BAFTA Interactive Awards

The BAFTA Interactive Awards and BAFTA Games Awards were created in 2003 by splitting the original BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards into two separate ceremonies.[1]

BAFTA Interactive Awards
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
First awarded2003
Last awarded2004
WebsiteOfficial website
RelatedBAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards and BAFTA Games Awards

While the previous ceremonies had been annually hosted each October since 1998, the 2003 Interactive Awards weren't held until 19 February of the following year,[2] while the 2004 event took place on 2 March 2005.[3]

In March 2006, BAFTA issued a press release announcing that "Video Games are as Important as Film and Television", and reinstated the Games Awards to the traditional October slot.[4] No mention of Interactive Awards was made, and all traces of the ceremony vanished shortly afterwards when BAFTA's website was reorganised, making it the shortest running event in BAFTA's history.[5]

Ceremonies

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Year Date Venue Host Ref(s)
2003 19 February 2004 London Un­known
2004 2 March 2005 Café Royal, London

Children's Learning

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2004 : Headline History
2003 : (not awarded)

Design

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2004 : Alexander McQueen Website
2003 : Greenwich Millennium Village
2004 : The Chaplin Collection
2003 : Lion King - Special Edition DVD

Factual

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2004 : Stagework
2003 : (two awards - Online & Offline)

Film/TV website

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2004 : Trauma
2003 : Starfinder

Interactive Arts

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2004 : Frequency and Volume
2003 : Alleph.net

Interactive Arts Installation

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2004 : (not awarded)
2003 : The House of Osama Bin Laden

Interactive TV

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2004 : Spooks Interactive
2003 : V:MX

Music

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2004 : SSEYO miniMIXA
2003 : (not awarded)

New Talent Award

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2004 : Dan Jones
2003 : (not awarded)

News & Sport

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2004 : England's Exit From Euro 2004
2003 : (not awarded)

Offline Factual

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2004 : (single Factual award)
2003 : DNA Interactive DVD

Offline Learning

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2004 : (combined with Online Learning)
2003 : Knowledge Box

Online Entertainment

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2004 : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adventure Game - 20th Anniversary Edition
2003 : Celebdaq

Online Factual

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2004 : (single Factual award)
2003 : Tate Online

Online Learning

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2004 : Stagework
2003 : Bodysong

Technical Innovation

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2004 : Careers Wales Online
2003 : The Darkhouse

References

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  1. ^ Multimedia's best in Bafta battle - BBC News announces BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award split; 1 December 2003.
  2. ^ BBC's Celebdaq wins Bafta award - BBC News lists 2003 winners; 20 February 2004.
  3. ^ BBC leads interactive Bafta wins - BBC News lists 2004 winners; 2 March 2005.
  4. ^ Video Games Awards become BAFTA's 'third arm' Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - BAFTA official press release (pdf).
  5. ^ Winners & Nominees - Archive of 2004 BAFTA Interactive Awards.
  6. ^ "Tate Online wins BAFTA Award for UK's Best Factual Website – Press Release". Tate. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ^ "BBC wins interactive Baftas". www.bbc.co.uk. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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