Join us at BAFTA for the LFA on June 24th

BAFTA – Future-proofing a London Icon

Talk and Q&A with Renato Benedetti

Followed by a screening of Notting Hill in the newly refurbished Princess Anne Theatre

Renato Benedetti, of Benedetti Architects describes their award-winning re-design & expansion of BAFTA’s headquarters, with Q&A, followed by a private screening of much-loved film Notting Hill.

Benedetti has reimagined BAFTA’s iconic listed home to create an inclusive world-class centre of excellence for Film, Games & TV. He’ll explain the ideas behind this ambitious retrofit, integrating state-of-the-art technology and sensitively balancing members’ needs with public access/revenue, ensuring the charity’s long-term social, economic and environmental sustainability.

With finely detailed classic materials, the expansion includes BAFTA’s first Clore learning space and a new top floor by raising/restoring huge Victorian structures/plasterwork lost for 45yrs from the original 1883 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

The talk is followed by Notting Hill. Recently voted Radio 2’s Ultimate Rom-Com; the highest-grossing British film ever, was produced by Duncan Kenworthy who introduced Benedetti to BAFTA. It won the 2000 BAFTA Audience Award for Most Popular Film.

More info about the event HERE