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BAFTA, BBC apologise for racial slur during awards ceremony on Feb 22

The British Academy Film Awards and BBC apologised Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday's show while two stars of the film "Sinners" were onstage. The Tourette syndrome campaigner who shouted the slur said he was "deeply mortified" and what he said was "not a reflection of my personal beliefs." The highly offensive word could be heard as "Sinners" stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who are both Black, were presenting the award for best visual effects during Sunday's ceremony. Host Alan Cumming had earlier told the audience that Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson was in attendance. The incident prompted the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to apologise for "offensive language that carries incomparable trauma and pain for so many," adding "We would like to thank Michael and Delroy for their incredible dignity and professionalism." Davidson, a Scottish campaigner for people with Tourette syndrome, who inspired the BAFTA-nominated film "I ..

Manipuri movie Boong wins Best Children's & Family Film Award at BAFTA 2026

Quirky Manipuri coming-of-age comedy-drama 'Boong', produced by Farhan Akhtar's Excel Entertainment, won the prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film in London on Sunday. The film's debutant director, Lakshmipriya Devi, made an emotional plea for peace in her acceptance speech after receiving the coveted trophy from Paddington Bear, the lead character starring in the West End show 'Paddington The Musical'. She was joined on stage by producers Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani and the assistant director of 'Boong', Rahul Sharda. "The walk up till here felt like the last few steps to reach a summit of a mountain we never knew we were climbing in the first place," said Devi. "Just want to use this opportunity to say that we pray for peace to return to Manipur, we pray that all the internally displaced children, including the child actors in the film, regain their joy, their innocence and their dream once again. "We pray that no conflict is ever formidable enough to destroy .

Indian film nominees in spotlight ahead of BAFTA Awards in London

A quirky Manipuri comedy-drama "Boong" and a true crime documentary "The Perfect Neighbour" directed by Geeta Gandbhir, were in the spotlight at a first-of-its-kind South Asian celebration in London, ahead of the 2026 British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs). "Boong", backed by Farhan Akhtar's Excel Entertainment and directed by debutant Lakshmipriya Devi, is in the race for an award in the BAFTA Best Children's & Family Film category. An Indian American director Geeta Gandbhir is shortlisted for a Best Documentary BAFTA for her film "The Perfect Neighbour", also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars next month. "We are living in a time, particularly in the US, that is an incredibly alarming and dangerous time," said Gandbhir, during her address at the 'Celebrating South Asians' event at the BAFTA headquarters in London on Friday evening. "It is wonderful to be here as Asians, as South Asians. I just want to remind everyone that it's a time for us to also .

BAFTA 2025: 'All We Imagine As Light' loses award to 'Emilia Perez'

Payal Kapadia's critically acclaimed movie "All We Imagine As Light" lost the BAFTA in the Best Film Not in the English Language category to French title "Emilia Perez". Despite controversy surrounding its lead star Karla Sofia Gascon's old tweets, which were viewed as Islamophobic and racist, "Emilia Perez" won the award at Sunday's ceremony in London with film's second lead Zoe Saldana taking home the BAFTA in the Supporting Actress segment. "Emilia Perez", a French film directed by Jacques Audiard, follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia (Gascon) enlists Rita (Saldana), an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self. "All We Imagine..." revolves around two Malayali nurses in Mumbai and their friendships. The Malayalam-Hindi film created history by becoming the first from India to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes in May last ...

BAFTA Film Awards 2025 winners list: All We Imagine As Light loses award

The 78th BAFTA was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, Feb 16. Notably, India's All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia, lost in Best Film Not in the English Language category

Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' makes it to BAFTA 2025 longlists

Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine As Light" continues its remarkable run on the international awards circuit, securing spots on the BAFTA Film Awards longlists in three categories, including Best Director. The British Academy on Friday evening shared the results of the first round of voting across 25 categories for its upcoming awards gala. Kapadia's Malayalam-Hindi movie, which scripted history by becoming the first Indian movie to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes in May, has made it to three longlists of 10 movies each -- Best Film Not in English Language, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Besides "All We Imagine As Light", Sandhya Suri's "Santosh" and Karan Kandhari's "Sister Midnight" are nominated in the longlist for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel has also found a mention in the longlist for his directorial debut "Monkey Man". Patel is nominated in the Leading Actor longlist. According to BAFTA,

BAFTA 2024: Deepika Padukone dazzles in Sabyasachi sequinned saree

Deepika Padukone presented at 77th BAFTA Film Awards 2024 in London. The Bollywood actress presented the Best Film Not In The English Language Category

