Like its fellow awards-giving organisation Ampas (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has expended considerable energy in recent years in correcting perceived imbalances in the diversity of its nominations and award winners. Hence the consternation Bafta must privately be feeling that no people of colour were voted as winners of its top prizes at the 2023 edition, where German war film All Quiet on the Western Front emerged as the most rewarded, with seven Baftas, including best film and best director.
