Film Awards Eligibility, Rules and Entry

06 January 12

The next Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. For full details see: When and where are the BAFTA Film Awards?

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Eligibility Entry Rules Entry Further Information

Eligibility

Films must be released theatrically in the UK, within the Academy awards year:
1 January to 31 December 2011. Films that open between 1 January and 10 February 2012 inclusive may be 'qualified' by Distributors by being screened to Academy Film Voting Members by Tuesday 20 December 2011.

To be eligible, a feature film must:

• be feature-length, i.e. with a running time exceeding 60 minutes;
• receive its first public exhibition or distribution in the UK as a theatrical release;
• be exhibited publicly to a paying audience within a commercial cinema in the UK for no fewer than seven consecutive days.

Any release pattern which falls outside of this definition will not normally be eligible. Please contact us if you are unsure.

Previously entered films are not eligible. Where a film is released in more than one language version, only one version can be entered and this should generally be the original language version.

Films from all countries are eligible in all categories, with the exception of Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut, Short Film and Short Animation which are for British films only.

There are additional eligibility criteria for some categories:

• Download the Special Visual Effects Entry Guidelines (26 KB)
• Short Film and Short Animation Entry criteria

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Film Awards Entry Rules

For the full details of entry for the British Academy Film Awards please download the official entry rule book via the link below.

British Academy Film Awards Rule Book 2011/2012 (251 KB)

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Entry

Films must be entered for consideration by the film’s Distributor or Producer, or by an Academy Film Voting Member. Films must be entered via an online form. Once an Entry Form has been submitted, the film’s Distributor will be asked to complete a Screen Credits Form. Alternatively, the film’s Producer may complete the Screen Credits Form.

On-screen credits are used to determine eligibility in all categories. An Official Screen Credits Form can be downloaded below. The form must be completed in full and received by email accompanied by the film’s final opening and closing credit roll and the poster credit block. Additional supporting materials may be required for entries in some categories.

Any Screen Credits Forms received the stated deadline will not be accepted. If the film's Producer or Distributor does not complete a form, BAFTA cannot guarantee the accuracy of credits listed for voting.

Entry for the 2011 British Academy Film awards has now closed. Please check the online entry page for updates. >> Enter Now

Short Film and Short Animation Entry

Entry for Short Film and Short Animation categories require completion of separate entry forms:

Follow the link for BAFTA Short Film and Short Animation entry information

If an entered film is withdrawn after the final Entered Films List is issued to members and voting begins then it cannot be entered in any subsequent year, even if its release date has changed.

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Further Information

• Note for First Time Entrants (135 KB)
• Contacting BAFTA Members - Information for Entrants (151 KB)
• Digital Screener Pilot (81 KB)

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