After being introduced simply this previous August, BAFTA North America has introduced that its inaugural BAFTA Honours, initially scheduled to happen on Sunday, November 2 in Los Angeles, California, has been postponed to someday in fall 2026. The awards will honor one winner per class throughout the TV, movie, and online game industries. No particular motive for the shift was supplied. Selection first reported the information.
“BAFTA North America is suspending its inaugural BAFTA Honours to fall 2026,” BAFTA North America stated in an announcement shared with IndieWire. “Additional particulars, together with the date, location and honourees, will likely be shared within the coming months. We’re excited to carry BAFTA Honours to Los Angeles subsequent 12 months and current the long-lasting BAFTA masks to 3 distinguished people throughout Movie, TV, and Video games.”
As IndieWire’s Marcus Jones reported in August, “Formally, the Honours are described as the primary occasion of its variety in america, offering a brand new sequence of particular awards throughout movie, video games, and tv to acknowledge people and organizations which have had vital and optimistic impression on the sector.”
He continued, “The occasion will bestow the long-lasting BAFTA masks upon three distinguished honorees, marking solely the sixth time that the BAFTA masks is awarded within the U.S., marking a big milestone for BAFTA North America. IndieWire has confirmed that this information comes with closing discover that BAFTA’s earlier particular awards ceremony in North America, the Britannia Awards, has formally come to an finish.”
BAFTA particular awards are a present of the BAFTA Academy. Per BAFTA brass, the Honours represents a brand new chapter “that displays the group’s ongoing dedication to celebrating international excellence in movie, video games, and tv, and to deepening engagement with the artistic communities throughout North America.” With these awards, BAFTA additionally reasserts its curiosity in awarding video video games and their creators, nonetheless a rarity within the common awards area.
With this shift, the upcoming BAFTA-centric awards schedule is as follows:
BAFTA Tea Get together – January 10, 2026 / Los Angeles
EE BAFTA Movie Awards – February 22, 2026 / London
BAFTA Video games Awards – April 17, 2026 / London
BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises – Could 10, 2026 / London
BAFTA Pupil Awards – Spring 2026 / Los Angeles
BAFTA TV Tea Get together – Fall 2026 / Los Angeles
BAFTA New York Tea Get together – Fall 2026 / New York
BAFTA Honours – Fall 2026 / Los Angeles
