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play-icon Watch Noel Clarkes Bafta speech Noel Clarke delivered an impassioned speech celebrating “my young black boys and girls out there” as he accepted a special award on the opening night of the Baftas. The actor, writer and director, 45, received the gong for outstanding British contribution to cinema during Saturday’s broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Clarke was first recognised by Bafta in 2009, when he won the Rising Star prize. Recalling that night, he said: “Thi...

BAFTA Awards: Chadwick Boseman-Starrer Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Wins Big On Opening Night Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom took home the trophies for best costume design and best makeup and hair @MaRaineyFilm/Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-11T14:43:27+05:30 BAFTA Awards: Chadwick Boseman-Starrer Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Wins Big On Opening Night outlookindia.com 2021-04-11T15:50:13+05:30 On the opening night of the 74th British Academy of Film and Television A...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom emerged as the big winner on the opening night of the Bafta film awards, which also marked the death of the academy’s former president the Duke of Edinburgh. The film about trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey, played by Viola Davis, scooped two gongs – costume design and hair and make-up, with other winners including Mank, Rocks and Tenet. This year’s awards are being handed out over two nights in largely virtual ceremonies, with behind the camera categories, in...

Britain notched up 14 wins – the same total as last year.

WHAT ITS ABOUT: A teenage girl struggles to take care of herself and her younger brother after they are abandoned by their single mother.  WHAT WE THOUGHT: Its very difficult to describe the feeling I felt after watching Rocks. It was an extremely heartbreaking and real story, but it was still compelling – and dare I say it, fun to watch. Rocks is unlike anything youve seen before and the type of film that you will remember for years to come. The film follows Olushola (Bukky Bukray), nickn...

How Lucy Pardee spots future film stars in the wild What made Attack the Block or Bafta favourite Rocks so special? Lucy Pardees uniquely anthropological brand of street casting Bukky Bakray has been nominated for a BAFTA Rocks is the little film that could. It felt like an industry coup even before it was nominated for a whopping eight Baftas (more than any other title) yesterday. Shot in London in 2018, with the lead cast populated by young people who had never acted before, with a story (by ...

Rocks, and The Father lead this year’s nominations, with two women—Chloé Zhao and Sarah Gavron—nabbing seven nominations each. Four women total earned nods for directing compared to last year’s all-male directing nominees, and in a reversal from last year’s entirely white acting nominees, 16 of 2021s 24 nominated actors are from underrepresented groups. Advertisement Deadline, the changes come as the result of a seven-month review process (HFPA better be taking some copious notes), ...

BBC News Published image captionRocks was made by a mostly female crew and cast A film that cast unknown east London schoolgirls in most of its main roles has been honoured with five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards. Rocks won best British independent film, and one of its stars, Kosar Ali, 17, was named both best supporting actress and most promising newcomer. Rocks got glowing reviews when it came out last year and is now on Netflix. Its other winners included DAngelou Osei Kissie...

What follows is a raw and hopeful coming-of-age story, powered by a dynamic debut performance from Bakray. Following her victory, Ali told the PA news agency the film had made her “understand myself as a person as well as an actor”. She added: “Before this whole experience I never thought I would be who I am today, winning awards and even pursuing this acting career.” NME about the film, Bakrya said: “It’s often said that the Black mundane experience wouldn’t be interesting in th...

The 23rd British Independent Film Awards took place virtually on Thursday night and a host of celebrities appeared via video link to celebrate the occasion.  Zendaya, 24, and Priyanka Chopra, 38, were among some of the glam attendees who presented at the awards. Actress Zendaya wore a graphic print top under a blazer, while Priyanka opted for a statement layered oversized white shirt. Showbiz: Zendaya (pictured) and Priyanka Chopra appeared via video link to present at the 23rd British Indepen...