14th November 2025 LONDON: Last night, the 45th annual BASE Awards lit up Camden’s iconic Roundhouse, celebrating another year of success, talent, hard work, and collaboration across the £5.1 billion UK Home Entertainment industry, while also marking the 45th anniversary of the trade association.
Marking a milestone year for the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE), the 2025 Awards brought together over 550 industry colleagues to recognise innovation, commercial impact, and the cultural significance of Home Entertainment. The evening honoured excellence across 30 categories, recognising the campaigns, creative teams, and individuals shaping the future of transactional entertainment in the UK .
The coveted Distributor of the Year award was presented to Warner Bros. Discovery for the third consecutive year, following the phenomenal success of DUNE: PART TWO, which also claimed VOD, Physical, and overall Title of the Year 2024.
Universal Pictures led multiple categories, including Campaign of the Year (Over £15m Box Office) for WICKED and Campaign of the Year (up to £5m Box Office) for ANORA.
Sony Pictures Entertainment took home Best in Class: Video Asset for GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE alongside Silk Factory and Best in Class: Social/PR for their work on VENOM: THE LAST DANCE alongside DnA PR and DDA PR Global.
STUDIOCANAL’s creative and commercial momentum was reflected in a host of wins, including Campaign of the Year for Independent Film for THE APPRENTICE, Best in Class: Packaging & Artwork for THE THIRD MAN, and Best in Class: Blu-Ray (incl. 4K) for SEVEN SAMURAI.
The People’s Choice Awards were again voted for by both the industry and the general public. The Hidden Gem Award, celebrating the title that best captured the audience’s imagination irrespective of commercial performance, and sponsored this year by Criticker, found a worthy winner in Lightbulb Films’ HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS.
The tightly contested Digital Retailer of the Year was awarded to Amazon Prime Video, recognising their pioneering approach to Home Entertainment which sees transactional positioned in complement to subscription, and which is being expanded at speed across international territories. Physical Retailer of the Year was awarded to hmv, celebrating the brand’s sustained success and cultural influence on the high street. With multiple wins over the past decade, hmv continues to reflect the resurgence of premium physical products and the brand’s unique ability to engage new generations of fans.
Make It Social snapped up Agency of the Year, a first BASE Awards win, and an acknowledgement of their client impacts amid the ever-changing social media landscape.
The Best in Class: Producer’s Award, celebrating the perseverance, ingenuity and innovation of those who believed in an idea which ultimately came to fruition, was won by Chuck Chuck Baby, Artemisia Films.
Celebrating 45 Years of Home Entertainment
In a special 45th anniversary moment, the industry and public voted “I am your father” from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as the Entertainment Moment of the last 45 Years, capturing the magic and legacy of Home Entertainment across generations.
Returning for its second year, the BASE & DEGI Hedy Lamarr Inspirational Women in Entertainment: Rising Star Award shone a spotlight on four outstanding women whose leadership, creativity and commitment represent the future of our industry: Abiana Garret (The Walt Disney Company), Hannah Sayer (MUBI), Susanne Maria Schmidt (STUDIOCANAL) and Julia Negretti (Paramount Pictures). The 2025 award was presented to Julia Negretti, recognised for her drive, operational excellence, and contribution to cross-market collaboration.
Inspired by the annual DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology in the U.S., the BASE & DEGI award celebrates women shaping the future of entertainment across both creative and technical disciplines. All four shortlisted nominees will receive mentoring from a member of the Entertainment Mentoring and Leadership Group — an initiative designed to foster connection, share experience, and help build greater representation across the global screen industry.
The Category Hero Awards also returned in 2025, celebrating 12 exceptional individuals across Positive Impact, Leadership, Creative Excellence and Sales & Operations – recognising those whose passion and expertise power this industry every day. Positive Impact was awarded to Amy Moriarty (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and Lou Watson (Universal Pictures).Leadership was awarded to Gareth Lowrie (Universal Pictures), Maria Rua Aguete (OMDIA) and Tom Reveler (Lionsgate). Creative Excellence was awarded to James Ward (Warner Bros. Discovery) and Kayleigh Barnes (British Film Institute). Sales & Operations was awarded to Richard Stoddart (Warner Bros. Discovery), Tim Martin (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and Tom Clegg (Amazon Prime Video) and Shireen Mahtabuddin (Elevation Sales). Rounding off the hero celebrations, the Category ‘Super’ Hero Award went to Andrew Stewart (Amazon Prime Video) — making BASE Awards history as the first person ever to claim two consecutive honours, adding to his 2024 Leadership Award.
Finally, marking the Home Entertainment’s milestone year, the new Category Hero: 45 Years of Home Entertainment honoured four exceptional executives whose influence has shaped the evolution of the industry – Pete Watson (Warner Bros. Discovery), Dave Barrett (BBFC), Karen Clark (Warner Bros. Discovery), and Lesley Johnson (BBC Studios).
