BAFTA brings back documentary award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has added a new category to the British Academy Film Awards to recognise documentary feature films.
The new category will be called Documentary. A theatrical documentary award was presented by the Academy between 1948 and 1990. Documentaries have continued to win BAFTAs since then and have been eligible in all relevant categories. BAFTA’s Film Committee has chosen to re-introduce this category now in recognition of the number of high-quality theatrical documentaries released in cinemas in the UK each year.
Films from all countries will be eligible as long as they have a theatrical release in the UK. The award will only usually be presented if 15 or more films are entered. A specialist Documentary Chapter of BAFTA film voters will vote for a long-list of five films during the Round One vote and then will vote again in Round Two to decide the three nominations. All film voters will choose the winner during Round Three voting.
The awards ceremony is on February 12, 2012.
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