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“I AM HUGELY PROUD OF BAFTA’S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT YOUNG TALENT FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE GIVEN EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AND DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE FILM, GAMES AND TELEVISION INDUSTRIES.”

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In the following pages, we feature just a few of the people we’ve supported these past few years. Their story is our story, which, like an infinite spiral, continues and evolves.

Have a wonderful night.

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This is a special year for BAFTA – our 75th! As we celebrate the achievements of yesterday and continue to act on the issues of today, we are also looking to tomorrow. This is a pivotal moment in our history. We are actively investing in a future that will benefit our members, our industries and anyone who loves films, games and television. We’ve already made some sweeping changes, across our whole organisation, to get us to a place where we can best fulfil our mission: to inspire new and unheard voices, to support talent from all backgrounds, to advocate for change and to celebrate excellence.

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A very warm welcome to tonight’s Awards and especially to all our nominees. Your boundless hard work, dedication and creativity, in another challenging year, is inspirational and we hope your exceptional work will ignite the same kind of creative sparks in the next generation.

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You can play a pivotal role in supporting the creative future of film, games and television by making a donation today. Or why not name one of the seats in our newly designed Princess Anne Theatre and become part of the fabric of London’s most exciting new creative space.

To find out more, visit bafta.org/about/fundraising or contact Lucy Plaskett on +44 7970 325678

BAFTA is a registered charity no 216726 and Friends of BAFTA USA is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”).

At BAFTA, we believe that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not. We have recently redeveloped 195 Piccadilly to be a creative centre for film, games and television, giving us the increased space and state-of-the-art technology to dramatically increase our support for the next generation of talent.

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FEBRUARY BAFTA, Place2Be and Oak National Academy launch the Express Yourself campaign as part of Children’s Mental Health Week.

MARCH A new category is introduced at the Games Awards, EE Game of the Year, which was won by The Last of Us Part II. The big winner on the night was Hades, with five awards, including Logan Cunnigham, winner of Performer in a Supporting Role.

APRIL The Film Awards is celebrated over two days, Saturday and Sunday. Nomadland was the big winner with four awards, including Best Film, Director and Leading Actress. The publicly voted EE Rising Star Award went to Bukky Bakray.

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MAY It was a story of first-time winners at the Television Craft Awards and the Television Awards, with Paul Mescal, Malachi Kirby, Rakie Ayola, Aimee Lou Wood, Sophie Willan, Georgi Banks-Davies, Marian Mohamed, Marcus Viner and Harry Escott all winning their first BAFTA.The publicly-voted Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment was won

by Britain’s Got Talent’s Diversity performance.

PHOTOS: BAFTA; BAFTA/ Greg Williams; BAFTA/ Amy Muir; BAFTA/Charlie Clift; BAFTA/Scott Garfitt

JUNE • The inaugural BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative launches, in partnership with Netflix.

• BAFTA publishes the results of its first ever global membership survey and commits to address areas of underrepresentation by 2025.

JULY For the first time, awards are presented for both Games and Immersive categories at the GSA BAFTA Student Awards, hosted digitally in Los Angeles.

AUGUST Leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability, albert, celebrates its 10th anniversary.

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SEPTEMBER Twenty-seven BAFTA scholars in the US and UK are announced. A further 14 recipients will benefit from a career development bursary pilot, supported by filmmaker Paul Greengrass.

OCTOBER Gangs of London wins four at the BAFTA Cymru Awards.

NOVEMBER • BAFTA 195 opens its doors to members after being closed for two years for a major redevelopment.

• Limbo wins four at the BAFTA Scotland Awards.

• BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew announces 20 practitioners from underrepresented backgrounds who will receive bespoke mentor and career support.

• Guru Live, our festival for emerging talent, goes online for free.

DECEMBER • BAFTA, with the support of Netflix, unveils its UK and US Breakthrough participants, naming 36 creatives from film, games and television.

• BFI Flare x BAFTA reveals the industry mentors who will support six British LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.

