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BAFTA boosts nominee numbers to encourage diversity

24th September 202024th September 2020Jason Korsner

BAFTA has brought in more changes designed to increase the diversity of the actors and film-makers recognised at its annual film awards ceremony. [click for more...]

TV BAFTAs handed out at socially distanced ceremony with winners accepting from home

1st August 2020Jason Korsner

The mini-series Chernobyl, the comedy Stath Lets Flats and the drama The End of the F***king World were among the big winners at [click for more...]

1917 dominates BAFTAs as the acting prizes go to favourites

2nd February 20203rd February 2020Jason Korsner

The First World War epic 1917 has emerged as the big success at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, taking seven prizes on a [click for more...]

Cancelled premiers, job offers, contracts and nominations: is this part of the legacy of #MeToo?

18th February 201918th February 2019Carly Mayberry

If you think #MeToo is old news, just look closely at what’s been going on under the surface of Hollywood in the run-up [click for more...]

Awards favourite The Favourite leads 2019 Film BAFTA nominations

9th January 20199th January 2019Jason Korsner

The Favourite – a biting satire about two women vying to become the favourite of Queen Anne in the early 18th Century – [click for more...]

Stars from Black Panther, Get Out, Widows, Dunkirk and Beast on BAFTA Rising Star shortlist

3rd January 20197th January 2019Jason Korsner

BAFTA has announced the nominees for its annual Rising Star award, to be handed out at next month’s film awards ceremony. Members of [click for more...]

Peaky Blinders wins Best Drama Series at 2018 TV BAFTAs

13th May 201820th May 2018Jason Korsner

The fourth season of Peaky Blinders was named the Best Drama series. Peaky Blinders has beaten Line of Duty and The Crown to [click for more...]

Three Billboards adds some colour to BAFTAs

18th February 201819th February 2018Jason Korsner

The long-time Awards Season favourite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has dominated the British Academy Film Awards, despite starting the night behind The [click for more...]

BFI and BAFTA clamp down on bullying and harassment across TV and Film

14th February 20188th July 2018Jason Korsner

A group of about forty UK film and TV organisations, led by the BFI and BAFTA, have launched a new set of guidelines [click for more...]

BAFTA’s 2018 Rising Star nominees announced

4th January 20185th January 2018Jason Korsner

BAFTA has announced the five actors in contention for this year’s Rising Star award. The prize – voted for by members of the [click for more...]

It’s a happy night for Happy Valley at the BAFTAs

14th May 201715th May 2017Jason Korsner

Sarah Lancashire (second from right) with the Happy Valley team. Photo: © BAFTA In the first year that BAFTA allowed nominations from streaming [click for more...]

The Crown leaves The Night Manager in its wake at TV BAFTAs

12th April 201712th April 2017Jason Korsner

Claire Foy has earned one of The Crown’s five BAFTA nominations The Netflix drama The Crown, which chronicles the early years of the [click for more...]

La La Land wins 5 BAFTAs

12th February 201713th February 2017Jason Korsner

The hot favourite going into the British Academy Film Awards, the first original musical for decades, La La Land, has delivered on its [click for more...]

La La Land leads BAFTA nominations

10th January 201714th January 2017Jason Korsner

Fresh from its success at the Golden Globes, Damien Chazelle’s musical love-letter to Hollywood, La La Land, is leading the pack with eleven BAFTA nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Screenplay for Chazelle, Best Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Actress for Emma Stone. [click for more...]