70 Years of BAFTA | BAFTA Moments

Founding members

1947

Scene One: The British Film Academy is formed

1947

Open For Membership: First wave of members inducted

1949

Golden Envelope: The first Awards ceremony takes place

1949

A Proud British Tradition: Documentary recognised at very first Film Awards

1949

Sitting Pretty: Henry Moore designs first trophy

1953

Spotlight On New Talent: Most Promising Newcomer introduced

1953

Class Act: Performance categories introduced

1954

TV Personalities: Homegrown entertainers recognised

1955

New Moves: Animation gets its own award

1955

The Write Stuff: Screenwriting categories created

1955

Female Firsts: Women making BAFTA history

1958

Switched On: Television joins the fold

1959

Stepping Out: Awards introduce a dinner and dance

1964

Shine a Light: Film Awards introduce craft categories

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1965

Tailor Made: Costume Design category introduced

1968

Introducing Stella: New Trophy Design

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1969

One Vision: Film direction gets its own category

1969

In Tune: Anthony Asquith Award introduced

1969

Shake Up: Film Categories Go International

1970

In Bloom: First categories for Children’s TV

The Sooty Show

1971

The Fellowship: BAFTA’s top prize

1971

Record Breaker: Butch Cassidy Claims Biggest Win

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1973

Funny Business: TV Sitcom category introduced

1976

Royal Opening: 195 Piccadilly and the birth of ‘BAFTA’

BAFTA Archive

1976

A New Face: The BAFTA mask

1978

Time to Shine: Television Craft gets its own ceremony

1983

Movie Magic: Effects wizardry recognised

1983

World View: New category for foreign language films

1984

Branching Out: BAFTA puts roots down at home and abroad

1986

Breaking News: BAFTA responds to rise in news programming

1986

On a Mission: BAFTA Scotland Inaugurated

1988

High Praise: Dirk Bogarde receives first BAFTA Tribute

1989

Martini Time: Bond Producer Wins First Britannia Award

1991

Flying the Flag: Royals Support BAFTA in US

BAFTA

1993

Welcome Back: British Film category returns

1996

Young Love: Children's Awards Go Solo

1998

Roll Out: Red Carpet Becomes Permanent Fixture

1999

Outstanding Debut Film: That all important first feature...

1999

Cleaning Up: Soap Opera category introduced

2001

Forward Thinking: Film Awards move to February

2001

Lean On: First David Lean Lecture takes place

2004

Game On: BAFTA recognises the art of game-making

2006

Children's Awards: Reflecting a changing industry

2007

Podium Play: Annual Games Lecture introduced

BAFTA/Ken McKay

2007

Diamond Night: BAFTA Celebrates 60 Years

2010

Playing Up: Young Game Designers Launch

2011

Royal Turnout: Brits to Watch event takes place in LA

2011

Meet Albert: BAFTA Lead Carbon Calculator Consortium

Some of the inaugural Breakthrough Brits 2013

2013

Big Break: Launch of Breakthrough Brits initiative

2013

Home Grown: British Game category introduced

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2013

Look East: BAFTA Launches in Asia With Eddie Redmayne

2014

Early Rise: Cherry Campbell becomes youngest ever BAFTA winner

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2018

Time's Up: Women call for change at the Film Awards

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