The British Academy has set the date for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. It will take place on Sunday, February 16. The event is scheduled two weeks before the Oscars, which are on March 2, 2025. The BAFTAs will coincide with the Berlinale film festival, running from February 13-23, so many industry experts might be traveling to London for the awards.
Details about the rules and timeline for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will be shared later. The selection process includes three stages: longlisting, nominations, and choosing winners, with over 7,800 members of the film industry participating in the voting.
The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards saw Oppenheimer win several top prizes. The show attracted three million viewers in the U.K. and 3.8 million at its peak, marking the highest numbers since 2020. There were also 20.6 million views of the highlights on BAFTA’s social media.
At this year’s Cannes Classics, a newly restored version of the 1927 film Napoleon by Abel Gance will be showcased. This restoration was a 16-year project led by the Cinémathèque française and supported by various archives across Europe and the U.S. The first part of this seven-hour film will be presented, running for 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Gurinder Chadha is directing a new Christmas movie called Christmas Karma, a modern Bollywood musical based in London and inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
The film stars Kunal Nayyar as Scrooge, with other cast members including Eva Longoria and Boy George. Music for the film is by Gary Barlow, Shaznay Lewis, and Nitin Sawhney. The movie will be released in the U.K. by True Brit Entertainment and is co-financed by Civic Studios.
Chadha aims to create a new holiday classic that will resonate with audiences much like the beloved film It’s a Wonderful Life, drawing from Dickens’ profound themes on humanity. Source
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