DATE Friday 8 January 2016 
VENUE Princess Anne Theatre
BAFTA
195 Piccadilly
London W1J 9LN
THEATRE OPEN FOR MEDIA SET UP  05:30
THEATRE CLOSED TO ALL MEDIA FOR ANNOUNCEMENT REHEARSAL 06.45 – 07:15
PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH 07:33 (not for broadcast)
BAFTA CHAIRMAN’S SPEECH 07:35
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED 07:37 (approximately 3 minutes in duration)
WHO HOSTED BY STEPHEN FRY AND GUGU MBATHA-RAW
BAFTA CHAIR ANNE MORRISON
BAFTA CHIEF EXECUTIVE AMANDA BERRY
BAFTA CHAIR OF THE FILM COMMITTEE PIPPA HARRIS
BAFTA DEPUTY CHAIR OF THE FILM COMMITTEE MARC SAMUELSON

Live stream details will be made available w/c 4 January
07:35 Nominations announcement
07:40 Post-announcement discussion panel
Facebook live streams are free to embed as posts on any third party site

Full nominations list emailed at 07:45, and handed out in hard copy at BAFTA headquarters and available via www.bafta.org/press

On Friday 8 January 2016, BAFTA’s Chair Anne Morrison will be joined by Stephen Fry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw to announce the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2016. BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE, Chair of the Film Committee Pippa Harris, and Marc Samuelson Deputy Chair of the Film Committee will also be in attendance. 

This year, nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards will be live streamed exclusively on Facebook giving everyone the chance to be part of the excitement as it unfolds. Following the event, a live panel discussion will take place between industry critics which film fans can also engage with, only on Facebook.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 14 February 2016 and will be held for the tenth year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.  Sponsored by EE, and hosted by Stephen Fry, the Awards will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD that evening, preceded by a red carpet show on BBC Three. 

EE British Academy Film Awards nominations announcement media accreditation:
Broadcast: Nick Baxter, freuds, 020 3003 6658 / [email protected]
Print and Online: Lydia Woods, freuds, 020 3003 6467 / [email protected]
Photography: Alice Le Maistre, 020 3003 6361 / [email protected]

General Film Awards media enquiries:
Kerry Porter, freuds 020 3003 6648 / [email protected]
Nichola Jewitt, freuds 020 3003 6413 / [email protected]