• BAFTA consolidates its US operations - BAFTA North America is born.

THE 2021 AWARDS SCHEDULE 25 MARCH British Academy Games Awards 10-11 APRIL EE British Academy Film Awards 24 MAY British Academy Television Craft Awards

6 JUNE Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 24 OCTOBER British Academy Cymru Awards 20 NOVEMBER British Academy Scotland Awards 8

FACE VALUE In December, this beautiful photo of the multi-talented Michaela Coel was selected as a winner of the UK’s biggest portrait competition, Portrait of Britain 2021, organised by 1854 Media and the British Journal of Photography.

The portrait was part of a set captured by photographer Charlie Clift at the 2021 Television Awards, where Coel picked up two wins for her drama, I May Destroy You, including Leading Actress, adding to its three wins at the earlier Television Craft Awards.

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SAMAIRA IQBAL WON BAFTA’S YOUNG PRESENTER 2021 COMPETITION, SUPPORTED BY SKY KIDS’ FYI. AS PART OF HER PRIZE, SHE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW HER DREAM SPORTS PERSONALITY.

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I’M INTERVIEWING JESSE LINGARD!” That’s exactly the right level of excitement you would expect from any football-mad teenager. And so it was with 15-year-old Samaira Iqbal, repeating this phrase over and over when she learned that the Manchester United and England player was to be her first interviewee after winning the annual Young Presenter competition.

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Good communication is vital in Samaira’s world. Her little sister, Rubi, as well as her parents, aunt and uncle are deaf, so BSL was the first language she learnt. She also has an infectious personality and a keen mind, priceless traits for a presenter. “Being in front of the camera is just what I want to do,” she notes. “I know how big this could be. This is BAFTA and BAFTA is massive. It’s already opened a lot of doors.”

As for that Lingard interview: “I don’t think you could enjoy something more. He’s such a chill guy, it was easy to make a connection. Hopefully, it’s the first of many. Can you imagine?

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Television Lecture 2014: Lenny Henry); BAFTA/Michael J Barrett (Sir Run Run Shaw, 1978); BAFTA/Matt Holyoak (Film Awards portrait, 2019);

PHOTOS: BAFTA (Carl Foreman Awards 1993; Mitzi Cunliffe Special Award, 1992; Television BAFTA/Doug McKenzie (Dirk Borgarde Tribute, 1988); BAFTA/Alecsandra Raluca

Birch (2020 EE Rising Star Michael Ward; Television Lecture 2020: Chris Packham; Scherfig); BAFTA/Agne Bekeraityte (albert x BAFTA Crew, 2019)

This year, BAFTA celebrates its 75th anniversary.

It’s been quite a journey. Here are just a few highlights from across the years, from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. Here’s to many more!

Academy Circle in Hong Kong, 2013; BAFTA 195; Martin Scorsese at BAFTA Scotland, 1987; BAFTA Cymru launch, 1988; 2007 Games Lecture Showcase, 2019); BAFTA/Jessie Craig (Breakthrough 2013); BAFTA/Quetzal Maucci (Elevate round table, 2020); BAFTA/Lisa Prime (BAFTA

Craft Awards 1993; BAFTA Scotland Awards, 1993; Anthony Minghella Lecture, 1997; Dragoi (Elevate at Pinewood, 2018); BAFTA/Jordan Anderson (Death Stranding

:Will Wright); BAFTA/Ricky Darko (#MeToo at the Film Awards 2018); BAFTA/Jonathan Kids’ Big School Day, 2018); BAFTA/Jamie Simonds (David Lean Lecture 2014: Lone

GREAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BAFTA YOUNG GAME DESIGNERS SUPERTEAM ENTERS A CLIMATE CHANGE-THEMED GAME JAM? THEY SHOWCASE THEIR GAME AT COP26 AND TO ROYALTY, NATURALLY. Climate change is front page news, but communications on how and what changes we should make are often complex and confusing. One way to encourage positive action is through engaging storytelling, and this was the challenge set by Abertay University for a game jam sponsored by SSE Thermal, themed around carbon capture technology.

