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The 2009 BAFTA’s award nominations

thebaftas — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:24:46 +0000

The British movie industry considers the BAFTA’s Europe’s equivalent to the Oscars as it is the only other truly international annual film awards event. Preceding the prestigious Oscar or Academy Awards held in Hollywood U.S.A., there is no doubt that the BAFTA does add weight to the possibility of success in the Oscar nominations and winners.

Heading the list this year with a staggering eleven nominations is the British film “Slumdog Millionaire” which is heading toward box office receipt records already. Keeping company with Slumdog Millionaire is another film to have received eleven nominations which is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Amongst the many other nominations Dev Patel star of The Slumdog Millionaire and Brad Pitt are nominees for best the actor category. For the leading actress award Angelina Jolie in Changeling and Kate Winslet is up against herself in two films The Reader and Revolutionary Road, Meryl Streep is also amongst the contenders for her part in Doubt.

In the best supporting actors category Robert Downey in Tropical Thunder, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt and Brad Pitt for his supporting role in Burn After Reading, are three of the contenders. For best supporting actress Penelope Cruz for her part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona is up against a strong contender in Frieda Pinto for her performance in Slumdog Millionaire, with Amy Adams, Tilda Swinton and Marisa Tomei also nominated in this category.

As always the awards ceremony features television, television craft, children’s, video games, as well as fellowship awards in what is always a star studded evening of entertainment.

Slumdog Millionaire

thebaftas — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:24:03 +0000

Already the winner of four Golden Globe Awards and nominated in eleven categories for the forthcoming BAFTA award ceremonies the delightful British film, Slumdog Millionaire, has taken the movie world by storm. The simple story revolves around an 18 year old orphan Jamil Malik, played by Dev Patel, who lived in the slums of Mumbai (Bombay) and is having an amazing streak in answering correctly the questions in the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”.

The tension is reaching breaking point as Jamal is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees, the big prize! However, some, including those associated with the game show, question how someone like Jamal, with poor education and a background of growing up in the slums, can be doing so well on the show when others who are brighter, more educated and wealthier than him have failed. Is Jamal cheating? At the completion of the evening’s performance Jamal is arrested by the police on suspicious of cheating, no one believes a street urchin like him could know so much. The story continues and as each chapter unfolds it becomes clear how Jamil learned the answers to each of the show’s questions. A gang culture plays a part in the movie and naturally there is a romantic element to this delightful screenplay.

Slumdog Millionaire, a British film made on location in India, is directed by Danny Boyle, has already grossed $37 million and in addition to the BAFTAS, is expected to pick up a number of “Oscars” at the forthcoming 81st Academy Awards ceremony to take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday February 22nd 2009.

MISS POTTER misses out on Bafta

thebaftas — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:30:41 +0000

The movie Miss Potter has missed out on a prestigious BAFTA award by not been nominated
It was hoped that the Film, which tells the story Beatrix Potter the children’s author, would feature when nominations were released Today.

Miss potter had been included on the long lists in several categories,
which included :
best lead actress for star Renee Zellweger
best supporting actress for Emily Watson.

But, Dame Helen Mirren’s Film “The Queen” is among the favourites to dominate the British Academy Film Awards.

However, Miss Potter has earned a nomination for a Golden Globe in the United States so fingers crossed.

The Baftas 2007 predictions

thebaftas — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:44:37 +0000

Time once again for the 2007 Bafta Awards, with and

So far the smart money is on “Casino Royale” and “The Queen” each battling for the lion’s share of awards along with their respective stars, Daniel Craig and Helen Mirren.

Also keep your eye on Children of Men, Babel, Pans Labryinth and The Departed to make an appearance on the short list of nominees when they are officially announced in 2 days time, on January 12, 2007.

Meanwhile, check out the complete list of 2006 winners