BAFTA Announces 2025 Film Awards for February 16 in London, Two Weeks Before Oscars

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2025 in London. This date positions the BAFTAs exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars ceremony, which is scheduled for March 2, 2025.

The BAFTA Film Awards, considered one of the most prominent film awards outside the United States, will once again take place during the Berlin Film Festival, which is set to run from February 13-23, 2025. While the specific location for the 2025 BAFTA awards has not been announced yet, the 2024 ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

The 2024 BAFTA awards, which took place three weeks before the Oscars, attracted an average of 3 million viewers nationally on BBC One, with a peak of 3.8 million, the highest viewership since 2020. The awards also garnered 20.6 million video views of ceremony highlights on BAFTA's social media platforms.

Why this matters: The BAFTA Film Awards serve as a major predictor for the Academy Awards, often foreshadowing Oscar winners and snubs. By maintaining its pre-Oscar date, the BAFTAs aim to retain their status as the most prominent international celebration of film.

Voting for the BAFTA Film Awards involves three rounds: longlisting, nominations, and winners, decided by the academy's global voting film membership of over 7,800 industry creatives. The full timeline and eligibility details for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will be released in the coming months.

The 77th BAFTA Awards, held in 2024, accurately predicted the Oppenheimer Oscar sweep, as well as snubs for Martin Scorsese's The Killers of the Flower Moon and Greta Gerwig's Barbie. Oppenheimer and Poor Things emerged as the top honorees at the 2024 BAFTAs.

Key Takeaways

• BAFTA Film Awards 2025 to be held on Feb 16, 2025 in London.
• BAFTA precedes Oscars 2025 by 2 weeks, maintaining pre-Oscar status.
• 2024 BAFTA awards attracted 3 million viewers, highest since 2020.
• BAFTA serves as major Oscar predictor, foreshadowing winners and snubs.
• BAFTA voting involves 3 rounds, decided by 7,800+ industry creatives.