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Welcome

Stepping up to the podium to collect a BAFTA can be the pinnacle of one’s career; a golden moment of recognition by your peers. Of all the elements that might help you reach the BAFTA podium – hard work, perseverance, dedication – the most important element is, quite simply: talent.

Talent is what drives our Academy. Our membership is built on it. Our Awards recognise it. Our events utilise it. It’s not just about established practitioners however; we spend a lot of time nurturing and championing new talent too.

Whether a games design workshop, a cinematography masterclass or a pitching event, we give aspiring practitioners inspiration, advice and access all year-round.

Our inaugural Brits to Watch event last July shone a global spotlight on our support of new talent. We gathered 42 of Britain’s most promising emerging talent in Los Angeles where Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with some of the biggest names in the film, television and games industries, enjoyed a showcase of their work.

Our commitment to helping future BAFTA winners forge a path to the podium runs throughout this Review of the Year timeline. We hope you enjoy scrolling through our many highlights.

Download the Annual Report & Accounts 2011

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Tim Corrie – Academy Chairman
Amanda Berry OBE – Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Price – Chief Operating Officer

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Officers & Staff

Officers of the Academy

HRH The Duke of
Cambridge, KG
Academy President

Duncan Kenworthy OBE
Academy Vice-President

Sophie Turner Laing
Academy Vice-President
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Board of Trustees

Tim Corrie
Chairman of the Academy

John Willis
Deputy Chairman of the Academy

Pippa Harris
Deputy Chairman, Film Committee

Jane Lush
Deputy Chairman, Television
Committee

Ray Maguire
Chairman, Video Games Committee

Anne Morrison
Chairman, Learning and Events
Committee

Andrew Newman
Chairman, Television Committee

Nik Powell
Chairman, Film Committee

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Michael Harris
Chairman, Finance and Audit
Committee

Stephen Heppell
Co-opted Board member

Medwyn Jones
Chairman, Commercial Committee

Sir Alan Parker CBE
Co-opted Board member —

Amanda Berry OBE
Chief Executive

Kevin Price
Chief Operating Officer

 

Committees

Elected Members of the Film
Committee

Nik Powell
Chairman

Pippa Harris
Deputy Chairman
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David Arnold
Rosa Bosch
Jeremy Brock
Lisa Bryer
Andrew Curtis
Justin Johnson
Maggie Rodford
Kenith Trodd

Elected Members of the Television Committee

Andrew Newman
Chairman

Jane Lush
Deputy Chairman —
Foz Allan
Neil Grant
Lynn Horsford
Krishnendu Majumdar
Anne Morrison
Elaine Pyke
Julian Scott
André Singer

Elected Members of the Video Games Committee

Ray Maguire
Chairman
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Harvey Elliott
Ian Livingstone OBE
Johnny Minkley
Andy Nuttall

 

Academy Staff 2011/2012

Yemi Adenle
Niyi Akeju
Anna Allalouf
Stuart Allison
Sue Atkinson
Giles Barnett
Ronald Beentjes
Graham Bowen
Jim Bradshaw
Selina Brathwaite
Clare Brown
Terry Buegg
Katie Campbell
Julia Carruthers
Nia Childs
Laura Curtis (Wales)
Thea Cole
Alex Cook
Dan Cook
Tom Coope
Joseph Cunningham
Agnes Dabrowska
Janette Dalley
Wayne Davies
Doreen Dean MBE
Sophie Deveson
Allison Dowzell (Wales)
Amy Elton
Damien English
Karen Eyo
Sam Ferguson (Scotland)
Luke Fox
Anne Freeman
Marya Goga

