arkapaw's stunning, sun-drenched visuals were central to the world Ryan Coogler built — and the Academy has recognised that brilliance tonight. Sinners now has three wins on the night and is gathering serious momentum heading into the final stretch.

The race is very much alive!!!

One Battle After Another refuses to slow down!

Andy Jurgensen takes home the Oscar for Best Film Editing, beating out Stephen Mirrione (F1), Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Olivier Bugge Coutté (Sentimental Value), and Michael P. Shawver (Sinners).

Paul Thomas Anderson's epic now has an extraordinary four wins on the night, firmly establishing itself as the ceremony's dominant force. With Best Director, Best Actor and Best Picture still to come, could we be witnessing a historic sweep? The momentum is undeniable.

F1 roars into the winners' circle! Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta take home the Oscar for Best Sound for F1, beating out Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Sirat. No film put you in the driver's seat quite like F1 did, and a well-deserved first win of the night for Brad Pitt's racing epic!

Time for a victory lap. Congratulations to Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta on winning the Oscar for Best Sound for F1! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WQ5QlSoDe9

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Ludwig Goransson and Sinners are picking up steam! The Swedish composer takes home the Oscar for Best Original Score — his third Oscar win, having previously won for Black Panther and Oppenheimer — cementing his status as one of the most decorated composers of his generation. Seeing off competition from Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Max Richter (Hamnet), and Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Goransson's rich, soulful score was the heartbeat of Ryan Coogler's film — and the Academy heard it loud and clear.

Sinners now has two wins on the night and is starting to make some serious noise as the big awards approach. Watch this space.

David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for Mr. Nobody Against Putin! A remarkable and courageous film, it follows Pavel "Pasha" Talankin — a school videographer in a small Russian town — who turns unlikely whistleblower after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, secretly documenting how Putin's regime transforms ordinary classrooms into instruments of war propaganda and military recruitment. Shot covertly over two years and smuggled out of Russia, Talankin was eventually forced to flee the country for his own safety.

Congratulations to MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, this year's Best Documentary Feature Film #Oscars pic.twitter.com/uTTu9gtKYe

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones win the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film for All the Empty Rooms! A deeply moving and important film, it follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman as he travels across America to document the empty bedrooms of children killed in school shootings — a quiet, devastating tribute to lives lost and a powerful reminder of the human cost behind the statistics. 

The 98th Academy Awards — Where We Stand So Far!

🏆 Best Supporting Actress — Amy Madigan, Weapons

🏆 Best Animated Feature — Kpop Demon Hunters

🏆 Best Animated Short — The Girl Who Cried Pearls

🏆 Best Costume Design — Frankenstein

🏆 Best Makeup & Hairstyling — Frankenstein

🏆 Best Casting — One Battle After Another

🏆 Best Live Action Short — The Singers & Two People Exchanging Saliva (tie!)

🏆 Best Supporting Actor — Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

🏆 Best Adapted Screenplay — Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

🏆 Best Original Screenplay — Ryan Coogler, Sinners

🏆 Best Production Design — Frankenstein

🏆 Best Visual Effects — Avatar: Fire and Ash

Running Tally:

🎬 Frankenstein — 3

🎬 One Battle After Another — 3

🎬 Sinners — 1

🎬 Kpop Demon Hunters — 1

🎬 Avatar: Fire and Ash — 1