The 2025 BASE Awards were proudly sponsored by:
Babycham, Bandida, BDSWest10, BIFA, Criticker, Cruzcampo, JustWatch, Lionsgate, Living Things, OC, Official Charts, Premier, Silk Factory, Snakes and Ladders, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Spark, Spirit Entertainment, STUDIOCANAL, TiVo, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, and The Yummy Yank. Additionally, the BASE Awards welcomed back its Charity Sponsor, Action for Children, raising additional vital funds.
Liz Bales, Chief Executive at the British Association for Screen Entertainment said:
“The BASE Awards matter. They celebrate the relevance and power of Home Entertainment — particularly transactional — as a complementary force to both the prestige of theatrical and the scale of subscription models. This sector is agile, additive, and essential to the screen industry’s success. It remains a joy to lead a team that delivers such an utterly brilliant Awards show each year. Congratulations to all the 2025 winners, and heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it happen.”
“WICKED’s remarkable digital success in the UK and around the world underscores the Premium window’s transformative impact on the Home Entertainment market and reinforces its importance in today’s viewing landscape,” said Brandon DiMassa, SVP – International Digital Transaction for Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. “We’re proud to see this contribution acknowledged at the BASE Awards — a landmark celebration of 45 years of innovation, collaboration, and commercial excellence in Home Entertainment.”
Membership has also surged over the past year, reflecting the renewed energy around transactional entertainment and the growing recognition of its essential role in the screen ecosystem.
Winner pictures from the night can be found here: https://base-awards.org/base-awards-2025-pictures/
The BASE Awards will return in 2026, celebrating the £5.1bn Home Entertainment Industry in the UK.
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The Full List of 2025 BASE Awards Winners:
2024 Distributor of the Year (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: Warner Bros. Discovery
2024 Independent Label of the Year – Digital & Physical Formats (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: STUDIOCANAL
2024 Biggest Title of the Year: across all formats (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Discovery)
2024 EST Title of the Year (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: Deadpool vs Wolverine (The Walt Disney Company)
2024 VOD Title of the Year (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Discovery)
2024 Physical Title of the Year (Sponsored by Official Charts Company)
Winner: Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Discovery)
2024 Physical Retailer of the Year
Winner: hmv
2024 Digital Retailer of the Year (Sponsored by Universal Pictures)
Winner: Amazon Prime Video
Agency of the Year
Winner: Make It Social
Audience Engagement Initiative of the Year
Winner: Advent Calendar 2024 – Sky Store & Sony Pictures Entertainment
Best in Class: Blu-Ray (incl. 4K) (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: Seven Samurai (BFI)
Best in Class: Bonus Features (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: Watership Down: Limited Edition 4K UHD (BFI)
Best in Class: Packaging & Artwork (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: The Third Man (STUDIOCANAL with Nico Delort & Rogue Four Design)
Best in Class: Social / PR (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: Venom: The Last Dance (Sony Pictures Entertainment with DnA PR and DDA PR Global)
Best in Class: Video Asset (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures Entertainment & Silk Factory)
Campaign of the Year for Catalogue (Sponsored by BDS West10 Entertainment)
Winner: Nightmare on Elm Street 40th Anniversary (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Campaign of the Year for Independent Film (Sponsored by BIFA)
Winner: The Apprentice (STUDIOCANAL)
Campaign of the Year for Film – Up to £5m Box Office (Sponsored by JustWatch)
Winner: Anora (Universal Pictures)
Campaign of the Year for Film – £5m-£15m Box Office (Sponsored by Lionsgate)
Winner: Twisters (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Campaign of the Year for Film – Over £15m Box Office (Sponsored by OC)
Winner: Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Campaign of the Year for Specialist/TV
Winner: Friends 30th Anniversary (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Commercial Initiative of the Year (Sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Winner: Paddington in Peru x hmv (STUDIOCANAL & hmv)
Creative Initiative of the Year
Winner: Wicked Premium Release (Sky Store)
DEGI Hedy Lamarr Inspiration Women in Entertainment – Rising Star (Sponsored by The Walt Disney Company)
Winner: Julia Negretti, International Operations Manager, Paramount Pictures
People’s Choice Award: Hidden Gem (Sponsored by Criticker)
Winner: Hundreds of Beavers (Lightbulb Films)
People’s Choice Award: Entertainment Moment of the last 45 Years (Sponsored by TiVo)
Winner: “I am your father” – Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (The Walt Disney Company)
Producers Award (Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL)
Winner: Chuck Chuck Baby (Artemisia Films)
Social Impact
Winner: Into Film Awards (Amazon Prime Video)
