Breakthrough gives the most exciting new talent coming up in film, games and television from the UK, USA, India and China access to unique career development and mentoring opportunities.
We're excited to introduce the incredible 2020 #BAFTABreakthrough group 👏
This year we have over 30 Breakthroughs from the film, games and TV industries in the UK and (for the first time) the USA, including performers, writers and game audio designers 👇
Supported by @Netflix!
The 2020 British Academy #CymruAwards are this Sunday! Join @MissAlexjones along with special guests including @KathJenkins, @Lin_Manuel, @ReyAlexandria, Catherine Zeta-Jones and many more! ✨
Streaming on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from 7:00pm GMT on Sunday 25 October 💫
We are excited to announce the latests BAFTA scholars. Students from across the world have been selected to receive over £190,000 in financial support and BAFTA mentorship. Find out more 🎓👇https://t.co/xnpH5KXsED
We’re introducing changes to urgently address a lack of diversity in the BAFTA Awards. This marks the first phase of our process as we evolve as an Academy. #BAFTA2020Review
Today we publish the #BAFTA2020Review detailing over 120 changes to our voting, membership and campaigning processes. The changes are a significant cultural shift for BAFTA and they address the lack of opportunity and equality in the industry. https://t.co/UeGmFi7LEK
We're sad to hear of the passing of Dame Diana Rigg, BAFTA-winner for her performance in Mother Love in 1990 and joint recipient of the BAFTA Television Special Award in 2000 for The Avengers.
The winner of the 2020 BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation is "Sous La Glace" directed by Milan Baulard, Ismail Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin from L'Ecole Des Nouvelles Images in France. 🇫🇷 Congratulations to the team!
The winner of the 2020 BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action is "Mum's Hairpins" directed by Tatiana Fedorovskaya from Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors in Russia. 🇷🇺 Congratulations to Tatiana and her team!
The winner of this year's Special Jury Prize - selected by Waad Al-Kateab, Isabel Coixet, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Clarke Peters - is documentary "Making Waves", directed by Laura Zéphirin from New York University. Congrats to Laura and her team! 🇫🇷🇺🇸
Yesterday we announced the recipients of the BAFTA-GSA Short Film Grant. Our Jury selected @mishalmahmud's project "Witness" and Julio Ramos & Sona Mkrtumian's "Premature" and they presented the grant to the recipients via Zoom. Both projects will receive $6,000. #baftatalent
Tune in to the 2020 GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards premiering today at 1pm EST! We hope you can join us in celebrating the future of filmmaking excellence!
Watch: https://t.co/JRVXb76tEp