A STATEMENT ON BAFTA AND NOEL CLARKE.”As the result of a newspaper report which documented the recent conduct of one of our partner organisations and the alleged historic conduct of a previous winner of a BUFF award, senior management at The British Urban Film Festival met late last night to discuss what action to take as a result of these revelations.
Consequently, we have taken the decision to revoke our status as a BAFTA qualifying film festival with immediate effect.
Furthermore, our founder Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe and managing director Clare Anyiam-Osigwe will revoke their BAFTA voting memberships – also with immediate effect.
BUFF will also strip Noel Clarke of the honorary award he received in 2019 – with immediate effect.”