Film Curator, Programmer and Archivist June Givanni to Receive BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
variety.comNaman Ramachandran June Givanni, film curator, writer and programmer of African and African diaspora cinema and founder of The June Givanni PanAfrican Archive, will be presented with BAFTA’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award at the BAFTA Film Awards in February.
The award is presented to an individual or organization that has made a significant and inspiring contribution to film through a particular project or work – with focus on recognizing work that might not otherwise be eligible in BAFTA’s competitive awards categories.
The London-based June Givanni PanAfrican Archive is a volunteer-run archive founded by Givanni as part of her wider curatorial work and is dedicated to preserving the history of pan-African and Black British cinema and culture.
It comprises over 10,000 rare and unique artefacts documenting the development of filmmaking across Africa and the African diaspora and has grown to become one of the largest independent archives in the U.K.
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