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Causes: Arts & Culture, Film & Video
Mission: The british academy of film and television arts/los angeles is a membership academy organized under the california nonprofit benefit corporation law for public and charitable purposes. The specific purposes for which bafta/la is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries; to create and maintain a high standard of membership qualification; to preserve the heritage of the u. K. Film, television, and allied industries; to encourage and promote research in the arts, sciences and techniques of film and television production and allied industries; and to that end to offer screenings, events, meetings, newsletters, lectures, seminars, and workshops, to cooperate with educational authorities and organizations to procure the better appreciation and understanding of film and television, to encourage the educational aspects of film and television and to encourage
Programs: The britannia awards represent the highest accolade presented by bafta los angeles, and is a celebration of achievement honoring individuals and companies from the us, uk and beyond who have dedicated their careers or corporate missions to advancing the art-forms of the moving image. The 25th annual awards are presented at the britannia awards gala dinner, where peers and colleagues celebrate the work and accomplishments of the distinguished honorees and gather to celebrate the fruitful relationship between the uk and us industries.
beginning in 2003, bafta los angeles hosts two annual tea parties to promote an understanding and appreciation of film and television. The awards season tea party welcomes awards season nominees, members and guests for an elegant gathering to recognize the year's very best filmmaking talent. Held on the saturday afternoon prior to the primetime emmy awards, the tv tea party honors excellence in television as well as the year's television nominees and winners.
the 28th annual garden party is a bafta los angeles membership event held at the residence of the british consul general to celebrate the year's achievements and offer members a chance to gather with their friends, peers and colleagues.