BAFTAs
BAFTA short film review: Elephant, samuel-613
February 14, 2016 | David FarnorOn Sundays, we review short films available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday.
As the 2016 EE BAFTA awards take place tonight (Sunday 14th February), we take a look at the two Best Short Film nominees available to … Read More
2016 BAFTA nominees and where to watch them online
January 8, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has bagged its first acting award nomination in this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards.
The 2016 BAFTA nominees were announced this morning, with the usual suspects leading the pack: Bridge of Spies and Carol both have nine nominations, … Read More
True Detective beats Netflix on Marvellous night for first time winners
May 11, 2015 | David FarnorTrue Detective beat Netflix’s shows at the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards last night on what proved to be a Marvellous night for first time winners.
After winning the International prize in 2014, Netflix was nominated for two … Read More
Full list: 2015 BAFTA winners – and where to watch them online
February 9, 2015 | David FarnorBoyhood took home the BAFTA for Best Picture at last night’s ceremony, as Richard Linklater’s 12-year labour of love paid off.
The movie won Best Director and Best Support Actress to boot, beating down the competition from the equally-lauded … Read More
Full list: 2015 BAFTA nominees – and where to watch them online
January 9, 2015 | David FarnorNetflix has picked up its first BAFTA nomination in 2015, with Virunga up for Best Documentary (read our review here). While the line-up was also announced live on on the super-hip Facebook video, though, the 2015 BAFTA nominees are a … Read More
Broadchurch feels the “BAFTA Effect”
May 21, 2014 | David FarnorWe wrote earlier on this week about how the BAFTAs signified a big step forwards for the British TV industry, with Breaking Bad becoming the first non-broadcast show to win an award. While Netflix has been front and centre of … Read More
Awards on-demand: The full list of 2014 BAFTA winners – and where you can watch them online
February 16, 2014 | David FarnorGravity landed the most awards at last night’s BAFTAs, as the British Academy recognised the work of the UK technical wizards behind the scenes. Winning Best Director as well as Best British Film, Alfonso Cuaron quipped that he was an … Read More
Breaking BAFTA? Online shows to be eligible for 2014 awards
October 1, 2013 | David FarnorAnd the BAFTA goes to… House of Cards?
Online TV shows will be eligible for BAFTAs at next year’s awards ceremony, it has been announced.
The academy has changed its rules for the awards to allow US TV shows online … Read More