Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet Wins Three At Girls On Film 2026 Awards

The 2026 Girls On Film Awards have unveiled this year’s winners, with Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet winning the top three awards,  including Best Feature Film.

The glittering event took place in Bloomsbury, London and was hosted by Girls On Film co-founders Anna Smith and Hedda Lornie Archbold. The awards reward female-led filmmaking, with a particular focus on diversity, inclusion and representation.

Zhao also picked up the Best Director gong, while Best Performance in a Leading Role went to Jessie Buckley. Teyana Taylor won Best Performance in a Supporting Role for One Battle After Another and Best Documentary went to Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor.

Brides and Lollipop both triumphed in the Best Female Friendship Award, with  Andrea Riseborough in attendance to collect the Best Ensemble Award for Goodbye June.

The awards also celebrate the vital contributions of the many craftspeople involved in film making – production designers, cinematographers and composers. Winners included Frankenstein’s Production Designer Tamara Deverell and Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, (who recently became the first woman of colour to receive an Academy Award nomination in this category), and H Is For Hawk composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

Hosts Anna and Hedda commented “Our diverse list of winners shows what an incredible year it’s been for women-led storytelling, with heartfelt collaborations resulting in emotive work exploring heartbreak and healing. Hamnet resonated deeply with our voters, as did The Chronology of Water, Goodbye June and Dreamers. The themes of Lollipop have even sparked meaningful discussion in Parliament, and we are pleased to have honoured Daisy-May Hudson in the Activist Impact category.

“Our dream is for all awards ceremonies to recognise the great work of women and non-binary creatives in all fields, and we thank everyone who supports us and enables Girls On Film to pave the way for a fairer and more equitable future in film. If she can see it, she can be it!”

BEST FEATURE FILM Sponsored by EON Productions
● Hamnet
● Die My Love
● A House of Dynamite
● If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
● Sorry, Baby

BEST DIRECTOR
● Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
● Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
● Lynne Ramsay – Die My Love
● Kristen Stewart – The Chronology of Water
● Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE
● Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
● Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
● Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
● Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
● Imogen Poots – The Chronology of Water
● Andrea Riseborough – Dragonfly

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
● Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
● Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby
● Rebecca Ferguson – A House of Dynamite
● Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
● Clara Pacini – The Ice Tower
● Maxine Peake – I Swear

BEST DOCUMENTARY
● The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir
● Come See Me in the Good Light
● The Extraordinary Miss Flower
● Prime Minister
● Twiggy (commendation)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Sponsored by CrewHQ
● Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC – Sinners
● Hélène Louvart, AFC – Palestine 36
● Alice Brooks, ASC – Wicked: For Good
● Mia Cioffi Henry – Sorry, Baby
● Vanessa Whyte, BSC – Dragonfly

BEST COMPOSER
● Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – H is for Hawk
● Hildur Guðnadóttir – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple; Hedda
● Laura Karpman – Captain America: Brave New World
● Rachel Portman – The Return
● Nala Sinephro – The Smashing Machine (commendation)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
● Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell
● Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – Kave Quinn
● Hamnet – Fiona Crombie
● One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin
● Sinners – Hannah Beachler

BEST EDITING Sponsored by DISAUTHORITY
● The Chronology of Water – Olivia Neergaard-Holm
● Cover-Up – Amy Foote and Laura Poitras (with Peter Bowman)
● On Falling – Helle le Fevre (with Francisco Moreira)
● The Perfect Neighbor – Viridiana Lieberman
● The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania (with Qutaiba Barhamji and Maxime Mathis)

INTIMACY AWARD Sponsored by Intimacy on Set
● Dreamers – Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ and Ann Akinjirin with Intimacy Coordinator El Wood Writer/director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and producer Emily Morgan
● Black Bag – Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender with Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien Writer David Koepp, director Steven Soderbergh, producers Gregory Davids and Casey Silver
● Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – Renée Zellweger and Leo Woodall with Intimacy Coordinator Adelaide Waldrop Writers Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan, director Michael Morris and producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett
● Sinners – Wunmi Mosaku and Michael B. Jordan with Intimacy Coordinator Amanda Peek Writer/director/producer Ryan Coogler
● Wicked: For Good – Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey with Intimacy Coordinator Yarit Dor Writers Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox (with Stephen Schwartz), director Jon M. Chu, producers Mark Platt, David Stone and Joan Schneider

BEST FEMALE FRIENDSHIP ON SCREEN
● Brides – Safiyya Ingar & Ebada Hassan
● Lollipop – Posy Sterling & Idil Ahmed
● Eleanor the Great – June Squibb & Erin Kellyman
● Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor & Naomi Ackie
● Wicked: For Good – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
● Goodbye June – Kate Winslet, Andrea Riseborough, Toni Colette, Helen Mirren, Johnny Flynn, Timothy Spall, Fisayo Akinade
● Brides – Safiyya Ingar, Ebada Hassan
● Hedda – Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots
● Left-Handed Girl – Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Mah, Nina Ye
● Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Lucas Hedges

THE GIRLS ON FILM ALLY AWARD Sponsored by IMDb
● Jon M. Chu – Wicked: For Good
● Ryan Coogler – Sinners
● John Maclean – Tornado (commendation)
● Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
● Paul Andrew Williams – Dragonfly

ACTIVIST IMPACT AWARD
● Daisy-May Hudson – filmmaker, activist and cultural changemaker
● Female Film Club – online female filmmakers members club
● Ita O’Brien – intimacy coordinator and founder of Intimacy on Set
● Reclaim The Frame – campaign for gender justice in cinema
● We Are Parable – an exhibition and distribution company specialising in culturally relevant experiences for Black cinema and TV

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