BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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(BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.
[About BAFTA Cymru]
British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
The British Academy Cymru Awards were established in 1991, with the first annual
awards ceremony held on 30 November 1991. The annual ceremony takes place in
Cardiff
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to recognise achievement in production, performance and craft categories in Welsh-made
film
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s and
television programmes and by those of Welsh birth or residence. These are separate from the UK-wide
British Academy Television Awards and
British Academy Film Awards, although films and programmes recognised by BAFTA Cymru may also feature at BAFTA's national awards.
Categories
* Television Drama (sponsored by Bad Wolf)
* Factual Series
* Entertainment Programme (sponsored by University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
* News and Current Affairs (sponsored by Working Word)
* Children's Programme (sponsored by FOR Cardiff)
* Single Documentary (sponsored by Aberystwyth University)
* Short Film (sponsored by University of South Wales)
* Game (sponsored by Games Design at Glyndŵr University)
* Presenter (sponsored by Deloitte)
* Director: Fiction (sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)
* Writer (sponsored by The Social Club. Agency)
* Editing (sponsored by Gorilla)
* Actor (sponsored by AUDI)
* Actress (sponsored by Waterstone Homes)
* Photography Factual (sponsored by Genero)
* Photography and Lighting (sponsored by ELP)
* Sound (sponsored by AB Acoustics)
* Original Music (sponsored by Yr Egin)
* Costume Design (sponsored by DRESD)
* Siân Phillips Award (sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group)
* Outstanding Contribution to Television
References
External links
British Academy Cymru Awards(BAFTA official website)
BAFTA official website
Organizations established in 1987
1987 establishments in Wales
Television in Wales
Cinema of Wales
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Welsh awards
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