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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. v t
BAFTA mask and the logo of the BBC (broadcaster of the awards since 1956). The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Michael Balcon, and other major figures of the British film industry.
The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors.From 1958 onwards, after the Guild had merged with the British Film Academy, the organisation was known as the Society of Film and Television Arts.
Nominations for the 77th annual British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs, were announced on Jan. 18 as tight races in most of the big categories sparked major fan anticipation.
The full list of nominations will be announced on Jan. 15 (minus the BAFTA Rising Star nominees, which will be unveiled Jan. 7), with the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony taking place Feb. 16 from ...
No BAFTA winner from this edition in the film acting categories, however, won at the Academy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards during this same year despite all of the combined winners having been nominated across the aforementioned award ceremonies. [67] [68] [69]
The former ultimately won two—Best Film and Best Director (Jane Campion); Dune received the most wins, with five, but did not take home any major category awards. [1] [8] [9] The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Rebel Wilson. [10] Many winners were not present to collect their awards, though the ceremony was exclusively in-person.
In 2016, having reviewed the eligibility criteria for last year's awards, BAFTA Cymru now encourages Welsh individuals who have worked on Welsh or UK productions – rather than solely Welsh productions – to enter into any one of the 16 craft and performance categories, "[ensuring] that BAFTA in Wales can recognise the work of talented ...