Meet the Sponsors

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Mad Dog 2020 Casting

An Official Television Craft Partner

Mad Dog 2020 Casting is delighted to be an Official Television Craft Partner for the fourth consecutive year. Our support for 2023 enables us to continue to achieve our objectives of promoting the best in talent and the craft of television. We promote the professionalism of the film and television in the UK through both training and encouraging skill and talent. We further support the industry by endeavouring to provide the best in background casting, such that we 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 of the nominees for such an amazing achievement 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 the Director: Fiction category at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards for the eighth year running. We congratulate this year’s nominees, whose unwavering dedication to their craft has brought an incredible year of powerful and compelling television drama to our screens.

For more than 30 years, 3 Mills Studios has provided a stage for world-class film and television, and by partnering with BAFTA on these Awards we hope to shine a light on the hard work of those behind the camera. The exceptional creative talent in this category will undoubtedly spark inspiration in the current and future directors of British television – and 3 Mills Studios will be here to help those directors bring their stories to life.

Visit: 3mills.com

Hotcam

Category sponsor for Entertainment Craft Team

For more than 20 years, Hotcam has provided the factual and entertainment production space with full service engineering, crewing and rental solutions. Today, our offering is characterised by a friendly, knowledgeable approach and an on-location technical expertise.

Hotcam is one of the few companies that can service major entertainment productions at scale while understanding the requirements, expectations and ethos of the non-scripted production community.

Sponsoring the Entertainment Craft Team category is the perfect way to show our appreciation for a sector of the industry we love working in.

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 it raises awareness of 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 or benlabs.com

Sara Putt Associates

Category sponsor for Emerging Talent

Sara Putt Associates is the leading independent UK agency for behind-the-camera talent. We have been the proud sponsors of Emerging Talent: Fiction since 2010, which celebrates the next generation of incredible industry talent and honours those making a huge impact early in their career.

We are committed to nurturing talent at every stage of a freelancer’s career. Our relationship with BAFTA is a vital one, as through our Foundation and Trainee Scheme we support and celebrate the next generation of talent, creating opportunities for all. We also continue to offer Q&As on CVs, networking, negotiation and career strategy, while also supporting many organisations and initiatives, including Guru Live, BAFTA Connect, the Film Market and Generation Next.

Visit: saraputt.co.uk

ScreenSkills Hhigh-end TV Skills Fund

Category sponsor for Costume Design

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body that finds, develops and sustains the skilled and inclusive workforce for the UK’s screen industries. The Highend TV Skills Fund, managed by ScreenSkills, is delighted to be sponsoring the Costume Design category this year. The High-end TV Skills Fund supports career development opportunities for talent working at every level of high-end television. Over the last decade, the Fund has invested more than £33m of UK production contributions, meeting the skills and training needs of the behind-the-camera talent who make the outstanding content being celebrated by BAFTA and enjoyed globally.

We congratulate all the nominees and thank all the nominated productions who contribute to The High-end TV Skills Fund.

Visit: screenskills.com

Spotlight

Category sponsor for Scripted Casting

We’re honoured to be sponsoring Scripted Casting for a fourth year, and look forward to continuing this support in the future. Spotlight would like to thank BAFTA for recognising the craft of casting and to the casting directors themselves who have, over the years, cast thousands of professional roles using the Spotlight platform. Spotlight has been connecting performers with roles in television, film and theatre since 1927. It’s our role to keep stages and screens filled with talented performers, so we can continue to watch our favourite characters come to life. With studios in London’s West End and a team of people across the world as part of the Talent Systems group, Spotlight is truly at the heart of the industry.

Visit: spotlight.com