BAFTA New York Special Events

The BAFTA New York / New York Film Academy 8 Week Digital Storytelling Workshop culminated in a joyous graduation screening Saturday, November 23, 2019. Participating students from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx showed their completed short films to a crowd of friends, family, and well-wishers at New York Film Academy’s Battery Park campus.

On Monday, July 1, 2019, BAFTA New York hosted, for the first time, a screening of the 9 Student Film Awards finalist films for voting consideration, followed by a reception.

On May 28, 2019, BAFTA New York welcomed Student Film Award Finalists to the "Navigating Film Festivals" Panel, hosted at Retro Report.

The winners of the 2018 BAFTA Student Film Awards for Live Action and Animation were presented at The Whitby Hotel in New York on September 20, 2018.

On Monday, September 17, 2018, WNET/Thirteen invited members of BAFTA New York and The Shakespeare Guild to celebrate the channel's launch of its third series of 'Shakespeare Uncovered'. 

On May 17, 2018, BAFTA New York hosted a reception for the 2018 BAFTA Student Film Award Shortlisters at The Churchill Tavern. Following the international expansion of the Awards in 2017, this year’s films have been selected from 469 submissions by students at film schools in 35 countries across the world, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

On May 23, 2017, the BAFTA Student Film Award Finalists were announced at events in both New York City and Los Angeles.

On March 24, 2017, the BAFTA New York Kids Committee held its Spring lunch and used the occasion to welcome Deirdre Brennan to her new role as GM of Sprout and to her new New York home.

The BAFTA US Student Film Awards identify and celebrate the best creative works produced by American and international students studying in the United States. On May 23, the finalists were invited to a reception at Motion Picture Enterprises' Penthouse 45.