7.00pm | Bar open
7.30pm | Event starts

Transmedia Meetup is a new event for London-based creatives, academics, and enthusiasts to gather informally and share information and news about cross-platform projects and ideas.

This month, our speakers include:

Joseph Lidster - discussing his work on the transmedia components of Doctor Who and Sherlock

Patrick O'Luanaigh - console-based ARGs and cross-media narrative gaming; nDreams' vision for the future

Alex Macmillan and Matt Wieteska - on the making of crowd-funded fitness app Zombies, Run!

Chair: Rachel Clarke works in social media and is one of the organisers of Gamecamp London.

BAFTA's public events and online resources bring you closer to the creative talent behind your favourite games, films, and TV shows. Find out more at www.bafta.org/newsletter, www.facebook.com/bafta or twitter.com/baftagames

Celebrate the UK’s talented crop of new filmmaking talent with a programme featuring all of the 2012 short and short animation nominees ahead of the Film Awards. Join us for a screening of all of the films followed by a Q&A with most of the film teams.

Short Animation

ABUELAS - Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner

BOBBY YEAH - Robert Morgan

A MORNING STROLL - Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

Short Film

CHALK - Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini

MWANSA THE GREAT - Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet

ONLY SOUND REMAINS - Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar

PITCH BLACK HEIST - John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn

TWO AND TWO - Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen

Total running time of the event is approximately 3 hours including the Q&A

For more details on the shorts click here

Come and meet the brightest stars of UK indie games development, find out about creating games on mobile and consoles, plus play on the PS Vita ahead of its retail release!

To celebrate the rise of indie gaming, the Guardian has teamed up with BAFTA to host a special event dedicated to sampling new projects from independent developers across the UK. Studios including Mode 7, responsible for the award-winning Frozen Synapse, and HoneySlug, developing PS Vita launch title Frobisher Says (pictured here), will be on hand to demo their games, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of developing in the indie sector. Sony will also be showing off the PS Vita and offering attendees a hands-on look at the console ahead of its UK launch.

This is an amazing chance for fans of independent games to meet with stars of the UK scene and play lots of astonishing titles. It'll also be a chance for burgeoning iOS, Android and console developers to get some advice on creating and distributing games.

BAFTA's public events and online resources bring you closer to the creative talent behind your favourite games, films, and TV shows. Find out more at www.bafta.org/newsletter, www.facebook.com/bafta or twitter.com/baftagames

In partnership with Curzon Cinemas.

Join award-winning actor Jon Hamm to share insights into his favourite moments from the television drama series.

Set in 1960’s New York, Mad Men chronicles the lives of a bunch of sharp-suited, savvy-minded Madison Avenue ad men and their colleagues, wives, girlfriends and mistresses. After four stunning seasons, the BAFTA and multi-award winning drama from Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos) prepares to enter its highly anticipated fifth on Sky Atlantic HD this March.

Critically acclaimed for its consistently outstanding performances and intelligent scripting, season four saw fledging ad agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce struggle to stay afloat. Newly divorced creative director Don Draper (Jon Hamm) became an increasingly solitary figure, drinking heavily as he battled with his inner demons. Meanwhile, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and Don's bond tightened, and Joan (Christina Hendricks) and Roger (John Slattery) reignited their affair, with married Joan falling pregnant.

As Jon Hamm makes his directorial debut in series five, join us to explore how he continues to evolve in the craft of his work, as well as the secrets behind Mad Men’s success.

BAFTA would like to thank Sky Atlantic HD for their assistance in delivering this event.

BAFTA Members can book a single free ticket using the link below, while public tickets are available from the Curzon website.

Hironobu Sakaguchi, developer of the Final Fantasy series, discusses his latest action-packed role-playing game for the Nintendo Wii™, The Last Story.

Join BAFTA and Animated Exeter for a very special masterclass with BAFTA-winning animation producer Phil Davies, taking you behind the scenes at Peppa Pig, the phenomenally successful BAFTA-winning series (Best Pre-School Animation 2005 and 2011) from creative team Astley Baker Davies.

Phil Davies joined Mark Baker and Neville Astley, creators of the children’s series, The Big Knights and Mark Baker’s Jolly Roger, The Hill Farm and The Village, in 2001. Previously a producer as part of Channel 4’s ‘Animator In Residence’ (AIR) scheme, Phil joined Mark and Neville when Channel 4 closed its animation department.