77th BAFTA Film Awards: Oppenheimer bags 7 awards, Deepika stuns in Saree

77th BAFTA Film Awards: Oppenheimer again emerged as the major winner at an award night, but Barbie failed to get even one. Indian actress also stuns everyone in a Sabyasachi saree

BAFTA 2024: 'Oppenheimer' wins seven prizes, including Best Picture, actor

Atom bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia Poor Things took five prizes and Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest won three. Christopher Nolan won his first Best Director BAFTA for Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Murphy said he was grateful to play such a colossally knotty, complex character." Emma Stone was named best actress for playing the wild and spirited Bella Baxter in Poor Things, a steampunk-style visual extravaganza that won prizes for visual effects, production design, costume design, and makeup and hair. Oppenheimer had a field-leading 13 nominations, but missed out on the record of nine trophies, set in 1971 by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won the best film race against Poor Things, Kille

'Oppenheimer', 'Poor Things' lead race for Britain's Bafta film awards

Atom-bomb epic Oppenheimer leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories including best film. Gothic fantasia Poor Things received 11 nominations on the list announced Thursday, while historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon and Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest had nine each. Other leading contenders include French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall school story The Holdovers and Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro with seven nominations each. Exploration of love and grief All of Us Strangers was nominated in six categories and class-war dramedy Saltburn in five. Barbie, one half of 2023's Barbenheimer box office juggernaut, also got five nominations but missed out on a best picture nod. The winners will be announced at a February 18 ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant. The prizes officially the EE BAFTA Film Awards are Britain's equivalent of Hollywood's Academy Awards and will be watched clo

76th BAFTA: 'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins big, bags best film award

German movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) on Sunday, winning seven trophies, including best film and best director. Irish black comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin" and rock biopic Elvis took four awards at the BAFTAs, which are the UK's equivalent of Hollywood's Academy Awards. Hosted by Richard E Grant, the award ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Here is a look at winners of the awards, officially known as the EE BAFTA Film Awards: Best Film: "All Quiet On The Western Front" Directed by Edward Berger, the anti-war film is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. The movie had a total of 14 nominations for the BAFTAs. Set in the closing days of World War I, the movie follows the life of an idealistic young German soldier named Paul Baumer. After enlisting in the German Army with his friends, Baumer finds himself exposed to the realities of war, shattering his early hop

76th BAFTA: All That Breathes loses to Navalny in Best Documentary genre

Indian hopes at the ongoing 76th edition of the BAFTA came crashing down as the Indian documentary All That Breathes lost the Best Documentary honour to Navalny

76th BAFTA: Best Actor for Austin Butler, Cate Blanchett Best Actress

The last leg of the biggest awards for the night at the BAFTA Awards -- Best Actor, Best Actress were conferred upon Austin Butler for his work in biographical film Elvis and Cate Blanchett for Tar

'The Power of the Dog', 'CODA', 'Dune' win big at BAFTA 2022

Acclaimed Western film "The Power of the Dog" scooped the top prizes for best film and best director for Jane Campion at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) 2022. Hosted by actor-comic Rebel Wils on, the award ceremony took place on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall and was live streamed in India on the streamer SonyLIV. "The Batman" star Andy Serkis announced the winner for best film but not before he called out the government for its discriminatory treatment of refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, saying "all refugees are welcome but some are more than welcome". While announcing actor Emilia Jones singing act with the song "Both Sides Now" from "CODA", Wilson said the performance takes the help of two interpreters -- American Sign Language and British Sign Language. "Luckily, though, in all sign languages, this is the gesture for Putin," the host said as she raised her middle finger to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine invasion. "The Power o

'Dune' and 'The Power of the Dog' lead 2022 Bafta nominations

Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic "Dune" amassed the most nominations for 2022 BAFTA Awards, closely followed by Jane Campion's Western film "The Power of the Dog".

'Nomadland' dominates at BAFTA 2021 with four wins: Check winners list

The outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer went to Remi Weeks' "His House".

BAFTAS: Indian actor Adarsh Gourav nominated for role in 'The White Tiger'

Indian actor Adarsh Gourav has bagged the leading actor BAFTA nod for his performance in the Netflix film "The White Tiger"

Here's how you can be part of YouTube's global documentary of 2020 memories

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 has not been easy for anyone. YouTube Originals' global documentary will record your day and make you part of the meory of this historic year

'1917' dominates BAFTA 2020 with 7 wins; Phoenix bags best actor award

Both British Academy of Film and Television and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences were heavily criticised for the lack of representation and diversity after the nominations were announced

La La Land dominates at BAFTA, Dev Patel wins Best Supporting Actor award

The ceremony saw celebrities making political statements uninhibitedly