How the 2025 EE BAFTA stage design used thread and light to craft dramatic scenography

Returning to design the stage for the EE BAFTA Film Awards for the second year in a row, Yellow Studio created an installation of minimal materiality and lighting as the main scenographic element. - BAFTA

During the 2025 ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London, celebrities descended a stage that sought to honour the art of cinema. - BAFTA

Several clusters of thread were suspended from the stage rafters, terminating atop black rectangular platforms, which surrounded a slightly off-centre BAFTA golden mask sculpture. - Getty Images

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Location

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX, UK

Set Design

Yellow Studio

Client

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Designed in reference to the art of film, an installation made from simple materials and light set the stage for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.

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Returning to design the stage

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