BAFTA Los Angeles

As part of our Tea with BAFTA series, we asked Maria Bakalova, Tahar Rahim, Vanessa Kirby, Wunmi Mosaku, Ashley Madekwe, Radha Blank, Kosar Ali, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Paul Raci, Dominique Fishback, Delroy Lindo, Niamh Algar and Adarsh Gourav to define heroism. What's your definition of heroism and who are your heroes?

"Da 5 Bloods" star Clarke Peters sat down with Writer and 2020 Breakthrough USA participant Aadip Desai for a conversation over Zoom as part of our Tea with BAFTA series. This series pairs longlisted performers for the #EEBAFTAs with participants of our international talent development programs, for a brief chat over a cup of tea. Clarke and Aadip talked about what it was like on set for "Da 5 Bloods", playing music and how Clarke approaches playing dark characters.

"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" star Maria Bakalova sat down with actor Mark Prendergast, a participant in the BAFTA Newcomers Program, for a conversation over Zoom as part of our Tea with BAFTA series. This series pairs longlisted performers for the #EEBAFTAs with participants of our international talent development programs, for a brief chat over a cup of tea. Maria and Mark discuss Maria's sleeping habits, her inspiration to act and the opportunities she had in the British industry.

Kosar Ali, who stars in "Rocks", sat down with Dovely King, a senior at George Washington Prep High School and participant of various BAFTA initiatives in Los Angeles, for a conversation over Zoom as part of our Tea with BAFTA series. This series pairs longlisted performers for the #EEBAFTAs with participants of our international talent development programs, for a brief chat over a cup of tea. Kosar and Dovely chat about the weather, their aspirations and the future for Black women in the industry.

Actress Alfre Woodard who stars in "Clemency" sat down with actress Tanya Fear, a participant in the BAFTA Newcomers Program, for a conversation over Zoom as part of our Tea with BAFTA series. This series pairs longlisted performers for the #EEBAFTAs with participants of our international talent development programs, for a brief chat over a cup of tea. Alfre and Tanya chat about tea that tastes like earth, life mentors and the lasting effects of familial connections in the industry.

We are thrilled to announce the 2020 participants of the BAFTA Newcomers Program. We added 40 new individuals to the program, with a record number of first-year female participants, totaling 78 percent. For the first year, we expanded the program to the east coast, with 10 participants joining the program from New York. The Newcomers Program is a four-year new talent initiative, recognizing and supporting international rising stars who have recently moved to Los Angeles or ...New York to further their development and career. The program welcomed international talent from across the globe, with representation from the U.K., Australia, China, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain and Turkey. The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers, cinematographers, executives, art directors, production designers, animators, editors and publicists. Each Newcomer receives access to BAFTA membership events and specially curated events aimed at supporting both career development, and the transition to living and working in the U.S. The program includes professional networking opportunities, peer matching with others who have recently moved to the U.S., curated educational programming including BAFTA Briefing sessions, and access to BAFTA’s wider professional development event schedule including the BAFTA Insights series. Click here to meet our Newcomers: https://www.bafta.org/los-angeles/newcomers-20202021 #BAFTATalent

British Academy Cymru Awards 2020: view the full list of winners Rhestr enillwyr Gwobrau yr Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru 2020 ... http://bit.ly/CymruWinners2020

Planning to study a postgraduate degree in the US? The Fulbright-BAFTA Postgraduate Scholarship provides funding for UK students to pursue a master’s degree in film, or discipline related to the practical art forms of the moving image, at any accredited US university. Applications for the Fulbright-BAFTA Postgraduate Scholarship are open until November 9 at 10:00am PDT. Find out more about the scholarship here: http://fulbright.org.uk//awar/fulbright-bafta-scholarship

The 2020 British Academy #CymruAwards are this Sunday! Join Alex Jones along with special guests including Katherine Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alexandria Ril...ey, Catherine Zeta-Jones and many more! Streaming on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from 7:00pm GMT on Sunday 25 October. Find out more http://bit.ly/CymruPresenters2020

Join us this Sunday at 7:00pm GMT for the 2020 British Academy Cymru Awards, hosted by Alex Jones! Ymunwch â ni Dydd Sul yma am 7yh GMT ar gyfer Gwobrau yr Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru 2020, gyda Alex Jones!

