Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme may have stirred audiences with its take on the American dream, but its momentum stalled at the British Academy Film Awards 2026. Despite leading the field with 11 nominations, the film walked away without a single trophy in one of the ceremony’s biggest surprises. Expectations had been high, particularly for Chalamet, who had scored major wins earlier this season at the Critics' Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. However, he lost the leading actor prize to Robert Aramayo for Kirk Jones’ Tourette’s drama I Swear.

With this shutout, Marty Supreme joins rare company — films like Women in Love and Finding Neverland — as one of the few movies to receive 11 BAFTA nominations and win nothing. Notably, both films later secured one Oscar each: Glenda Jackson for Best Actress and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek for Original Score. Still, the BAFTA disappointment may not spell trouble at the Oscars. Everything Everywhere All at Once won just one BAFTA before sweeping seven Oscars, including Best Picture, while Moonlight failed to win at BAFTA but later claimed Best Picture in a historic upset.

At BAFTA, Marty Supreme had been nominated across major categories including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and several technical fields. It now heads into the Oscars with nine nominations. Final Oscar voting runs from February 26 to March 5, with the 98th Academy Awards set for March 15 on ABC, hosted by Conan O'Brien.