Chloe Graham
Dave Green
Donald Haber (LA)
Jill Hawkins (New York)
Esther Hegarty
Susan Holding
Jaine Holford
Amy Hounsell
Tim Hunter
Cassandra Hybel
Stroma Inglis
Pippa Irvine
Lois Jones (Wales)
Rob Jones
Mariayah Kaderbhai
Kam Kandola
Lisa Kay
Helen Kierney
Helen Kirwan
Amanda Linton
David Lortal
Fiona Lynch (Wales)
Jude MacLaverty (Scotland)
John Maloney
Angus Martin
Rosemary Mathurin
Fiona Maxwell
David Mayes
Charlie Morton
Natalie Moss
Hope Mutongwizo
Sofia Nasiruddin
Yolanda Neri
Lisa Nesbitt (Wales)
Steve Noble
Clare Norton-Smith

Rob Nossiter
Hilary O’Connor (New York)
Andrew Overin
Rubina Pabani
Sital Patel
Emily Payne
Lisa Prime
Lisa Rasch
Helen Raddon
Oliver Ray
Christine Robertson
Katherine Robertson (LA)
Louise Robertson
Penelope Sharp
Sunita Shroff
Genevieve Smith
Karena Smith
Kelly Smith
Kemuel Solomon
Eileen Soutter
Andy Stephens
Christina Thomas (New York)
Ciaran Toner (LA)
Adam Tuck
Tricia Tuttle
Nina Voelker
Helen Wadsworth
Susan Wagner (New York)
Lottie Wake
Deena Wallace
Wayne Watkins (LA)
Nick Williams
Matthew Wiseman (LA)
Elise Wouters
Felicity Wright

195 Piccadilly

Daniel Baise
Semir Berbiche
Jenny Bones
Marzena Czarnecka
Sidiki Diarrassouba
Driss Djillali
Przemek Dobry
Piotr Fabian
Rick Gustaffson
Patryk Jankowski
Perry Jones
Vladimiras Kiskel
Sophie Klein
Wieslaw Klimek
Monika Kuszneruk
Kamel Lakhdari
Sean Lawson
Graham Lloyd-Bennett
Max Makar
Anton Manganaro
Ali Mazri
Michael McDaid
Theresa McInerney
Jakub Nowacki
Nick Parry
Siôn Parry
Agnieszka Przybylo
Bogdan Starzec
Janusz Starzec
Prawesh Subba
Mantas Trasauskas
Maciek Wasik

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The BAFTA Group

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

BAFTA is a charity whose vision is to support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public.

As a charitable organisation, giving our members, the industry and the public the opportunity to learn first-hand from leading practitioners in the Film, Television and Video Games industries, via our year-round Learning & Events programme, is one of our key activities.

Amongst our other activities are our annual Awards ceremonies, held in the UK, which set the gold standard for industry practitioners everywhere.

We have branches in Los Angeles, New York, Scotland and Wales, who all work together under a unified structure and common mission statement. BAFTA has approximately 6,500 members worldwide.

BAFTA Management Limited

BML is BAFTA's trading company whose purpose is to exploit the commercial opportunities arising from the charity’s brand and status. Its main activities are individual and corporate membership services, hire and running of 195 Piccadilly, publishing and management of corporate relations.

Company Details

Registered Office and Principal Address

British Academy of Film and Television Arts
195 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LN

Tel: 020 7734 0022
Fax: 020 7292 5868
www.bafta.org

Company Secretary

Kevin Price

Bankers

Natwest Bank plc
1 Princes Street
London
EC2R 8PA

Solicitors

Farrer & Co
66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3LH

Berwin Leighton Paisner
Adelaide House
London Bridge
London
EC4R 9HA

Harbottle & Lewis LLP
14 Hanover Square
London W1S 1HP

Auditors

Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8EH

Review of the Year team

Editor: Christine Robertson
Editorial Coordinator: Nick Williams
Design: Magpie Studio
BAFTA Online Editor: Pippa Irvine
Team Assistants: Joe Cunningham,
John Maloney

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Sponsors & Donors

With thanks to the following for their generous support throughout the year:

