Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC wins Best Cinematography at 2026 Girls on Film Awards for Sinners

Feb 5, 2026
Two women sit at a table in conversation. One, wearing a red shirt, glasses, and a black beanie, gestures while speaking into a microphone during an event review. The other woman, with long blonde hair, faces her as they discuss Camerimage 2026.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC discussing her work on Sinners at Camerimage (Credit: Maria Kośmicka)

Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC has won Best Cinematography at the 2026 Girls on Film Awards. 

The American’s work on Sinners saw her triumph in a competitive field, with the lineup of nominees also including: 

  • Sarah Blum AFC and Hélène Louvart AFC (with Tim Fleming ISC and Leandro Monti) – Palestine 36
  • Alice Brooks ASC – Wicked: For Good
  • Mia Cioffi Henry – Sorry, Baby
  • Vanessa Whyte BSC – Dragonfly

This follows Arkapaw’s recent win at the AFC Awards, for which she scooped Best Cinematography for a Fiction Feature Film. 

Responding to the win, Arkapaw posted on the Girls on Film Instagram page: “Thank you ladies! Means so much!” 

Hamnet took Best Feature Film, with its director, Chloé Zhao, winning Best Director, while its star, Jessie Buckley, triumphed in Best Performance in a Leading Role. 

Other films up for Best Feature Film included Die My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay, A House of Dynamite, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and Sorry, Baby, from Eva Victor.

Elsewhere, Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor won Best Documentary, Tamara Deverell won Best Production Design for Frankenstein, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm won Best Editing for The Chronology of Water. 

On announcing the nominees, Girls on Film co-founder and exec producer Hedda Lornie Archbold explained the importance of the awards – of which British Cinematographer is a sponsor – saying: “The titles nominated in the Girls on Film Awards form a constellation of genre-spanning work that challenges convention and embraces bold, imaginative storytelling. 

“These films show that cinema can be both art and a spirited act of resistance, and that when women take the reins, cinema gets a whole lot more interesting and playful.”

The full list of winners is available on the Girls on Film Instagram.

Gallery credit: Joanne Davidson Photography

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