Four students teamed up to create a climate action game, Net Carbon, that would not only win the jam but also go on to be finetuned and displayed at UN climate change conference COP26.

All four talented students are former BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) alumni, namely: Harry Petch, Cam Tuliao, Jaime Williams and Jordan Han. “It feels like YGD is one big family to me,” says Harry, who was twice a YGD finalist and also the winner of the Mentor Award. “We created a game that we all felt had some nice nuance. It was quite simple but we were happy with it... COP26 was overall a very valuable experience and we had some lovely feedback.”

Earlier this year, Harry was invited to BAFTA 195 Piccadilly to present Net Carbon to HRH The Duke of Cambridge at the first official event to be held in our fully redeveloped HQ. The event was a showcase of new talent and included the launch of a new career development bursary in Prince William’s name, as well as the announcement of a new tier of membership for emerging practitioners.

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It was great to chat to the other BAFTA beneficiaries about their journeys,” Harry says. “And it’s not every day you get to present your game to Prince William. It still feels a little surreal, but it was awesome... He’s really interested in the arts and what BAFTA does to give back to people. It was a real morale boost for our team and added that little extra bit of validation.”

They may still be students right now, but clearly there’s more to come from Team YGD. Watch this space.

From L-R: Harry with his parents at YGD in 2016; Net Carbon; 2021: showcasing the game to BAFTA president, Prince William Read the full interview: bafta.org/about/awards-brochures 16

February 1949: One of the earliest photographs of a meeting of the Council of the British Film Academy (the precursor to BAFTA) at its offices at 117 Piccadilly, this previously unpublished image captures (from left to right): Michael Balcon (chair), Roger Manvell (director) and David Lean (BAFTA’s original chair).

The BFA was founded in 1947 with the aim of “stimulating exceptional

creative work” and supporting and celebrating British filmmakers during a period of intensified competition from American films in the post-war period. BAFTA’s current mission has expanded far beyond the BFA’s original ambitions, but if this small group of exceptional British filmmakers had not taken that first big step then the arts charity would not be here today.

PHOTO: ©George Konig/BFI National Archive

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I actually cried,” blushes hair and make-up artist Alesha Ledeatte-Williams, recalling the moment she was interviewed after applying for a BAFTA scholarship. “It was one of those times when you think to yourself, ‘This is my only opportunity...’ Without the scholarship, I wouldn’t be working in the industry now, I reckon. And that’s the truth.”

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by BAFTA and Warner Bros. With the funds, she was able to pay more than half of the fee to complete her 30-week advanced course in Make-Up and Hair Artistry at The Iver Make-Up Academy, a practical course taught by industry veterans, which has been instrumental in helping her forge a career in film and television. She’s already landed jobs on Sex Education and No Time to Die. There wasn’t anything else available for hair and make-up specifically back then,” says Alesha, who was 31 at the time of her course. “It took a huge burden off my shoulders. And, as a mature student, it felt really encouraging that BAFTA would invest in me... It not only gave me access to study, it also gave me credentials. BAFTA is a big brand, so to be able to put it on my CV makes people look twice.”

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ALESHA LEDEATTE-WILLIAMS HAD A NUMBER OF JOBS, FROM TEACHING ABROAD TO EVENT MANAGEMENT, BEFORE REALISING HER LOVE FOR FILM AND MAKE-UP COULD BE THE PERFECT COMBO. THE ROAD AHEAD HAD ONE MAJOR BARRIER...

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR A SPECIAL PHOTOSHOOT TO MARK THE BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION CRAFT AWARDS AND THE VIRGIN MEDIA BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS IN 2021, FOUR WINNERS WERE ASKED TO PICK A PLACE OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT INSPIRES THEIR WORK. TURNS OUT DOROTHY WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG...