Alpha Grip
Arqiva
Asprey
Audi
Barco
Boothnation
Brightcove
British Airways
Carat*
CBS Outdoor
Champagne Taittinger
Channel Four
Charles Worthington
Cineworld
Corinthia
Coutts
CTV
Deutsche Bank
Deloitte
Disaronno
Dolby
Escada
Evian and Badoit
GAME

Gordon Audio Visual
Hackett
House of Fraser
IGN
Hotcam
Hotel Chocolat
Howard Smith Paper Group
Kodak
Lancôme
M.A.C Cosmetics
Maglabs
Mark Hill
Max Bourne
Orange
ProductionBase
Royal Bank of Scotland
Sara Putt Associates
Sargent Disc
Sony
St Tropez
TCM
The Farm
The Savoy
Vedett
Villa Maria
YouTube

Gift Partners

Accessorize
Anya Hindmarch
Chapter Hotels
CocoRose
Løv Organic
Max Benjamin
Timothy Han
Sydney

Other Supporters & Academy Circle

Mubarak Al-Thani
Mohamed Amersi
Sophia Arnold
David Arnold
Isabel Bird
Kelly Ashton Barel di Sant Albano
Nathan Brown
Kevin & Alisa Burke
Christine Craven Walker
David Lean Foundation
Martin Edmondson
Lara Fares
FILMCLUB
First Light
Daniel Friel
The Galashan Trust

Evelina Girling
Kate Groes
The Hobson Charity
The JJ Charitable Trust
Lucy Guard
Vivake Gupta
Ben Johnson
Karen Joss
Seong-Han Kim
MEDIA
NESTA
Lee Portnoi
PRS For Music
Roland Rudd
Todd Ruppert
Chris Shearsby
Skillset
David Taylor
Technology Strategy Board
Barry Townsley
UKIE
Ben Wilkinson
Neela Wilkinson
Hilary Williams
Chris Wronski
Anonymous (3)

BAFTA in Los Angeles

American Airlines
Audi
BBC America
Best Practices Laboratory
British Airways
Escada
A Foundation For Kids
Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Hollywood Outdoor Movies
The Hollywood Reporter
Laser Pacific
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London
Midnight Express
One Hope Wine
The Patron Spirits Company
Pelican
Screen International
Technology Dynamix
Variety
WA Communications
Wexler Video

BAFTA in New York

BBC Worldwide
HBO
Kodak
Schweppes
Screenvision
Sony
Visit Britain

BAFTA in Scotland

Adam & Company
Arran Aromatics
Arts & Business Scotland
Audi
BBC Scotland
Boothnation
Channel 4
Cineworld
Creative Scotland
Cusquena
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edit 123
The Famous Grouse
Film Bang
Glasgow Film Theatre
Grosvenor Cinema
The Herald / Sunday Herald
Hotel Chocolat
Incentive Media
Inverarity One to One
Johnstons of Elgin
Mackendrick Film Fund;
    Aegis Film Fund and Prescience
Material UK
Metro Ecosse
MG ALBA
PRS for Music
Red Bull
Rekorderlig
Saint
Scott + Co
Sound Acoustics
Stv
Wire Media

BAFTA in Wales

Aberystwyth Art Centre
BBC Cymru Wales
Broadcast
Cardiff & Co
Cardiff Council/Gyngor Caerdydd
Chapter
Cineworld
Creative BusinessWales/Busnes
    Creadigol Cymru
Ethos Creative
ITVWales
Mercure
National Screen and Sound Archive
    of Wales
NEP Cymru
S4C
Screen International
Town & Country Hotels

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Video Highlights

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Key Performance Indicators

Number of events staged

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
218 241 240 237 250
Our objectives
  • – To maintain activity across our UK-wide events programme;
  • – To continue to reach audiences in the regions, as well as London;
  • – To maintain the split across the number of Film, Television and Video Games events produced.
What we achieved
  • – There was a slight decrease of 2% in the number of events produced due to the withdrawal of funding for Regional Screen Agency partners;
  • – Events in the regions still accounted for 36% of our programme, despite the RSA funding issues;
  • – The number of London events increased by 9% due to more creative use of 195 and new relationships with external venues;
  • – Each of our audiences were equally catered for through an even split of Film, Television and Video Games events.

