The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that the EE British Academy Film Awards will take place in London on Sunday 13 March 2022 and will be broadcast in the UK on BBC One. The EE British Academy Film Awards are BAFTA’s highest film honours, celebrating and rewarding excellence in film. This year’s … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced applications opening across the UK and USA for BAFTA Breakthrough 2021, BAFTA’s flagship talent support initiative in partnership with Netflix. The initiative, previously known as Breakthrough Brits, has been running in the UK since 2013 and in the US and India since the global … Read more
BAFTA has announced the 15 finalists for the 2021 GSA BAFTA Student Awards. Following the announcement of two new awards – BAFTA Student Award for Games and BAFTA Student Award for Immersive – submissions were received from 126 schools in 34 countries and included narrative film, animation, documentary, 360 videos, Experiential VR, VR Games and … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, celebrating and rewarding the very best programmes and performances of 2020. The Awards were hosted by Richard Ayoade and featured performances by Years & Years and Alexis Ffrench and presenters including Adrian Dunbar, Bill … Read more
As sponsors of the Photography & Lighting: Fiction category at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, the ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund presents a discussion featuring some of this year’s nominated cinematographers. In this one-hour session we’ll hear from talented professionals, including Small Axe‘s Shabier Kirchner, on the craft of cinematography, personal paths into the industry and, of course, their … Read more
Framestore has won this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Award for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects for His Dark Materials – the second year running the creative studio has received the award. The work took in 1400 shots and drew upon the expertise of some 450 Framestore staffers, from VFX experts and animators through to producers, … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the winners the British Academy Television Craft Awards, celebrating the very best behind-the-scenes television talent of 2020. The ceremony, broadcast on BAFTA’s YouTube and Facebook channels, was hosted by Gbemisola Ikumelo, co-written by Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, and featured guest presenters including Annie Wallace, … Read more
BAFTA has announced plans to expand the work it does to find and support new talent in the UK and globally. In 2022 the charity plans to relaunch its year-round learning and talent development programme, engaging over 10m learners online and equipping 80,000 people a year with the tools to develop a career in film, … Read more
Soho-based VFX studio, Freefolk has announced they have considerably strengthened their longform offering, with promotions, news hires, a new name, Freefolk Film & Episodic and a BAFTA Craft nomination. Freefolk Film & Episodic, is run by a dedicated team, separate to Freefolk Commercials, led by VFX supervisor, Steve Murgatroyd, formerly Freefolk’s Head of 2D, and … Read more
BAFTA has announced the shortlist for the 2021 GSA BAFTA Student Awards. This year’s shortlist will compete for nominations for the following awards: the BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation, the BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary, the BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action Film. Additionally, two new awards are being introduced this year … Read more
The BFI and BAFTA announced earlier this year the next stage of ground-breaking work to tackle bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace with a new employer Action List for the film and television industry, as The Film and TV Charity launches new services, providing immediate support for workers. The announcement comes as Equality and Human Rights … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards. These awards reward the very best in television craft and television programmes broadcast in the UK in 2020. The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony takes place … Read more
Jurors for 2021 include Anupam Kher, Mira Nair, Monika Shergill and Siddharth Roy Kapur, among others. BAFTA has announced the illustrious list of jury members for its debut BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative, supported by Netflix. Distinguished professionals from across the film, games and television industries came together to select this year’s talented honourees. The Jury … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced a restructure to its senior management team. The executive team, including the newly formed role, executive director of PR & communications, will report into BAFTA’s chief executive Amanda Berry OBE & chief operating officer and managing director of BAFTA enterprises, Kevin Price. The new … Read more
Applications are now open for BAFTA’s UK scholarship programme. BAFTA’s UK scholarship programme is part of the organisation’s charitable activity to support talented people at all stages of their career in film, games and television. The programme is open to British citizens in need of financial assistance to take eligible undergraduate and postgraduate courses in … Read more
Acclaimed visual effects and animation company DNEG has been honoured with the Special Visual Effects accolade at the 2021 EE BAFTAs for its work on Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. DNEG’s visual effects team, led by overall VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson and DNEG VFX supervisor Andrew Lockley, collaborated closely with special effects supervisor Scott Fisher and the … Read more
Ang Lee is to be honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship at the EE British Academy Film Awards. The Taiwanese filmmaker will be awarded the prestigious accolade for his multi-nation, genre-bending contributions to world cinema. Awarded annually, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional … Read more
Here in British Cinematographer’s Hollywood bureau, we await our second Pfizer shot, while gearing up to attend – virtually, of course – the coming ASC and Oscar awards. Normally, this column would be reporting on how they were. You will have been well-versed in the nominees by the time this runs, naturally, and it would … Read more
Adobe has joined forces with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in support of its Learning and Inclusion programme. This month, BAFTA unveiled the most diverse British Academy Film Awards nominations in its history, which is reflective of the Academy’s drive to address underrepresentation in the screen industry. Adobe is supporting the … Read more
The BFI and BAFTA have announced the next stage of ground-breaking work to tackle bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace with a new employer Action List for the film and television industry, as The Film and TV Charity launches new services, providing immediate support for workers. The announcement comes as Equality and Human Rights … Read more