Press Releases

Today, BAFTA announces it has awarded £152,000 in scholarships to 22 creative students across the US and the UK to support their studies in the screen arts.   

Sports broadcasting legend Hazel Irvine, and the casting director behind Top Boy, Des Hamilton, will receive BAFTA Special Awards at the BAFTA Scotland Awards ceremony on Sunday 17 November. 

Today, BAFTA announces the line-up for the 2024 Screenwriters’ Lecture Series, supported by the JJ Charitable Trust.

The BAFTA Scotland Audience Award for Favourite Scot on Screen in partnership with Screen Scotland, is the only category voted for by the public.

In September, we hosted an industry event to spotlight the crucial roles of access, intimacy and wellbeing coordinators in film and TV production. Sets are high-pressure environments, often where complex challenges can arise, requiring the expertise of trained professionals to ensure the safety, inclusivity and wellbeing of cast and crew. These emerging roles have become essential in navigating these in a supportive, collaborative space. Across three panels, one message was clear: these coordinators are essential and interconnected, contributing significantly to the success of and enhancing and enriching our production environments. Editor and journalist Jennifer McShane was there and shares her key takeaways. 

• BAFTA President The Prince of Wales gave a speech at BAFTA’s HQ in Piccadilly, London on the importance of nurturing talent – with transcript below
• Actors Sheila Atim, Celia Imrie, Stephen Merchant, and Andy Serkis, and film director Paul Greengrass also in attendance
• Photography available via Press Association

Daniel Craig, Kieran Culkin, Colman Domingo, Keegan-Michael Key, Natasha Lyonne, Patricia Clarkson, Carrie Coon, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh & More Attended the Celebration