BAFTA announces date for 2022 film awards ceremony

The British Academy of Film and Television Awards BAFTA on Monday announced March 13 as the date for its 2022 film awards ceremony which will be broadcast in the UK on BBC OneBafta announced the news on their Twitter handle by tweeting The date is announced for the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards Join us on 13 March 2022 on BBCOne where we will be celebrating the best in filmThe date is announced for the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards Join us on 13 March 2022 on BBCOne where well be celebrating the best in film httpstcomEM72Qfpdlmdash BAFTA BAFTA June 21 2021The awards are the UKs highest film honours and traditionally act as a bellwether to the Oscars which take place shortly after According to Variety next years Academy Awards are set for March 27In 2020 BAFTA undertook a wideranging review and introduced changes for the 2021 film awards as part of an ongoing process of levelling the playing field for all entered films The review came in response to the lack of diversity in the 2020 film awards which included a muchcriticized roster of allwhite acting nominationsKey aspects of the review that will have an ongoing effect on the film awards include membership expanding to target 1000 new members from underrepresented groups over the next several months This process is being overseen by a future membership group of current BAFTA members from a variety of backgroundsIn addition a new longlisting round of voting in all categories was introduced in order to achieve greater diversity in nominations and it became compulsory for all voters chapters and juries to watch all longlisted films before Round 2 voting As per Variety the full timeline and eligibility details for the 2022 film awards will be announced in due courseAlso Read James McAvoy to front pandemic film TogetherThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever