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Summary The Harry Potter movies will receive a BAFTA award, Britain's highest cinema accolade, for their contribution to cinema.
The award will be presented at the main BAFTA prize ceremony in London to Harry Potter author J K Rowling and the producer of the film adaptations, David Heyman. While the wildly popular films have been nominated for several Oscars in technical or musical fields, they have yet to scoop a statuette and have been virtually ignored in major categories like acting and directing. We do not make films for the critical legacy, actually. The most important thing is that the audiences enjoy them and so far they seem to have enjoyed them. The fact that we get awards like the Michael Balcon (BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema) Award is a huge honour and something that every member of the cast and the crew will treasure, but that is really the icing on the cake.
