BAFTA Los Angeles News

BAFTA Los Angeles is pleased to announce that actor/writer/producer Sacha Baron Cohen will be the recipient of this year's Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy, presented at the annual gala ceremony in November.

BAFTA Los Angeles is pleased to announce that Benedict Cumberbatch will be the recipient of this year's BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year, presented at the annual gala ceremony in November.

BAFTA Los Angeles is pleased to announce we will honor Kathryn Bigelow and Sir Ben Kingsley at the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards presented by BBC AMERICA.

BAFTA Los Angeles brought its Behind Closed Doors series to the Kirk Douglas Theater, as John Hurt performed Samuel Beckett's one-act play Krapp's Last Tape in Los Angeles.

BAFTA Los Angeles is pleased to announce we will honor award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer and global humanitarian George Clooney with the prestigious Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, at the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards presented by BBC AMERICA.

BAFTA Los Angeles welcomed Armando Iannucci to the popular Behind Closed Doors series for an intimate discussion on his impressive career and diverse catalogue of work.

BAFTA Los Angeles congratulates Damien Chazelle, Aemilia Scott and Andreas Henn for being selected by our BAFTA Los Angeles jury for recognition at Aspen Shortsfest.

BAFTA Los Angeles is saddened to learn of the passing of long time member and dear friend, David Campling.

BAFTA Member Ian Ruskin will stage his one-man play "To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine" at both The Lillian Theatre and The Electric Lodge.