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EE British Academy Film Awards: Key Dates 2014/15

20 August 2014

BAFTA has today announced that entry is now open for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015 as well as releasing key dates for the forthcoming season.

London, 20 August 2014: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced that entry is now open for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015. The key dates are as follows.

2014

Wednesday 20 August: Entry opens
Wednesday 29 October: Deadline for entry and film upload in British Short Film & British
Short Animation categories
Monday 10 November: Deadline for entry forms & supporting information
Wednesday 10 December: Round one voting opens at 10:00
Thursday 18 December: Qualified films must be screened to voters by this date

!!2015

Monday 5 January: Round one voting closes at 18:00
Friday 9 January: Nominations announced
Round two voting opens
Wednesday 4 February: Round two voting closes at 18:00
Friday 6 February: Deadline for all entered films to open on general release to the public
Sunday 8 February: EE British Academy Film Awards

This year’s main change involves the six nominations for the Outstanding British Film category. As in previous years, BAFTA members of the relevant opt-in chapter – a minimum of 80 in number – will vote for the top 15 films and the top three will be automatically nominated. The final three nominations will be chosen by a jury from the remaining 12 films.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 8 February at The Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden and they will be broadcast on the BBC in the UK.

For further information, please contact:
Vicky Grayson / 020 3003 6327 / [email protected]


About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round, international programme of learning events and initiatives that offers unique access to some of the world’s most inspiring talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes, connecting with audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the UK, Los Angeles and New York. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. To access the best creative minds in film, TV and games production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more information, visit www.bafta.org.