Key Highlights
- “I’m so thrilled not just for myself but for everyone who has worked with me throughout my career and for those who continue to support the mission to welcome audiences into local cinemas across the UK, who are just getting on with the job of giving film the home it deserves.” Related Stories News Chase Infiniti, Miles Caton & Archie Madekwe Among BAFTA Rising Star Award Nominees News BAFTA Longlists Snubs & Surprises: 'Wallis Island' & 'I Swear' Soar But 'After The Hunt', 'Ann Lee', Clooney, Dwayne Johnson & Guillermo Del Toro Miss Out Binns began her career as a cinema usher in the early 1980s.
- Working her way up to projectionist and then manager at the Ritzy cinema in London, she went on to operate a network of UK cinemas under Zoo Cinemas before joining Picturehouse in 2003.
- Watch on Deadline Previous Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recipients, first awarded in 1979, include MediCinema, Andy Serkis, June Givanni, Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlson, the National Film and Television School, Curzon, Angels Costumes and BBC Films.
- The 2026 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will be hosted by Alan Cumming on 22 February.
- The BAFTA longlists were published last week.
