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Margot Robbie dug into some of the biggest moments of her career in a rare onstage appearance as the latest subject of BAFTA's popular A Life In Pictures series Tuesday. The session was lengthy and wide-ranging, but off the bat, Robbie was asked about her experience shooting her breakout Hollywood…

BAFTA has set Black Panther director Ryan Coogler to deliver this year's prestigious David Lean Lecture. Coogler will give the lecture on December 12 in London. Previous speakers include Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Paul Greengrass, David Lynch, Lone Scherfig, Oliver Stone, and Peter…

EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's hit Hindi crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi is going for the gold, officially launching a campaign in all categories at next February's BAFTA Film Awards. This is the latest example of a growing number of foreign-language movies aiming to cross over into mainstream races…

Spun Gold To “Reimagine” BAFTA Coverage Next year’s BAFTA TV and Film Awards will be “significantly expanded and reimagined” as a new production company, Spun Gold TV, takes the reins. Co-producing alongside BAFTA, Spun Gold has replaced previous producers Done + Dusted and Whizz Kid following a…

Actress Ruth Madeley will co-host a Disney- and ITV-backed performance event at BAFTA in London later this month will aim to tackle the lack of representation and opportunity for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent creatives. Ten performers will feature in About Time!, which has been created as a call…

BAFTA has tweaked the rules for some of its TV categories in order to open up the awards to more women directors and international non-scripted shows. The BAFTA Craft Director categories in Factual, Fiction and Multi-Camera will now see the top three male and top three female directors from round…

Banijay Appoints Netflix Exec As CFO Banijay has appointed a Netflix finance exec as its CFO. Cédric Brignon will start next month, overseeing the financial strategy of the Big Brother powerhouse and delivering on M&A ambitions. Replacing Sophie Kurinckx, who is moving to Banijay parent FL…

As if there aren’t already enough awards handed out in the movie and TV business, BAFTA has decided we need some more for North America. The organization, which has annually handed out Honorary Awards at a once a year black tie dinner in Beverly Hills (the last being in a pre-pandemic 2019, especially memorable for a…

BAFTA today announced that it will move its annual film awards to the Royal Festival Hall at London's Southbank Centre for its 2023 edition. The switch sees the prestigious event move across the city, leaving behind the Royal Albert Hall, which has housed the awards show since 2016. Other previous venues include the…

BAFTA’s traditional pre-Emmy soirée will not take place this weekend as scheduled. Following the news today of Queen Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96, a decision was made not to proceed with the event. “In light of today’s very sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the annual BAFTA TV Tea Party…

The UK film and TV sector’s new body to tackle bullying and harassment is ramping up by appointing BFI Director of Culture and Inclusion Jen Smith as Interim CEO on secondment. The Independent Stands Authority (ISA), which has financial backing from all major UK broadcasters and Sky, will formalize the ISA’s remit…

Noel Clarke has dropped his defamation suit against BAFTA, Deadline can report. The actor-producer filed the suit at London's High Court in May following the awards body's sending a letter to its members discussing a bombshell story published by The Guardian in April 2021, in which the Bulletproof and Doctor Who star…