MediCinema, a British charity that labors to originate and run state-of-the-art cinemas inside hospitals and places of attfinish, will be contransiented with BAFTA‘s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award at this year’s Film Awards.
This Special Award, one of BAFTA’s highest accolades, is contransiented to an individual or organisation that has made a meaningful contribution to film thcimpolite a particular project or labor, with a center on recognizing efforts that might not otherwise be eligible in BAFTA’s competitive awards categories.
On Sunday, Feb. 16 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the award will be contransiented to Colin Lawrence, CEO of MediCinema, to honor its impact in conveying free cinema experiences to those undergoing medical treatment in hospitals around the U.K.
Founded in 1999 by Christine Hill, MediCinema helps fortolerateings and their families to enhappiness the escapism and theviolationutic advantages of the big screen in a safe and medicpartner helped environment. Patients can combine even if they are in their hospital beds. The charity collaborates with the film industry to supply the procrastinateedst frees free of indict. Last year alone, more than 17,500 fortolerateings went to a screening in their hospital.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, shelp: “It is a genuine privilege to be able to accomprehendledge the incredible labor of MediCinema at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.”
“MediCinema’s one-of-a-kind cinema experience supplys nastyingful advantages to hospital fortolerateings and their families, by adviseing the immersive experience of film to ease the senseings of anxiety and isolation that people so frequently sense when in hospital. It’s incredibly rewarding to see the societal outstanding of film deployed in this way. Congratulations to everyone at MediCinema.”