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MALACHI KIRBY Supporting Actor for Small Axe Malachi chose the Battersea council estate where he grew up. The actor was a BAFTA Breakthrough participant in 2016.

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PHOTOS: Charlie Clift

MARIAN MOHAMED Emerging Talent: Factual for Defending Digga D Marian picked Ridley Road Market in Hackney, a lively hive of activity near her home that the director knows very well.

GEORGI BANKS-DAVIS Emerging Talent: Fiction for I Hate Suzie London’s Grand Union Canal is a place close to Georgi’s heart.

The director was recently selected as a 2021 BAFTA Breakthrough participant.

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CHARLIE COOPER Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for This Country Charlie stepped out into the countryside near his hometown of Stroud to do a spot of fishing. This was Charlie’s seventh BAFTA nomination for writing and starring in This Country; previously winning three for Breakthrough Talent and Scripted Comedy in 2018 and Writer: Comedy in 2019.

Charlie and his sister, Daisy Cooper, were also named as a Breakthrough duo in 2017.

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It was while attending a round table with a big Hollywood writer, organised as part of BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew, the development programme for emerging and mid-level creatives, that Edward Cripps asked if it would be possible to do something similar with a British creative who was closer to their entry level. BAFTA subsequently arranged a round table with Charlie Covell, the former BAFTA Breakthrough (2015) who had just been nominated for writing The End of the F•••ing World (2017). “Charlie was very kind and candid and we kept in touch afterwards,” he says.

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“She very kindly agreed,” he notes. “I’d written a sample script and it just happened to be in a similar genre to her next project, Kaos. She liked the script and so did the producers, so I pitched some storylines and wrote some sample scenes...

When she called to say I’d gotten the job to join the writers’ room, I was on my shift at the cinema. I just went into the toilets and cried.”

Edward now has two projects in development, one with Two Brothers Pictures and the other with Objective Fiction, as well as a film treatment (“a queer coming-of-age vampire flick”), currently in the process of applying for funding.

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I can trace it all back to Crew,” Edward states. “It’s really changed my life, especially the Flare scheme.

It’s given me a huge confidence boost... The dream is to have my own project with its own writers’ room, but right now I’m focused on getting more experience and credits and working with people I can learn from.”

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At a BFI Flare x BAFTA mentoring lunch with filmmaker Isabel Sandoval; Inset: mentor Charlie Covell

xtracts from issue #1 (winter 1959) of the Journal, the first member publication by the Society of Film and Television Arts (SFTA), formed earlier that year from the merger of the British Film Academy and the Guild of Television Producers and Directors.

The amalgamation of these

two leading industry bodies represented the, sometimes grudging, acceptance that British practitioners were increasingly working across both film and television.

Notably, the Journal’s first issue explored the newly emerging format of ‘videotape’ and how it was impacting both industries.

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RICHARD CURTIS IS A BAFTA-WINNING WRITER, DIRECTOR, HUMANITARIAN AND A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR MAKING MORE FILMS, GAMES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES TACKLING SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. If ever there was a need to change a narrative with global implications then now is the time for sustainability and climate action. Film, games and television can play their part in ensuring this message is driven home to the public not just through documentaries or current affairs programming but through all genres.

This was the message from writer-director Richard Curtis in an address given at a Project Everyone panel held at COP26 in November 2021. Curtis is a key voice from the screen industries highlighting the impact of climate change and has long been a supporter of albert, the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability, which is now officially part of BAFTA. 28

Curtis revealed how great films had impacted his understanding of the world, noting how The China Syndrome (1979) had “nailed me on the subject of nuclear power,” while Ken Loach’s Raining Stones (1993) had taught him “more about the texture and reality of poverty than every article in the Guardian.” He now thinks it’s time that film, games and television did the same for climate change.

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This isn’t about preaching,” he added. “I suspect it’s not even about raising awareness – we might be beyond that now... We need to inspire action and innovation by making it dramatic and interesting. We need to show the terrible price of climate change but also the success stories, so people really see how change can happen...

