Rebecca Wang attended the ceremony in her capacity as a member of the Academy Circle, which constitutes the charitable side of BAFTA. She is strongly committed to a proactive role in enabling, encouraging and supporting all art forms of creative talent across the film industry, and also is a devoted patron of the arts and a committed supporter to a number of significant charities including the Prince of Wales Drawing School, the International
Red Cross, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and amfAR - The American Foundation for AIDS Research.
1. REBECCA WANG SUPPORTS BAFTA AWARDS IN LONDON 2013
Hollywood Producer and Member of the Academy of Circle joined nominees at the Ceremony and
the Awards Dinner
BAFTA’s 66th Annual Awards ceremony took place on Sunday 10th February, at London’s Royal
Opera House. The event hosted by Stephen Fry brought together the film industry’s most
recognised filmmakers, directors, screen- writers and actors. Among the attendees were Ben
Affleck, George Clooney, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ang Lee, Sam
Mendez, Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer Lawrence, Sarah Jessica Parker and Rebecca Wang who
supports the organisation and is also a member of the Academy of Circle. The official awards
dinner and party was held at the Grosvenor House after the ceremony.
Ben Affleck’s suspense thriller ‘Argo’ which is based on the 1979 Iran hostage crisis won Best Film
award and Affleck also celebrated winning Best Director for the same film. Daniel Day-Lewis was
named Best Leading Actor for his role in Spielberg’s historical bio picture ‘Lincoln ‘while
Emmanuelle Riva, the oldest ever nominee at 85, won Best Leading Actress for ‘Amour’. Quentin
Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained‘, an American Western depicting a provocative view of slavery was
named Best Original Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress award
2. went to Anne Hathaway for her role in British musical ‘Les Misérables’ and Christoph Waltz was
awarded Best Supporting Actor for ‘Django Unchained’.
BAFTA-The British Academy of Film and Television Arts- is the overall body of Film and TV
excellence in Great Britain. An independent charity, BAFTA’s aim is to support, develop and
promote the art form of the moving im- age by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring
practitioners, and benefiting the public. The London and US BAFTA Film Awards are the
Academy’s highest film honours, rewarding the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema
screens the preceding year.
In addition to the high profile awards ceremonies held annually in London, Los Angeles and New
York, BAFTA runs a year-round Learning and Events programme aimed at audiences of all ages
and background across the UK and USA. Originally held in April or May, the staging of the
ceremony has been moved to February since 2002 in order for it to precede the Oscars.
Rebecca Wang attended the ceremony in her capacity as a member of the Academy Circle, which
constitutes the charitable side of BAFTA. She is strongly committed to a proactive role in enabling,
encouraging and supporting all art forms of creative talent across the film industry, and also is a
devoted patron of the arts and a committed supporter to a number of significant charities including
the Prince of Wales Drawing School, the International Red Cross, the Elton John AIDS Foundation
and amfAR - The American Foundation for AIDS Research.
