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also known as: Orange British Academy Film Awards (2000-) or British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts is the UK's leading organisation promoting and rewarding the best in film, television and interactive media. BAFTA was born in August 1946 when Alexander Korda formed a club with a membership limited to the most eminent names in the British film world. Out of that group emerged the British Film Academy, which eleven years later merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form the Society of Film and Television Arts.
The British Academy Film Awards are the major film awards held in Great Britain. Besides the awards for Best Film, for which all films can be nominated, and Best Film not in the English language, a third major award is given only for the Best British Film: the Alexander Korda Award.
The first elections were held in 1948. Winner in the Best Film category was The Best Years of Our Lives. The Carol Reed classic movie Odd Man Out was awarded as Best British Film.
To see the winners of this year's BAFTA's visit the BAFTA 2002 page.
In the early part
of 1944 an election was organised by a small group of foreign journalists. The
journalists, all members of the Hollywood Foreign Press, decided that this would
be a yearly event for the purpose of delivering an impartial view on motion
pictures and their impact. In order not to be influenced by the powers in Hollywood--not
even the Academy Award choices--it was important to them that they give their
awards before the Oscars.
The basic awards for motion picture, leading and supporting actors and actresses were supplemented with a director's award the second year, an award that became permanent. From the third year and on, some awards came and went. A major innovative change began in 1951 when the leading acting categories were separated into Drama and Musical/Comedy; the following year the motion picture award was split along the same lines. From 1955 and on, the Golden Globes have honored achievement in television as well as film.
Even with a technically smooth and high-tech production, this is one award show that has kept a joyous and informal tone. Perhaps it is simply that the Golden Globes Awards from the very first were born out of a wish to create bridges between countries and cultures all around the globe and have, during the years, kept alive a feeling of celebration rather than competition...
The very first winner in 1944 of the Best Film Award was The Song of Bernadette. The first winner in the Musical/Comedy category was the Minnelli classic An American in Paris in 1952.
To see the winners of this year's Golden Globes visit the Golden Globes 2002 page.
The creation of
the European Film Academy was the initiative of a group of filmmakers brought
together on the occasion of the first European Film Awards ceremony held in
Berlin, Germany, in November 1988. Initially founded under the name of European
Cinema Society by its first president Ingmar Bergman and 40 European filmmakers,
its objective is to promote the interests of the European film industry. In
1991 it was renamed the European Film Academy.
Krzysztof Kieslowski received the honor to win the first Best European Film Award for A Short Film About Killing in 1988. The last event was held in december 2001. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain was rewarded as Best Film and Jean-Pierre Jeunet received an individual award for his directing in this fine french movie. Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast) and Isabelle Huppert won the awards for Best Acting.