I truly believe every genre has its role... My motto has always been: to make things happen, you have to make things. And this is the moment to make things about climate. It’s worth the world to try.”

PHOTOS: BAFTA/Jamie Simonds; ©BBC Scotland/Fraser Mcfadzean

Learn more: wearealbert.org

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BREAKIN The 2021 UK Breakthrough participants

PHOTOS: BAFTA/David Vintiner; BAFTA/Alexey Kosorukov; BAFTA/ Matt Winkelmeyer/Mike Coppola/ Getty Images

BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH SHOWCASES AND SUPPORTS THE NEXT GENERATION OF CREATIVE TALENT IN FILM, GAMES AND TELEVISION IN THE UK, INDIA AND THE US. THEY ARE ALL EXCITING PROSPECTS AT A CRITICAL ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ MOMENT IN THEIR CAREERS. TWO OF THE 2021 PARTICIPANTS, ONE FROM THE UK INITIATIVE AND ONE FROM THE US, TELL THEIR STORY...

Read the full interviews: bafta.org/about/awards-brochures BAFTA’s flagship talent programme champions and supports individuals on the verge of their big breakthrough.

Find out more at bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough BAFTA Breakthrough is supported by Netflix in the UK, USA and India.

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NG OUT MDHAMIRI Á NKEMI (EDITOR) BREAKTHROUGH: LIFE IN A DAY (2021)

I’m looking for projects that feel like they haven’t been done before, at least not through a mainstream lens.

Things that feel fresh and exciting, from voices that haven’t had much chance to tell their stories before.

It’s amazing to be recognised by BAFTA... Breakthrough was recommended to me by my friend, composer Segun Akinola, who did it back in 2017... He’d gotten a lot out of it and made some good connections. It just sounded like a really good opportunity.

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I didn’t really know film was a job and never considered it when I was younger. I read a lot and had kind of decided that I was going to be an author. That all went off the rails when I turned 12 and my friend got this [DSLR] camera. My friend was using it for photography but I realised it could also do video and started playing around with it. I became obsessed... Editing was the thing I was drawn to – it was the bit that was most exciting to me as it felt like that that was where the film came alive.

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The 2021 US participants ANNA FRANQUESA-SOLANO (CINEMATOGRAPHER) BREAKTHROUGH: THE FAREWELL (2019)

I studied art history at university first. By the end of it, the only thing I knew was that I didn’t want to study other people’s work, I wanted to create things myself. By coincidence, I worked on a short film and it opened a whole new world of possibilities. Film was always something you just watched in the cinema, it wasn’t something I thought I could ever do. It was not part of my world in Barcelona.

I learnt about Breakthrough through my agent... I’m looking forward to connecting with people who can give me advice.

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hen and now. BAFTA 195 Piccadilly sits at the heart of our activities.

It was officially opened on 10 March 1976 by HM The Queen, pictured here addressing guests in the Princess Anne Theatre. Also pictured, the Queen’s private secretary, Bill Heseltine; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; BAFTA president HRH The Princess Anne; vice-president Sir Richard Attenborough; and chair Sydney Samuelson.

Almost 50 years later, on 27 January 2022, BAFTA’s current president, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, was our royal guest at the first official event to be held in the newly redeveloped building. Below he’s pictured in the fully refurbished, state-of-theart Princess Anne Theatre, in conversation with Suranne Jones, Annie Price (BAFTA mentors), Lily BlunsomWashbrook and Roxanne McKenzie (scholars).

PHOTOS: BAFTA/Michael J Barrett; BAFTA/Scott Garfitt

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STA RRY STARRY E YED EYED CELEBRATING THE 2021 EE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHER GREG WILLIAMS CAPTURED SOME STRIKING IMAGES OF THE NOMINEES. HE ASKED THEM TO MIMIC THE FAMOUS BAFTA MASK, NOTING: “[IT’S] A SIMPLE WAY TO CREATE A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS AND UNITY BETWEEN NOMINEES SCATTERED ACROSS THE GLOBE.”

