David Hare, writer, director, and man behind the recent big screen adaptations of The Hours and The Reader has shared his thoughts on what makes a successful film.

Kathleen Kennedy might be Hollywood’s most powerful woman, but she’s still a little unused to the spotlight. For years, she’s served comfortably as a puppeteer – an invisible hand pulling at the strings. Now it’s Kennedy’s moment to step out of the shadows. As president of Lucasfilm, she’s the person behind a new generation of Star Wars films, television shows, books and games. “I am much more comfortable behind the camera,” she jokes. “But I like being a role model…

Sinners Ryan Coogler delivers the BAFTA 2022 David Lean Lecture, talking about how identity, community, ritual, fear and time shaped his career as a filmmaker.

Famed for her direct, comionate and fearless journalistic skills, our 2025 Television Fellowship recipient certainly makes for an intimidating interviewee.

The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin shares what he knows about a potential (or not) Last of Us Part III, working with Neil Druckmann to best adapt the Naughty Dog game series and what influenced the creation of the show.

The 2016 BAFTA Television Fellowship was awarded to one of the country’s best comedy writing teams, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The duo invented the modern television situation comedy genre with Hancock’s Half Hour and then perfected it with Steptoe and Son.

Jo from Hampshire, Lee from Bridlington, Jas and Saman from Walsall, and North Wales’ Alan Bates: these are five of the human faces that took on the British Post Office after being wrongly prosecuted for fraud due to a faulty computer system.

Walking out on to her winter wonderland stage, Lone Scherfig opened her David Lean Lecture with an excerpt of the ‘ice palace’ scene from Dr Zhivago (1965). A fitting tribute to both the set she had conjured up for her lecture and her love of filmmaking.

Celebrated for its commitment to nurturing new behind-the-camera talent, EastEnders’ has received a BAFTA Special Award. The award recognises the sheer social impact of one of the most-watched genres of the small screen: the continuing drama, or the Great British soap.