Overview
- BAFTA’s Film Committee declined Netflix’s request to invoke the “exceptional circumstances” clause, confirming the movie cannot compete at the BAFTA Film Awards.
- Eligibility rules require at least 10 commercial U.K. screenings over seven days, while the film’s U.K. showings spanned two days in August with additional Halloween weekend engagements.
- Despite the BAFTA ruling, the title remains in the Oscars race after a June 20–26 qualifying run in Los Angeles County, San Francisco and New York.
- Fans criticized the decision on social media as the film continues to surge culturally, highlighted by three Grammy nominations for its breakout song “Golden.”
- Netflix will pursue BAFTA animated-feature consideration with Alex Woo’s In Your Dreams, and a KPop Demon Hunters sequel is slated for 2029.