Meet the U.S. and U.K. jury members for this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough initiative, supported by Netflix. Leading figures from the film, games and television industries came together virtually to select this year’s winners, which will be announced on Monday, November 16, 2020. https://www.bafta.org//breakt/bafta-breakthrough-2020-jury

This year BAFTA has awarded 28 scholarships in total, 12 in the UK and a further 16 in the US. The global recipients received a total of $250k in financial aid to support studies in film, games and television. Presented as part of BAFTA’s long-standing commitment to support new talents. In addition to financial aid towards their annual course fees, the BAFTA Scholars will gain free access to BAFTA online events and resources. This year’s 28 BAFTA scholars will be studying di...sciplines at various institutions ranging from the National Film and Television School, Christine Blundell Makeup Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University, The City College of New York, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the American Film Institute. The BAFTA Scholarship Program is made possible by the generous support of a number of individuals, foundations and partnerships. In the U.S., partners include philanthropist Mark Pigott KBE, as well as The Hunter Foundation, HBO, BBC America, DLT Entertainment, King Features Animation, and The Taffner Family Charitable Trust. In the UK, for a seventh year, three students will receive the Prince William Scholarships in film, games and television, supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros., which are awarded in the name of HRH The Duke of Cambridge in his role as President of BAFTA. For the first time this year the Kirsh Foundation is also a named supporter of the UK scholarships program and the Reuben Foundation is supporting for its third year. #BAFTATalent

Yesterday we announced our 2020 Scholarship recipients, including the first recipient of the Fulbright-BAFTA Scholarship, Lily Freeston from Manchester. Lily has been selected to receive the $60,000 scholarship in partnership with Fulbright Commission to study an MFA in documentary filmmaking at Northwestern University in Chicago. The scholarship is one of 26 awarded by BAFTA this year around the world, including 16 in the U.S. and 10 in the U.K. Applications are now open for the 2021 Fulbright-BAFTA Scholarship on our website: http://www.fulbright.org.uk//a/fulbright-bafta-scholarship #BAFTATalent

We are pleased to announce our 2020 BAFTA US Scholarship Recipients. This year’s scholars include British students studying at American Film Institute, University of Southern California, Columbia University in the City of New York, Northwestern University, and Berklee College of Music. Receiving the Pigott/BAFTA Scholarship are Adam Baroukh from Columbia University, Jean Liu from USC, Timothy Moorhouse from Columbia University, Olive Nwosu from Columbia University, and Pip W...hite from The American Film Institute. Receiving the BAFTA LA Hunter Foundation Scholarship are Stuart Bramwell from Berklee College of Music and Yvonne Zhang from the American Film Institute. Receiving the first ever Fulbright Scholarship for $60,000 is Lily Freeston from Northwestern University. The BAFTA US Scholarship Program is made possible by the generous support of a number of individuals, foundations and partnerships. In the U.S., partners include philanthropist Mark Pigott KBE, as well as The Hunter Foundation, HBO, BBC America, DLT Entertainment, King Features Animation, and The Taffner Family Charitable Trust Scholarship In Honor of Donald Taffner Sr. & Eleanor Taffner. In addition to financial aid totaling over $250,000 towards their annual course fees, BAFTA Scholars around the world will gain free access to BAFTA online events and resources.

Nicholas Braun, nominated for an Emmy this year for his performance in Succession, spoke with Adam Baroukh, 2019 BAFTA LA Pigott Scholar, about the writing process of Succession, what it's like working with the team and his other creative interests. We also got a snippet of Nicholas' most recent hit song "Antibodies" live on zoom. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nomine...es and our new talents, to continue the tradition that this event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Billy Porter, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.

Holland Taylor, nominated for an Emmy this year for her performance in Hollywood Netflix, spoke with Asligul Armagan, a participant of the BAFTA LA Newcomers Program, about her success later in her life, being mentored and encouraged by Stella Adler, and the most defining moments in her career. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nominees and our new talents, to continue t...he tradition that this event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Billy Porter, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.

Ramy Youssef, nominated for an Emmy this year for his performance in Ramy, shared in conversation with Sana Malik, 2019 GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards winner, about his experience writing for TV, his comedy mentors, and why he made a special edit of RAMY for his grandmother. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nominees and our new talents, to continue the tradition that thi...s event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Billy Porter, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.

D'Arcy Carden, nominated for an Emmy this year for her performance in The Good Place, spoke to Portlynn Tagavi, an animator and filmmaker who was recently shortlisted for the GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards, about the importance of support, great friends, and having a mentor. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nominees and our new talents, to continue the tradition that thi...s event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Billy Porter, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.

Samira Wiley, nominated for an Emmy this year for her performance in The Handmaid's Tale, spoke to Hanna Stanbridge, a participant on the BAFTA LA Newcomers Program, about Love Island, Mary Berry and getting nervous before new jobs. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nominees and our new talents, to continue the tradition that this event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Billy Porter, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.

Mark Duplass, nominated for an Emmy this year for his performance in The Morning Show - Apple TV+, spoke to Catherine Taylor, a former BAFTA LA scholarship recipient and current BAFTA LA Newcomer, about making feature films for $40,000, being a supporting actor on a huge TV show and adapting intellectual property for the screen. Since we cannot join together for our annual TV Tea this year, the day before the Emmys, we arranged Zoom calls between Performance category nominees... and our new talents, to continue the tradition that this event has set for connecting some of our industry's top talent with those on their way to the top. We have been publishing videos all this week with artists including Tracee Ellis Ross, Jovan Adepo, Sarah Snook and Jean Smart, with BAFTA New Talent participants from the BAFTA GSA Student Film Awards, Outreach Programs, LA Filmmaking Collective, and Newcomers Program.