Plot Synopsis

Each year since 1948, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has recognized the best films, as well as performances, writing and directing in movies. Formed on April 16, 1947, the British Film Academy aimed to "recognise those who had contributed outstanding creative work towards the advancement of British film." Eleven years later, the British Film Academy merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television Arts. The first Fellowship was presented to Alfred Hitchcock by BAFTA President HRH Princess Anne in 1971. In 1976, the Society became known as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1998, the film and television awards were divided into separate events, with the film awards held each February and television productions honored every May. Immediately after the split, the awards were called the ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS and kept that title until the event was renamed the EE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS in 2013.
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The 2024 awards, hosted for the first time by David Tennant, were held on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, with BritBox presenting the U.S. broadcast live at 2pm ET/11am PT. Scheduled presenters include: Adjoa Andoh, Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Callum Turner, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, David Beckham, Deepika Padukone, Dua Lipa, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Himesh Patel, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, James Martin, Jack O'Connell, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim, Taylor Russell.

This year's BAFTA Fellowship will be presented to award-winning British actor, writer and director Samantha Morton. It is the arts charity's highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television.

BAFTA's Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema will be presented to June Givanni, the pioneering film curator, writer and programmer of African and African diaspora cinema, and founder of The June Givanni PanAfrican Archive. As previously announced here.

British actress and television star Hannah Waddingham will deliver an exclusive music performance, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor will also perform her iconic hit, "Murder on the Dancefloor."