Press Releases

• Two Awards for The Snail and the Whale
• Two first-time winners across the performance categories, George Webster wins in Presenter and Taiya Samuel in Young Performer
• Chris O’Dowd wins for Performer
• El Deafo collects the award for Content for Change

Justin Fletcher, George Webster, Braydon Bent, Cathy Tyson, Bobby Beynon, Taiya Samuel and Grant Orchard are among the nominees confirmed to attend the BAFTA Children & Young People Awards this Sunday.

A host of guest presenters will join them, including Molly Rainford, Dani Harmer, Amir Wilson, Kemi Majeks, Jason Isaacs, MC Grammar, Joseph Coelho, Ben Shires, Alishea Campbell-Drummond,  The Ayodi Family, Nigel Clarke, Inel Tomlinson, and the winners of BAFTA's 2022 Young Presenters Competition.

• Budding talent Jeriah Kibusi (11) and Maryam Drammeh (16) win 2022 BAFTA Young Presenters Competition in their respective age categories
• Kicking off a year-long programme of mentoring and interview opportunities Jeriah and Maryam will attend Cheltenham Literature Festival

The Awards will coincide with BAFTA's dedicated festival weekend, celebrating its renewed focus for the children’s film, games and television industries

• 14 awards categories including Non-Scripted, Pre-School Live Action and Young Performer
• Awards Ceremony to take place on Sunday 27 November at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly
• Year-round industry and public events confirmed for BAFTA initiatives including Young Creators, Young Game Designers (YGD) and BAFTA Kids’ Roadshow with Place2Be
• The rules and guidelines for the BAFTA Children & Young People Awards are available at awards.bafta.org/entry

• As part of a renewed commitment to the children's media industry, the awards will be preceded by a weekend of ‘BAFTA Kids’ activities in November 2022
• BAFTA recognised by Action for Children’s Arts with outstanding contribution award alongside Place2Be, the children’s mental health charity

The British Academy Children’s Awards will be paused for 2020 during a full review of BAFTA children’s activity

The annual awards celebrating the very best in children's media took place on Sunday 1 December at The Brewery, London

11 year-old from Kent will present BAFTA’s red carpet coverage at the British Academy Children’s Awards as part of competition prize