After being announced just this past August, BAFTA North America has announced that its inaugural BAFTA Honours, originally scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 2 in Los Angeles, California, has been postponed to sometime in fall 2026. The awards will honor one winner per category across the TV, film, and video game industries. No specific reason for the shift was provided. Variety first reported the news.
“BAFTA North America is postponing its inaugural BAFTA Honours to fall 2026,” BAFTA North America said in a statement shared with IndieWire. “Further details, including the date, location and honourees, will be shared in the coming months. We are excited to bring BAFTA Honours to Los Angeles next year and present the iconic BAFTA mask to three distinguished individuals across Film, TV, and Games.”
As IndieWire’s Marcus Jones reported in August, “Officially, the Honours are described as the first event of its kind in the United States, providing a new series of special awards across film, games, and television to recognize individuals and organizations that have had significant and positive impact on the sector.”
He continued, “The event will bestow the iconic BAFTA mask upon three distinguished honorees, marking only the sixth time that the BAFTA mask is awarded in the U.S., marking a significant milestone for BAFTA North America. IndieWire has confirmed that this news comes with final notice that BAFTA’s previous special awards ceremony in North America, the Britannia Awards, has officially come to an end.”
BAFTA special awards are a gift of the BAFTA Academy. Per BAFTA brass, the Honours represents a new chapter “that reflects the organization’s ongoing commitment to celebrating global excellence in film, games, and television, and to deepening engagement with the creative communities across North America.” With these awards, BAFTA also reasserts its interest in awarding video games and their creators, still a rarity in the usual awards space.
With this shift, the upcoming BAFTA-centric awards schedule is as follows:
BAFTA Tea Party – January 10, 2026 / Los Angeles
EE BAFTA Film Awards – February 22, 2026 / London
BAFTA Games Awards – April 17, 2026 / London
BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises – May 10, 2026 / London
BAFTA Student Awards – Spring 2026 / Los Angeles
BAFTA TV Tea Party – Fall 2026 / Los Angeles
BAFTA New York Tea Party – Fall 2026 / New York
BAFTA Honours – Fall 2026 / Los Angeles
