BAFTA Awards : 69th British Academy Film Awards

The 69th British Academy Film Awards held on 14 February 2016 in London. It has taken place in Central London at the Royal Opera House. This year the BAFTA awards were conferred for the outstanding performances in films and documentaries screened at British Cinemas in 2015. 

The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). BAFTA was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, CharlesI Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. In 1958, the Academy merged with The Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television, which eventually became The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976. BAFTA is supported by a membership of about 6,000 people from the film, television and video game industries.

The Revenant’ scooped the best film, best actor and best director awards at the 69th edition of the biggest film awards outside the U.S.