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KOSAR ALI

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(Supporting Actress nominee, Rocks)

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(Supporting Actress nominee, County Lines)

(Leading Actress nominee, His House)

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PAUL RACI

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(Supporting Actor nominee, Sound of Metal)

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MY, M Y, M Y D E L I L A H BAFTA WINNER CISSY JONES ON HER UNIQUE JOURNEY INTO VOICE ACTING FOR GAMES...

After a decade working in the tech industry.

After two years of classes and gaining an agent...

I hate this. I need a new job. But what? “...Next on Inspiration FM, The Simpsons’ Nancy Cartwright talks voice acting...”

Bingo!

‘Going from a decent salary to a gig economy was scary. But I knew in my heart it was the right path. My second audition was for The Walking Dead.’

Circa: 2014-15.

2017: Cissy wins a BAFTA for voicing Delilah in Firewatch.

Wanna play a strong female in a game about loss and human connection?

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‘Firewatch and Delilah changed my life. She brought me to BAFTA and that opened countless doors. I was still fairly new back then. Now I work a lot in games, animation and commercials. I’m so much happier now.’

PHOTOS: BAFTA/Misha Meghna; BAFTA: Jamie Simonds; James Veysey/Shutterstock

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BAFTA Elevate 2019-2020: Actors

FORCE, WHY CAN’T IT BE THE BY-PRODUCT?”

REPRESENTATION BEING THE DRIVING

IN A IDEAL WORLD, WORDS LIKE ‘INCLUSION’ AND ‘REPRESENTATION’ WOULD NOT BE A THING. JOBS WOULD GO TO THE PERSON MOST SUITABLE, SELECTED BY TALENT AND EXPERIENCE. SADLY, WE DON’T LIVE IN THAT WORLD YET, BARRIERS DO EXIST AND THE PLAYING FIELD IS NOT LEVEL. BUT WE’RE WORKING ON IT...

It’s not about equality of outcome, it’s about equality of opportunity,” says actress Melissa Johns, star of Coronation Street (2017-2019), Life (2020) and Grantchester (2021), and member of the 21-strong cohort of actors selected in 2019 for BAFTA Elevate, an initiative supporting talented individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to reach the next stage of their career.

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If we have equality of opportunity, then surely you will get the best person for the job. But, until those casting doors are open for everybody, you will never know if that’s truly what you have.”

Melissa is in a strong position to comment. Born without her right arm below the elbow, she has not only had to overcome intolerance in everyday life, but also accept herself for who she is, all while trying to forge a career in a profession that is riddled with many more rejections than it is successes. “What we need to remember is that we are as worthy of getting roles and being in this industry as anyone else,” she says. “Our industries will always be richer with more voices. We can tell stories that take our lived-in experiences into consideration and portray characters in a completely different way. That’s what we bring to the table. Rather than representation being the driving force, why can’t it be the by-product? Our talent should get us to where we need to be.”

Melissa is the co-founder of TripleC, which runs DANC (the Disabled Artists Networking Community). BAFTA has been working with both to help make the industry more inclusive. “As an actor, BAFTA has encouraged me, empowered

me and celebrated me in my own

right,” she says. “But I also see the

work they’re doing with my organisation towards making

long-lasting changes. BAFTA

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one of our biggest game

changers and champions

to level out the industry.”

