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The event raised funds for BAFTA’s year-round work supporting young people to build careers in film, games and television

 Additional ceremony details revealed 

Dion Wyn Hughes chosen as the winner from a shortlist of individuals who have made a difference to their local communities simply ‘For The Love of Film’

Expert panel including Edgar Wright & Aisling Bea have chosen Dion Wyn Hughes from Bangor, Wales as 2022 winner 

•  Introducing 10 ‘must watch’ creatives from regions across the country
•  The new cohort will benefit from professional development and international networking opportunities provided by BAFTA and supported by Netflix
• Breakthrough participants selected by cross-industry global jury of industry experts including Apurva Asrani, Anupam Kher, AR Rahman Ratna Pathak Shah and Shonali Bose

BritBox, the subscription streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV, offering the best collection of unmissable streaming British entertainment, will be bringing the 75th  EE British Academy Film Awards to the BritBox audiences in North America and South Africa.

• BAFTA Games Awards partners with EE, the UK’s number one network for gaming, to announce the return of the EE Game of the Year Award – the only award to be voted for by the public
• The 2022 nominees are: Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, The Forgotten City and Unpacking
• The community of games fans can now vote for the EE Game of the Year Award at: https://ee.co.uk/why-ee/baftagames
• Nominations for all other categories will be announced on Thursday 3rd March with the winners announced at the BAFTA Games Awards on Thursday 7th April 2022

• New eligibility criteria for The Breakthrough Cymru Award
• Introduction of new category ‘News, Current Affairs and Topical’
• Editing Category to recognise both Fiction and Factual

This year's EE British Academy Film Awards nominees Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Stephen Graham, Caitríona Balfe, Ann Dowd, Mike Faist, Ciarán Hinds, Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, Jane Campion, Aleem Khan, Rebecca Hall and more confirmed to participate, with further names to be announced.