MEET THE SPONSORS

BAFTA would like to thank the following for their generous support of the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2022...

Mad Dog 2020 Casting

Official Television Craft Partner

Mad Dog 2020 Casting is delighted to be an Official Television Craft Partner for a third year. Our support for 2022 enables us to achieve our objectives of promoting the best in talent and the craft of television. We promote the professionalism of film and television in the UK through training and encouraging skill and talent. We further support the industry by endeavouring to provide the best in background casting to enable the creativity of our clients to flourish. The support of BAFTA allows us to raise the profile of probably the last facilities supplier to be appointed in the production process. The provision of background casting is a finely tuned process that we constantly seek to improve. We share this core value with BAFTA and the other industry bodies we support. Congratulations to all the nominees for their amazing achievements and for providing the skill and talent that the industry needs to such a high standard. We support you. Visit: maddog2020casting.com

3 Mills Studios

Category sponsor for Director: Fiction

3 Mills Studios is proud to continue its support of this category for the seventh year running. In what has been another epic year for highend television drama, we want to shine a light on the outstanding work done by those behind the camera. 3 Mills Studios provides facilities for a diverse range of productions across independent film, television and theatre. We share BAFTA’s commitment to sustainability and diversity, and our partnership with the Television Craft Awards provides real value to our goals of inspiring the next generation. We hope the exceptional creative talent in the Director: Fiction category will serve as an inspiration to the future directors of British television – and 3 Mills Studios will be there to help those directors bring their stories to life.

Visit: 3mills.com

The Farm Group

Category Sponsor for Photography: Factual

The Farm Group, part of Streamland Media, is proud to sponsor this category. Our craft staff rely on beautifully composed pictures to feed their own creativity and we applaud all of this year’s nominees for their brilliance. The calibre of work truly inspires us. At The Farm, we provide award-winning comprehensive post-production services from facilities throughout the UK, in addition to partnerships with BBC Sport, UKTV and Channel 4. Our capabilities encompass picture, sound and location services across various genres of television. Nurturing talent lies at the heart of The Farm’s ethos. Many of our talented creatives, including editors, colourists, and re-recording mixers, as well as post producers, started at entry level positions and we pledge to continue the development of future talent.

Visit: farmgroup.tv

Hotcam

Category Sponsor for Entertainment Craft Team

For more than 25 years, Hotcam has supported the broadcast, film and creative industries with equipment hire, multi-camera technical design, systems engineering, production services and crewing. We believe that at the heart of any successful production is the creativity, talent and teamwork of some truly unsung heroes. This is why Hotcam is proud to sponsor the Television Craft Awards for the 16th consecutive year, as it recognises these individuals for their outstanding contributions to our industry. Your vision, our expertise…

Visit: hotcam.tv

Microsoft

Category Sponsor for Production Design

Microsoft is proud to be supporting the Production Design category as it not only highlights the incredible creative talent behind the scenes of our most beloved television programmes, but also raises awareness for the sheer amount of hard work and dedication it takes to bring them to fruition. Behind the scenes, Microsoft has been hard at work supporting production designers and their teams with prop provisions from our range of devices, along with software and gaming clearances, to enable them to tell realistic, true-to-life and compelling visual stories.

Visit: microsoft.com / ben.productplacement.com

Sara Putt Associates

Category Sponsor for Emerging Talent: Fiction

The work of Sara Putt Associates is about nurturing talent. We are lucky enough to represent a roster of amazingly talented clients and through our Trainee Scheme and Foundation we seek out and support new talent. We are a community, and we endeavour to empower all clients to maximise their potential. The last two years have been hugely tough on freelancers, hence supporting this community and celebrating the success of emerging talent feels more important than ever. BAFTA is about inspiration and excellence and working alongside the iconic BAFTA brand to celebrate the next generation of talent is an honour.

Visit: saraputt.co.uk

Screenskills High-end TV Skills Fund

Category Sponsor for Photography & Lighting: Fiction

ScreenSkills is the industryled skills body for UK screen. We help find, develop and sustain the skilled and inclusive workforce which is critical to the UK’s global screen success. The High-end TV Skills Fund, managed by ScreenSkills, supports career development opportunities for talent working at all levels in high-end television, from new entrants to executives. This year the fund will invest more than £10m of industry contributions from UK production to meet training needs, continuing to develop the behind-the-camera talent who make the outstanding content being celebrated by BAFTA. We congratulate all the Photography & Lighting: Fiction nominees and thank the nominated productions across all categories who contribute to the High-end TV Skills Fund.

Visit: screenskills.com

Spotlight

Category Sponsor for Scripted Casting

With a mission to connect the best acting talent with great roles, Spotlight has always recognised that every successful television show relies on the expertise of a team of less celebrated professionals behind the camera. Spotlight has campaigned for the recognition of casting directors for almost 20 years, so we’re delighted to once more be sponsoring the Scripted Casting category and to support BAFTA and the industry in this way. We’re well aware how crucial all the skills recognised by the Television Craft Awards are to this industry, and we’re delighted to be celebrating the achievements of all the nominees.

Visit: spotlight.com