Read the full interview: bafta.org/about/ awards-brochures

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AN I M AT I ON CA L L OF D U T Y: VA NG UA R D Development Team Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts K EN A : B R I D G E O F SP I R I TS Hunter Schmidt Ember Lab LLC/Ember Lab LLC L IF E IS ST RA NG E : T RU E C O LO RS Development Team Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix P SYC H ONAU TS 2 Development Team Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios RATC H ET & C L A NK: R I F T A PA RT Development Team Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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ACH I E VEM E N T TH E A RTF U L ES CA P E Development Team Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts P SYC H ON AU TS 2 Development Team Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios RATC H ET & CL A NK: R I F T A PA RT Development Team Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment R ES IDEN T EVI L V I LL AG E Development Team Capcom/Capcom R ETU R N A L Development Team Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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AC H I E VEM E N T TH E A RTF U L ES CA P E Development Team Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive CA L L OF D U T Y: VA NG UA R D Development Team Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard DEATH LO O P Development Team Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks H A LO IN F I NI T E Development Team 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios MA RVEL’S G UA R D I A N’S OF TH E GA L A X Y Development Team Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix R ETU R N AL Development Team Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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GAM E DEATH LO O P Development Team Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks F OR Z A H O R I ZO N 5 Development Team Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios IN S C RY P T I O N Development Team Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts RATC H ET & C L A NK: R I F T A PA RT Development Team Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment R ETU R N A L Development Team Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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GAM E A L BA : A W IL D LI F E A DV E NT U R E Development Team ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital DEATH ’S D O O R Development Team Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital F IG H TS IN TIG HT SPAC ES Development Team Ground Shatter/Mode 7 F OR Z A H OR IZO N 5 Development Team Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios OVER B OA R D! Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Joseph Humfrey inkle/inkle SA B L E Development Team Shedworks/Raw Fury

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GAM E TH E A RTF U L ES CA P E Development Team Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive EAST WA R D Development Team Pixpil/Chucklefish TH E F OR G OT T E N C I T Y Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers G EN ES IS NO I R Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller MAQU ET T E Development Team Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive TOEM Development Team Something We Made/Something We Made

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GAM E A MON G U S Development Team Innersloth/Innersloth A N IM A L C R OS SI NG : NE W HO R I ZO NS Development Team Nintendo EPD/Nintendo A P EX L EG E NDS Development Team Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts DIS C O ELYSI U M – T HE F I NA L C U T Development Team ZA/UM/ZA/UM F ORTN ITE Development Team Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly N O M A N ’S SK Y Development Team Hello Games/Hello Games

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BRITISH ACADEMY GAMES AWARDS NOMINEES!

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FA M I LY A L BA : A W I LD LI F E A DV E NT U R E Development Team ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital C H IC ORY: A C O LO R F U L TA LE Development Team Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji F OR Z A H O R I ZO N 5 Development Team Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios MA R IO PART Y SU P E RSTA RS Development Team Nintendo EPD/Nintendo RATC H ET & C L A NK: R I F T A PA RT Development Team Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment U N PAC K ING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck Witch Beam/Humble Games

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EN TERTAI NM E N T A L BA : A W IL D LI F E A DV E NT U R E Development Team ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital B EF OR E YOU R E YES Development Team GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games C H IC ORY: A C O LO R F U L TA LE Development Team Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji GA M E B U IL DE R GA RAG E Development Team Nintendo EPD/Nintendo IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts P SYC H ON AU TS 2 Development Team Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

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DES I G N DEATH LO O P Development Team Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks F OR Z A H O R I ZO N 5 Development Team Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios IN S C RY P T I O N Development Team Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts RATC H ET & C L A NK: R I F T A PA RT Development Team Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment R ETU R N AL Development Team Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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MULTI PL AY E R BAC K 4 B LO O D Development Team Turtle Rock Studios/ Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment CA L L OF D U T Y: VA NG UA R D Development Team Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard F OR Z A H O R I ZO N 5 Development Team Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios H A LO IN F I NI T E Development Team 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios H EL L L ET LO OSE Development Team Black Matter/Team17 IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

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MUS I C DEATH LO O P Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks FA R C RY 6 Development Team Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft H A LO IN F I NI T E Development Team 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios P SYC H ONAU TS 2 Peter McConnell Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios RATC H ET & C L A NK: R I F T A PA RT Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment R ETU R N AL Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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NA RRATI VE IT TA K ES T WO Development Team Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts L IF E IS STRA N G E : T RU E C O LO RS Development Team Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix MA RVEL’S G UA R D I A NS OF TH E GA L A X Y Development Team Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix P SYC H ON AU TS 2 Tim Schafer Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios R ETU R N A L Development Team Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment U N PAC K IN G Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer Witch Beam/Humble Games

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OF T H E Y EAR As the UK’s number one network for gaming, this is the second year we are proudly partnering with BAFTA for the EE Game of the Year Award – the only category to be voted for by the gaming community.

