BAFTA/LA is excited to join our Members for an evening of celebration, as we honor the work of our colleagues:
ROBERT DE NIRO
Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film
DANNY BOYLE
John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing
EMILY BLUNT
Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year
COLIN FIRTH
BAFTA/LA Humanitarian Award presented by Volvo
And
KIRK DOUGLAS
Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment
Our Host for the evening will be Stephen Fry.
Presenters include Amy Adams, Benicio Del Toro, Minnie Driver, Ewan McGregor, Dev Patel, Clare Danes, and Ben Stiller.
Individual tickets are available to Members at the special price of $175. Regular ticket prices start at $300, with table, sponsorship, and tribute book
opportunities also available. For ticketing details, please click here.
You may also contact our event coordinators Michael Teta Associates at BAFTA-LA@mtaevents.com or (818) 906-0240.
Kirk Douglas, Robert De Niro, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Danny Boyle have been honoured by Bafta in Los Angeles.
Among the A-list stars in attendance were Amy Adams, Ewan McGregor and Benicio Del Toro who came along to celebrate the 18th Annual
Britannia Awards.
Kirk Douglas received the Britannia Award For Worldwide Contribution To Filmed Entertainment, while Robert De Niro picked up the Stanley
Kubrick Britannia Award For Excellence In Film.
"I'm honoured to be honoured," Robert told reporters on the red carpet.
Colin Firth had to dash across Hollywood, straight from a special screening of his movie A Single Man at the AFI Festival, to
pick up the Bafta/LA Humanitarian Award.
Emily Blunt received the Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year.
"It means a huge amount, I'm very excited and a bit stunned that this is happening," she told reporters.
Danny Boyle received the Britannia Award For Artistic Excellence In Directing. The Oscar winner revealed he was flattered to be honoured
in Hollywood: "This is the centre of the world for the film industry, if there is one, so it's very important that you work hard to make the films
work here."
Hosting the evening was comedian Stephen Fry, who said the LA ceremony was a lot easier than hosting the Baftas in London.
"(In London) as the evening progresses, a larger and larger percentage of the audience gets really annoyed, by the end of the evening
three quarters of the entire room are angry because they got passed over for an award. The beauty of the Britannias is that everyone knows who has won, five
winners -- and it's short."
De Niro, currently starring in comedy drama Everybody's Fine, said he was "happy" to be at the Los Angeles event.
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas was also recognised at the ceremony, receiving a trophy for his worldwide contribution to filmed entertainment.
Other prizes went to director Danny Boyle, actor Colin Firth and actress Emily Blunt.
Boyle, whose film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars earlier this year, said it was "lovely" to receive a directing award named in
honour of late film-maker John Schlesinger.
'Emblematic'
Firth, meanwhile, received a humanitarian award at the ceremony, hosted by the writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry.
Elsewhere Emily Blunt, star of The Young Victoria and upcoming horror remake The Wolfman, said she was "thrilled" to be named
British artist of the year.
"To be honoured with something that's so emblematic of where I'm from is really exciting," said the 26-year-old.
Benicio Del Toro, her co-star in The Wolfman, was at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to see Blunt collect her accolade.
Other celebrities at the event included actress Minnie Driver, Slumdog Millionaire couple Freida Pinto and Dev Patel and Blunt's Sunshine
Cleaning co-star Amy Adams.
Lucy Davis, star of The Office, was also in attendance with her father, the comedian Jasper Carrott.
ladyfourfingers I saw that tweet last night. Bernice! That's
going to make me laugh for awhile. I think she should always call him that. And thanks for all the great pics