BAFTA Removes Boong Director Lakshmipriya Devi's Acceptance Speech from Social Media

Lakshmipriya Devi, director of the Manipuri film Boong, won the Best Children's and Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards. In her acceptance speech, she highlighted Manipur as a 'troubled, ignored, and misrepresented' region. While the speech was broadcast live and initially shared on BAFTA's social media, it has since been removed, prompting questions and concerns from social media users and activists about possible cultural erasure. BAFTA has not publicly commented on the removal.