Phil will be in conversation with Animation Consultant and Producer, Helen Brunsdon about the creation of Peppa Pig and Astley Baker Davies latest children’s series, the delightful Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.

The masterclass will include a screening of a previously unseen episode of Peppa Pig.

This is a family-friendly event and will be suitable for children 8 years and up.

Fri 17 Feb, 2pm – 3.30pm

More information about this event can be found here.

Tickets can be booked through the Exeter Phoenix. BAFTA has a limited number of free tickets for BAFTA Members - please RSVP to regions@bafta.org, stating your membership number.

The BFI Future Film Festival is an annual event for 15-25 year-olds who are passionate about film and moving image. This year, BAFTA is presenting two masterclasses as part of the festival programme:

Short Attention Span – How To Make Your Short Stand Out

A special screening of the films nominated in the Short and Short Animation categories at the BAFTA 2012 Film Awards will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the filmmakers alongside jury chair Lisa Bryer, who will discuss how to create your short and ensure it stands out from the crowd.

Mastering Your Craft – Producing

Lisa Bryer, producer of the Last King of Scotland, joins us to discuss the role of the producer in modern filmmaking. Sharing the lessons learned from her successful career across a variety of projects, Lisa will give any aspiring producer a valuable insight into one of the industry’s most enigmatic job titles.

Tickets are £5 for a one day pass for 15-18 year olds and £10 for a one day pass for 19-25 year olds – to see the rest of the festival programme or to buy tickets, please visit the BFI website.

In association with Gamesindustry.biz
6pm | Bar open
6.45pm | Event starts
8.30pm | Networking drinks

Your chance to ask a range of experts about the issues affecting our rapidly-evolving industry. Confirmed panellists include:

David Braben - founder and chairman of BAFTA-nominated Cambridge developer Frontier, and trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation producing accessible, programmable computers for $25.
Mark Gerhard – CEO of Jagex, the largest independent games developer and publisher in the UK, with titles including the browser-based MMOs RuneScape and Herotopia, plus the upcoming 8Realms, Stellar Dawn, and Transformers Universe.
Jason Kingsley - co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of Rebellion, developers of the BAFTA-nominated Alien Vs Predator and Rogue Trooper games, owner-publishers of the long-running sci-fi comic 2000AD, and genre book publisher Abaddon and Solaris books.
Dr Jo Twist – CEO of UKIE, the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment. Jo was previously Channel 4 Commissioning Editor for Education, overseeing a range of games projects including the BAFTA-winning Privates [shown here].

…and if you have a question you’d like answered during the evening, please submit it in advance via events@bafta.org or the hashtag #baftagamesQT on Twitter - the best 3 questions of the night will win a bottle of wine (or a game if under 18).

Chair: Johnny Minkley is the political and education correspondent for GamesIndustry.biz, the market-leading business community for news and information about the international video games industry, covering all aspects of interactive entertainment from development to retail.

BAFTA's public events and online resources bring you closer to the creative talent behind your favourite games, films, and TV shows. Find out more at www.bafta.org/newsletter, www.facebook.com/bafta or twitter.com/baftagames

Part of exposures: new talent in moving image festival
Approx Running Time: 90 mins

Join Submarine and Tyrannosaur cinematographer Erik Alexander Wilson on-stage with exposures for a special craft masterclass on his extraordinary career behind the camera. From beginning his career in award-winning short films and music videos for Artic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and Kasabian, before a move to television (Doctor Who) then film, culminating in a remarkable 2011 with not one but two BAFTA-nominated features released, Submarine and Tyrannosaur. Erik has just wrapped Now Is Good, starring Dakota Fanning and Olivia Williams, directed by Ol Parker through Blueprint Pictures and based on Jenny Downham’s bestselling novel, Before I Die.

We have a limited number of tickets to give away free to BAFTA Members - please RSVP regions@bafta.org, quoting your membership number.

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Following on from the Orange British Academy Film Awards on 12 February 2012, the nominated short films and short animations will be touring the country. Join us at Watersprite - The Cambridge International Student Film Festival - for a special screening of the short films nominated in the Live Action category.

The following films will be screened:

CHALK - Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini

MWANSA THE GREAT - Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet

ONLY SOUND REMAINS - Arash Ashtiani, Anshu Poddar

PITCH BLACK HEIST - John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn

TWO AND TWO - Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser, Gavin Cullen

Total running time of the event is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes including the Q&A

For more details on the shorts click here.

BAFTA Members can book tickets using the link below; public tickets will be available shortly from the Watersprite website.