Press Releases

Apurva Asrani, Monika Shergill, Ratna Pathak Shah, Gaurav Gandhi amongst those determining this years’ BAFTA Breakthrough participants in India

• BAFTA President, The Duke of Cambridge visited BAFTA to hear more about its ongoing support to develop the next generation of talent
• BAFTA launches new career development bursary fund in the name of HRH The Duke of Cambridge
• A new tier of BAFTA membership announced for emerging and mid-level professionals
• BAFTA Elevate to advocate and aid the progression of producers in film and television who are disabled, from minority ethnic backgrounds and low-socioeconomic backgrounds.
• BAFTA headquarters at 195 Piccadilly redeveloped as a centre of creative excellence with a new dedicated learning space to enable an expansion of the arts charity’s learning and new talent development programmes

• UK schools invited to join a national virtual assembly on 7 February to kick off Children’s Mental Health Week 2022
• Stars including Emma Willis and Oti Mabuse to take part in the assemblies, celebrating the theme of ‘Growing Together’
• Additionally, Dr Alex George (UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador), Mandip Gill (Doctor Who, Hollyoaks), Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones) and more share their personal journeys as part of a series of exclusive online interviews for the week

Six emerging LGBTQIA+ UK filmmakers have received career support from industry figures including Iain Canning, Tze Chun, Russell T Davies, Sean Durkin, Terence Nance, and Joey Soloway.