Late Night Line-Up host Joan Bakewell, Happy Valley producer Nicola Shindler and Luther script supervisor Emma Thomas are to be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

Bakewell and Shindler are to be recognised at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, while Thomas will be recog…

Tim Richards, the founder and CEO of Vue International, made headlines in February when he penned an open letter to BAFTA, threatening to pull the support of his cinema circuit after the organization awarded four prizes, including Best Picture, to Netflix's Roma. Since then, Richards tells Deadline, he has had…

BAFTA has told its members that cinema giant Cineworld, the world's second largest theater group, has pulled support for the organization following Netflix’s four BAFTA wins for Roma.

In a letter sent to BAFTA members, the organization said, “I regret to tell you that, on Tuesday, Cineworld informed us of its unilatera…

Leading international cinema chain Vue, one of the UK and Europe’s biggest operators, has sent an open letter to BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry criticizing the organization for awarding four prizes to Netflix’s Roma. Scroll down for the letter in full.

Vue founder and chairman Tim Richards spells out why he thinks …

EXCLUSIVE: Millennium Films' Red Sonja film with Bryan Singer is being put on the back burner. After the movie was on the slate last year at the American Film Market, the prolific U.S. mini-studio has told us, “the project is not on the slate at the moment and is not for sale at the EFM in…

Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix film Roma won the Best Film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday. Fox Searchlight's The Favourite, which led all nominees going in with 12, won a leading seven trophies as the two films with the most Oscar nominations this year duked it out on at…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts handed out its BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, with Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix movie Roma scoring the marquee Best Film honor at Royal Albert Hall. That wrapped a night that saw Fox Searchlight's The Favourite, which came in with a leading 12 nominations including Best Film…

BAFTA weekend is upon us as nominees and execs prep for London revelry throughout Sunday night's awards and into the wee small hours afterwards. Last year, we saw a contrast in the pre- and post-festivities as new hosts stepped up to take over from The Weinstein Company, which had fronted some of the hottest tickets…

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…

BAFTA and Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker (Raging Bull) is to receive a BAFTA fellowship at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 10 February.

Awarded annually, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to fil…

BAFTA has presented Special Awards to longstanding Film4 executive Sue Bruce-Smith and DoP Roger Pratt (Batman). Bruce-Smith, Deputy Director at Film4, was recognized with a Special Award for her outstanding contribution to British cinema with speakers at a Friday event including former…

If there's a takeaway from this awards season, it's that true stories are back with a vengeance. For proof, look no further than Rosamund Pike as war reporter Marie Colvin in A Private War, Sam Rockwell as President George W. Bush in Vice, Mahershala Ali as Don Shirley in Green Book, Melissa McCarthy as forger Lee…