Number of unique visitors to BAFTA websites

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
1,090,298 1,609,941 2,000,000 2,239,112 2,500,000
Our objectives
  • – To raise awareness of BAFTA’s activity, particularly in L&E;
  • – To engage with different audiences through the launch of new sites BAFTA Young Game Designers and BAFTA Guru, plus the re-purposing of the BAFTA Kids Vote site to be a year-round destination.
What we achieved
  • – We increased our unique visitors to BAFTA’s sites by an impressive 39%, largely due to the launch of Guru, BYGD and the repurposed Kids Vote site;
  • – Unique visitors to bafta.org increased by 8% to 1,746,578;
  • – The launch of BAFTA Guru (aimed at career starters of 19 years +) in November generated 32,685 unique visitors by 31 Dec;
  • – The Kids Vote site (aimed at 7-14 year olds) attracted 437,934 unique visitors whilst the new BAFTA Young Game Designers site (aimed at 11-16 year old gamers) attracted 21,915 unique visits.

Number of young people reached through our competitions and initiatives

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
426,320 401,056 500,000 460,099 600,000
Our objectives
  • – To engage with 11-16-year-old gamers through the BAFTA Young Game Designers competition and new site;
  • – To engage with a 7-14 year-old audience year-round through the repurposing of the Kids’ Vote site.
What we achieved
  • – The BAFTA Young Game Designers site (aimed at 11-16 year-olds) attracted nearly 22,000 unique visitors, whilst around 700 people in the competition;
  • – The repurposed Kids’ Vote site attracted 437,934 unique visitors. Of that number, 91% of visitors voted;
  • – We still enjoyed a 15% increase in audience reach despite not meeting the target – attributed to the June and October launches of the Young Game Designers and Kids’ Vote sites respectively.

Number of partner institutions

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
106 188 150 92 100
Our objectives
  • – To work strategically with partners to increase audiences.
What we achieved
  • – We rationalised partnerships to work with fewer, more strategically useful partners which accounted for the decrease;
  • – Our events partners included the BBC, BFI, ICA and the Edinburgh Film and Television Festivals.

Number of people who attended our events

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
31,800 30,124 33,000 29,770 35,000
Our objectives
  • – To maintain audiences and widen reach across screenings and live events.
What we achieved
  • – There was a marginal decrease of 1% in our attendance figures, consistent with the slight decrease in events staged (including the cancellation of an event at Brighton Festival).

Number of screenings held

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
257 231 225 228 225
Our objectives
  • – To maintain attendance at over 45% capacity;
  • – To continue to offer a distinctive screenings programme.
What we achieved
  • – Average screening attendance was maintained at 46%;
  • – The variety of programmed films remained constant across foreign language, British/US live action and animated features;
  • – We hosted 35 post-screening Q&As with cast and crew, giving members the opportunity to learn more about the films.

Total viewers reached by all our television broadcasts

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
9.9m 8.4m 9m 11.5m 310m
Our objectives
  • – To deliver two Awards broadcasts, taking greater control of each.
What we achieved
  • – In the UK, our Film Awards broadcast attracted a peak of 5.8m viewers, our biggest audience since 2004;
  • – Our Television Awards broadcast attracted a peak UK audience of 5.7m, our biggest since 2008.

Total income from the BAFTA Group

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
£9,237k £10,167k £9,600k £12,113k* £10,000

Total charitable expenditure

2009 2010 2011 target 2011 actual 2012 target
£4,571k £4,759k £4,700k £5,329k £4,800k

*On 30 June 2011, the David Lean BAFTA Foundation was merged with BAFTA, giving rise to an exceptional donation to the Charity of £1,259,619.

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