That word community has become more important than ever over the course of the pandemic, when competing with strangers on the internet has led to many forging genuine, enduring friendships. On the same theme, our jury of gaming experts were tasked with nominating six games that resonated most with players around the world, not just capturing imaginations but keeping us entertained and connected over the past year.

Our congratulations, then, to the nominees - it’s an awesome shortlist. I can’t wait to see who the public chooses as the EE Game of the Year.

MARC ALLERA CEO, EE

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(As voted for by the public)

C H IC ORY: A C O LO R F U L TA LE Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji DEATH LO O P Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks TH E F OR G OT T E N C I T Y Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers IT TA K ES T WO Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts METR OID D R E A D Nintendo & MercurySteam/Nintendo U N PAC K ING Witch Beam/Humble Games

All nominations correct at time of press.

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T HE J U RI ES AN IMATIO N Jim Jagger chair Liz Ballantyne Cissy Biri Jonathan Cooper Mondo Ghulam Anne Gibeault Jay Hosfelt Keza MacDonald Harvey Newman Erica Pinto Satish Shewhorak ARTISTIC ACHIEVEM EN T Jodie Azhar chair Liam Blunden Laura Dilloway James Horn Chris Johnson Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou Lloyd Knott Elle Lydia Mohrag Taylor Del Walker AUDIO AC H I EV EM EN T Karl Stewart chair Justin Andree Marisa Ewing Christian Facey Jeremiah George Darren Korb Jade Leamcharaskul . . . McCarney Niamh Adam Rosser Vanesa Lorena Tate

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EVOLV I N G GAM E Leanne Loombe chair Jennifer Allen Jessica Boettiger Marcus Bronzy David Clamp Adam Lay Cathy Magnien Benjamin Joseph Maltz-Jones Margaret McClure Laura Michet Timothy Peter Mines Tara Mustapha Danielle Udogaranya

GA M E D ES I G N Jonathon Wilson chair Mike Bithell Prakash Choraria Charu Desodt Ben Furneaux Alexis Guariguata Harriet Jones Caryn Krakauer Adam Kramarzewski Claire Morwood Karla Reyes Jamie Smith MU LT I P L AY E R James Brooksby chair Zakia Abdullah Mira Dorthé Caspar Field Joanna Haslam Richard Jolly David Millard Ben Smedstad David Springer Midas Whittaker

FAMI LY Nick Button-Brown chair Frank Arnot Jonty Barnes Ali Durrant Alysia Judge Rob Kay Li Ma Faraz Osman Nisha Valand GA M E B E YON D EN TE RTAI N M E N T Liz Mercuri chair Sarah Brin Alexander Francois Jay-Ann Lopez Kristina ‘Kat’ Markez Harry Petch Inel Tomlinson Jordan Erica Webber

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Ralph Ferneyhough Natalia Hinds Dave Jones James Stone Daisuke Tsuji Aoife Wilson T E CH NI CA L ACH I E V E ME NT Catherine Woolley chair Michael Bailey Simon Barratt Aadit Doshi Katie Goode Rich Levy Zi Peters Romana Ramzan Zoë Sams David Smith Timea Tabori Lana Zgombic E E GA M E O F T H E Y E A R Jo Twist chair Ryan Brown Victoria Brown ´ Laura Kate Dale Mike Diver Jane Douglas Janet Garcia Julia Hardy Tamoor Hussain Tom Hutchison Stephanie Ijoma Sam Loveridge Elle Osili-Wood Alex Spencer

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2022 BAFTA Games Awards Nominees

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