Catch up with the latest news and announcements from BAFTA in New York.
BAFTA New York was once again a major presence at the Hamptons International Film Festival. This annual autumn event in eastern Long Island, New York has the perfect balance of star/ filmmaker wattage and small town appeal.
Annual writers showcase will feature honorary chairman Greg Daniels on Wednesday, October 23, as part of the 9th TV Fest
The Hamptons International Film Festival
in Partnership with
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, New York
Honors WORKING TITLE FILMS Co-Chairs - Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
with the Golden Starfish Award for LIfetime Achievement as part of the Festival's FOCUS ON UK FILM.
BAFTA and Academy® Award Winner Renée Zellweger will Introduce the Honorees and be joined by Richard Curtis, Joe Wright and Edgar Wright to toast the Producers.
Don Taffner Jr BAFTA New York Trustee elected to the BAFTA Council
BAFTA New York looks at the challenges facing traditional television....and asks is this the end?
BAFTA New York hosted an event filled evening culminating in a cocktail party on April 22nd to celebrate the launch of the sixth season of Mad Men, winner of two international BAFTA Awards for Best Drama series. There was a bumper turn-out to meet the creator and executive producer of the series, Matthew Weiner, and the cast including Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Jessica Paré and Kiernan Shipka.
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Invitation to the BAFTA New York annual Awards Viewing Party on February 10, 2013
BAFTA jetted three unknown screenwriters across the pond from London to New York to showcase their work in front of the cream of the US television industry. For a second year, the selected writers participated in the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum at the Annual New York Television Festival to see their original work performed on-stage at this special incarnation of BAFTA's flagship new writing programme.
BAFTA New York supports New York and salutes all New Yorkers
Screenings and Q&As cancelled in the New York area
Beasts of the Southern Wild - October 29, 2012
Flight - October 30, 2012
Skyfall - November 1, 2012
End of Watch - November 4, 2012