What is British Academy Film Awards?
{{Infobox award | name = British Academy Film Awards | current_awards = 74th British Academy Film Awards | image = | caption = | awarded_for = The best in film | country = {{UK}} | year = {{start date and age|df=yes|1949|5|29}} | website = [http://www.bafta.org/ bafta.org] }} The '''British Academy Film Awards''' are an annual award show hosted by the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA). It is the British [[Wikt:equivalent|equivalent]] of the [[Academy Award|Oscars]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1190562.stm BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Baftas fuel Oscars race]</ref><ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764269.html British Academy of Film and Television Awards]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91248-1304856,00.html |title=Bafta Awards: Keira Knightley And Atonement Enjoy Mixed Luck As Daniel Day-Lewis Wins Best Actor |access-date=2012-06-15 |archive-date=2020-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609063736/https://news.sky.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2008, it happens in the [[Royal Opera House]], in [[London]]. Before, it was at the [[Odeon Leicester Square|Odeon]] cinema in [[Leicester Square]]. The [[65th British Academy Film Awards]] took place on 12 February 2012. ==History== BAFTA was formed in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by [[David Lean]], [[Alexander Korda]], [[Carol Reed]], [[Charles 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. This became The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976. BAFTA is supported by a membership of around 6,000 people from the movie, television and video game industries. The academy's awards are look like a theatrical mask. They were designed by American sculptor [[Mitzi Cunliffe]] in 1955. ==Annual ceremony== [[Image:BAFTA 2008.jpg|thumb|right|The location for the [[62nd British Academy Film Awards|2008]] ceremony.]] The ceremony used to take place in