In a history-making victory, Ryan Coogler has won the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners.

Coogler is the first Black person ever to receive the award. This comes after the vampire thriller broke records as the most-nominated film in Oscars history. Accepting the honour, the Black Panther writer-director stated: “For all the writers out there, when you all look at that blank page, think of who you love. Think of anybody who you see in pain that you identify with. And let that love motivate you like it did [for me with Sinners].”

Sinners earned another significant win in a major category with Wunmi Mosaku earning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Hoodoo practitioner Annie. The award marks a rare instance of recognition for acting in the horror genre. Mosaku’s performance is the first in a horror film to win the Supporting Actress BAFTA since the year the category was introduced. In 1969, Billie Whitelaw was honoured with a joint award for both psychological horror Twisted Nerve and dramedy Charlie Bubbles. Only four horror performances have ever been recognised with a BAFTA. The other two honourees are Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs.

One Battle After Another took home the top prize with the BAFTA for Best Film, further cementing the Paul Thomas Anderson thriller as the favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars and beat Sinners in the Best Director category, too.

See the full list of horror movie winners below:

Original Screenplay

Ryan Coogler - Sinners

Supporting Actress

Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners

Original Score

Ludwig Göransson - Sinners

Costume Design 

Kate Hawley - Frankenstein

Production Design

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau - Frankenstein

Make-Up & Hair

Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many - Frankenstein