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BAFTA today revealed more than120 changes to its voting, membership and campaigning processes as it published the findings of an in-depth seven-month Awards Review. The British org began the review to address diversity standards after controversy erupted earlier this year over its 2020 BAFTA Film Awards nominations…

BAFTA on Monday said that its next EE British Academy Film Awards will now be held on April 11, 2021, keeping in line with the Oscars which earlier in the day shifted its 2021 date to April 25 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The BAFTAs are traditionally two weeks before the Oscars, making today’s move…

With the BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching this Sunday, London is poised to start swinging into revelry from Friday through to the wee hours of Monday morning. The party roster this year as compared to last is slightly different, but that shouldn't dampen the spirit of the home stretch towards the Oscars on February…

The BAFTA Film Awards nominations revealed this morning in London smiled on fixtures of the season including Joker, The Irishman, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, 1917, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Little Women, The Two Popes and Parasite. The acting roster, however, met with jeers over lack of diversity as an all-white…

Nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards are being announced Tuesday morning in London via a livestream that is due to begin at 7:30AM local time. BAFTA's Chief Executive Amanda Berry will be joined by actors Asa Butterfield and Ella Balinska to unveil the roster. Deputy Chair Krishnendu Majumdar, Marc…

With just a few days to go before the British Academy of Film and Television Arts hands out the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, the organization says it has suspended Bryan Singer’s nomination for Bohemian Rhapsody in the Outstanding British Film Category. The film remains in that race, however, and the other people…

UPDATE, writethru: BAFTA has revealed its nominations for this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards with Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos leading the list of contenders at 12. Also making strong showings are Netflix’s Roma, Warner Bros’ A Star Is Born, Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Universal’s First…

Nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards are being unveiled at BAFTA's London headquarters this morning. The announcement begins at 7:30 AM UK time. BAFTA Chair Dame Pippa Harris will be joined by Will Poulter and Hayley Squires to read off the list of this year's contenders. The BAFTA ceremony will be held…

We don’t have the nominees yet, but we do have a host. Ab Fab veteran Joanna Lumley has been set to front the EE British Academy Film Awards for the second year running. The actress, author and activist last year replaced longtime emcee Stephen Fry. The BAFTA Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 10 and will…

With new diversity requirements for the BAFTA Film Awards formally coming into effect, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has published the Rules & Guidelines for next year’s prizes, and set its key dates for the 2018-2019 season. Nominations will be unveiled on January 9 with the BAFTA ceremony held on…

Black is the new black, in the UK as well as the U.S. Female nominees and guests attending this year's BAFTA Film Awards are expected to wear black in solidarity with their American counterparts. A letter, sent “on behalf of a collective of UK based female film and television industry leaders” and obtained by…

Ab Fab veteran Joanna Lumley has been set as the host of this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, following the departure of Stephen Fry who said last week that he was stepping down after fronting the ceremony 12 times. The announcement was made at this morning’s unveiling of nominations for Britain’s biggest movie prizes, with…