How to watch the Oscars 2026? Ceremony date and time, host, odds, shortlists, Academy Awards UK TV channel

It’s now time for the big one - with the Oscars set to be presented on Sunday, March 15.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most prestigious film awards - and how you can watch the ceremony.

When is the Academy Awards 2026 ceremony?

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 15. For film fans in the UK that will mean the ceremony will get underway in the early hours of Monday, March 3. The best plan is to get an early night and set your alarm.

Where are the 2026 Oscars being held?

Since 2002, with a single year break in 2021 when LA’s Union Station hosted, the Oscars have been held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles – recently renamed Ovation Hollywood. They will be returning to the venue once again in 2026.

Who is hosting the Academy Awards 2026?

Late night chatshow host Conan O’Brien is set to host the Oscars ceremony for the second consecutive year.

He’s a safe pair of hands having previously hosted the Emmy Awards, the MTV Movie Awards and two White House Correspondents dinners.

How can I watch the Academy Awards 2026 in the UK?

In recent decades the Oscars ceremony was only available to Sky subscribers, but all that changed last year when ITV took over the rights to broadcast the Academy Awards.

This year they will be broadcasting them again, so you can catch all the action live on STV - or catch up afterwards on the STV Player.

Expect coverage to start at around 10.30pm, with the ceremony itself getting underway at about midnight.

In future years YouTube will be broadcasting the awards.

Who decides on the winners of the Academy Awards?

The winners are chosen by the Academy’s voters - an exclusive group which includes film stars, directors, and other prominent Hollywood players, many of whom are previous winners of the awards.

What films have been shortlisted for the 2026 Oscars?

Here are the full shortlists, as announced on Thursday, January 22.

Best picture

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best director

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best actor

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best actress

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best supporting actress

• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
• Amy Madigan - Weapons
• IngaIbsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
• Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value

Best supporting actor

• Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value
• Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo - Sinners

Best makeup and hairstyling

• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked: For Good

Best costume design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Best live-action short film

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

Best adapted screenplay

• One Battle After Another
• Hamnet
• Train Dreams
• Bugonia
• Frankenstein

Best original screenplay

• Sinners
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• It Was Just an Accident
• Blue Moon

Best animated short film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Best original score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best documentary short

• All the Empty Rooms
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: Were and Are Gone

Best original song

• Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless
• Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters
• I Lied to You from Sinners
• Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!
• Train Treams from Train Dreams

Best documentary feature film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

Best international feature film

• The Secret Agent
• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sirat
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best production design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best animated feature

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirat

Best visual effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Best cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Who are the favourites to win the main Oscars?

One Battle After Another is the favourite to take Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Michael B. Jordan is favourite to win Best Actor for Sinners, with Jessie Buckley strongly tipped to take Best Actress for Hamnet. Sean Penn is tipped for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for One Battle After Another, with Amy Madigan fancied for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Weapons.

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