Press Releases

In partnership with British Council, BAFTA’s new talent initiative, directed at the industry in New York and Los Angeles, will host the BAFTA-nominated director on October 15 and 17 respectively.

Showrunner of The Office and co-creator of Parks and Recreation will review the work of emerging British comedy writers at the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum event on Wednesday, October 23, 2013

‘BAFTA A Life In Pictures: Tom Hanks’, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, takes place on Saturday 19 October

The 17 BAFTA Breakthrough Brits will be celebrated at a new talent showcase, in partnership with Burberry, on Monday 21 October.

Students selected for the BAFTA Scholarship Programme include three beneficiaries of the inaugural Prince William Scholarships in Film, Television and Games, supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros.

Eddie Redmayne, Shane Meadows and Felicity Jones amongst the jurors for BAFTA’s new talent showcase, presented in partnership with Burberry.

Founder of Quantic Dream and game designer David Cage will deliver the 2013 BAFTA Annual Games Lecture on Tuesday 3 September.

George Fenton and Dario Marianelli will take centre stage for ‘Conversations with Screen Composers’ in September and November respectively.

Five internationally acclaimed writers will discuss the art and craft of screenwriting during the prestigious series from 23-30 September.

Five emerging writers or writing pairs will take part in the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival or the New York Television Festival.