The British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced that the EE British Academy Film Awards will take place in London on Sunday 10 February 2019, and the British Academy Britannia Awards will take place at the Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles on Friday 26 October 2018.
The EE British Academy Film Awards are BAFTA’s highest film honours, rewarding the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema screens. This year’s Fellowship, the highest honour bestowed by the Academy, was awarded to Sir Ridley Scott. Other award winners included Gary Oldman for Leading Actor, Frances McDormand for Leading Actress, Sam Rockwell for Supporting Actor and Allison Janney for Supporting Actress.
The British Academy Britannia Awards is BAFTA’s most prestigious event outside the UK, where Brits and anglophiles alike come together in celebration of exceptional members of the international creative community who have dedicated their careers to advancing the art forms of the moving image in the US, UK and beyond. The honors recognise both outstanding British talent and exceptional international talent by virtue of their strong connection to the British industry through their body of work. First presented in 1989, the awards’ previous recipients have included Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Kubrick, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Denzel Washington, George Clooney, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Dick Van Dyke, Dame Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Idris Elbra, Emma Watson and Steven Spielberg. The 2017 ceremony was hosted by British comedian and actor Jack Whitehall and livestreamed internationally on IGN.
Other annual BAFTA ceremonies include the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards, the Television Craft Awards, Games Awards, Cymru Awards, Scotland Awards, Scotland New Talent Awards, Children’s Awards and the Student Film Awards in the US, which are all supported by a year-round programme of learning events, scholarships and other initiatives that help talented people enter the industries regardless of their background.
For further information, please contact:
Lisa Richards at BAFTA
T: 020 7292 5863
E: [email protected]
About BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
