EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015 programme

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CONTENTS WELCO M E 8

It takes an exceptional film to tell the story of an exceptional man: a brief history of Stephen Hawking is explored in this moving biopic. Words by Anna Smith

HRH The Duke Of Cambridge, KG President of the Academy

Amanda Berry OBE Chief Executive of the Academy

Anne Morrison Chair of the Academy 11

SPECIA L AWA RDS 68

The nominations in full

Juries & Chapters

In its 25th year, BBC Films receives this special award for supporting some of the UK’s most acclaimed films. Words by Tim Murray

B EST FI L M N O M I N EES Birdman The interrelationship between ego and performance is laid bare in this sparkling comedy set on Broadway. Words by Kaleem Aftab 50

WO M EN I N FI L M TO DAY: A PH OTO G R A PH I C ESSAY 89

A celebration of some of the industry’s best and brightest female stars, both in front of and behind the camera. By Chris Floyd

106

A Tribute to Lord Attenborough

110

In Memoriam

Wes Anderson’s latest opus is as smart as its snappy dialogue. An irresistable comedy of social mores, etiquette and eccentricity. Words by Jane Crowther

119

Officers of the Academy

121

Partners of the Academy

123

Film Awards Partners

The Imitation Game

125

Film Awards Gift Providers

127

Awards Acknowledgements

129

BAFTA & Brochure Credits

Boyhood Twelve years in the making, this delivers a nuanced time-lapse snapshot of the classic coming-of-age tale. Words by Francine Stock

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

The Grand Budapest Hotel

It took just two words to crack the tyranny of Nazi Germany: Alan Turing. A remarkable story about an unsung hero. Words by Damon Wise

C O N T E N T S

The Fellowship The Academy’s highest accolade is presented to one of the UK’s most feted and distinctive filmmakers – Mike Leigh OBE. Words by Quentin Falk

Olaf Swantee, CEO EE

N O M I N ATI O NS

The Theory of Everything

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WELCOME — from BAFTA

Amanda Berry

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W E L C O M E

Chief Executive of the Academy

elcome to the EE British Academy Film Awards. With a distinctly British perspective, the Awards recognise the best films and most talented practitioners in the world. All of tonight’s nominees pushed the boundaries of film with their unique creativity, artistry and dedication, forging stories, shaped by their vision and craft, that have kept us entertained, informed and inspired throughout the year. Congratulations in particular to Mike Leigh, the ingenious and influential filmmaker who receives the Fellowship; and to BBC Films, which in its 25th year collects the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award. My sincere thanks to the Film Committee and its Chairman, Nik Powell, and Deputy Chair, Pippa Harris; to Anne Morrison and John Willis, Chair and Deputy Chair of the Academy respectively; to the brilliant BAFTA staff; and to EE and all our partners for their incredible support and belief in what we do. Have a wonderful evening.

Anne Morrison Chair of the Academy

nyone with a love of film will be inspired by the talent honoured this evening. Learning about our nominees’ journeys and rewarding their achievements is one of the best ways to motivate others into believing they can achieve too. Harnessing that inspiration keeps BAFTA busy long after the last award has been presented. We run a wide-ranging, inclusive programme of activity across the UK, the USA and now Asia to help talented people, regardless of their background, find a career in film, television or games or to take the next step up within the industry with the help of expert practitioners. This includes scholarships, mentoring, craft masterclasses, industry lectures, career Q&As, debates and our Breakthrough Brits scheme. BAFTA enables the industry to give something back, all year round. Learn how you can support our mission to nurture and develop the next generation of talent, giving them every chance to follow in your footsteps and helping safeguard the future of film. Visit www.bafta.org to find out more.

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his is now the 18th year of EE’s partnership with BAFTA, and as CEO it gives me great pleasure to once again support and celebrate creativity and excellence within the film industry. Back in 1998, when we first worked together, our business wasn’t called EE and the film industry was torn between looking to the past through films like Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, and imagining the inevitable future of reality TV programming through The Truman Show. If an ambitious director were to attempt to make Truman Showstyle reality TV today, there would be no need for the enormous set that Jim Carrey’s character grew up in. These days, we live in a wireless world, where we are able to stream high-definition content and huge files on the go. You could film Truman and stream it live using 4G. You could follow him to an isolated location and not have to worry about bringing generators for power. Indeed, many film and TV studios are already using the power of superfast mobile connectivity to broadcast live, or set up in remote locations and still work as if they were back in the studio. Of course, to deliver so much information, and send it to the right place in the right format at superfast speeds, requires incredible computing power. It is, therefore, also fitting that tonight we are celebrating one of my favourite films from the past year, The Imitation Game. We have come a long way since Alan Turing was founding modern computer science, but his legacy remains among us. 2015 also marks the 10th anniversary of the EE Rising Star Award, the only award at the EE British Academy Film Awards to be voted for by the public. In 2006, James McAvoy won the inaugural award and I look forward to seeing who triumphs tonight. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our EE Rising Star jury for their expertise, time and commitment in selecting the shortlist: Pippa Harris ( jury chair), Alice Eve, Dexter Fletcher, James King, Nina Gold, Parminder Vir, Debra Hayward, Susanna White, Charles Gant, Marc Samuelson, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Lottie Lumsden and Martin Robinson. For everyone attending the Awards tonight, I hope you have a pleasant evening. Let’s sit back and enjoy the entertainment and celebrations.

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BEST FILM - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson DIRECTOR - Wes Anderson ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Wes Anderson LEADING ACTOR - Ralph Fiennes ORIGINAL MUSIC - Alexandre Desplat CINEMATOGRAPHY - Robert Yeoman EDITING - Barney Pilling PRODUCTION DESIGN - Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock COSTUME DESIGN - Milena Canonero MAKE-UP AND HAIR - Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier SOUND - Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak

BEST FILM - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole DIRECTOR - Alejandro G. Iñárritu ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo LEADING ACTOR - Michael Keaton SUPPORTING ACTOR - Edward Norton SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Emma Stone ORIGINAL MUSIC - Antonio Sanchez CINEMATOGRAPHY - Emmanuel Lubezki EDITING - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione SOUND - Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Gillian Flynn LEADING ACTRESS - Rosamund Pike

LEADING ACTRESS - Reese Witherspoon

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jack O’Connell, Shailene Woodley

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SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Stephane Cereti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi MAKE-UP AND HAIR Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

COSTUME DESIGN Colleen Atwood MAKE-UP AND HAIR Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland

ADAPTED SCREEN PL AY

A MERICAN SNIPER Jason Hall

ANIM ATED FILM

BIG HERO 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams

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GONE GIRL Gillian Flynn

THE IMITATION GA ME Graham Moore

THE BOXTROLLS Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable

PADDINGTON Paul King

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten

THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING DIRECTOR James Marsh

LEADING ACTRESS Felicity Jones

BEST FILM Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

MAKE-UP AND HAIR Jan Sewell

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Anthony McCarten LEADING ACTOR Eddie Redmayne

ORIGINAL MUSIC Jóhann Jóhannsson COSTUME Steven Noble EDITING Jinx Godfrey

TRASH FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier

BEST FILM

T H E

THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

N O M I N A T I O N S

BIRDMAN Alejandro G Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W Skotchdopole

BRITISH SHORT ANIM ATION

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson

THE IMITATION GA ME Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

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THE KÁRMÁN LINE Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp

IDA Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski

INTERSTELLAR Hoyte van Hoytema

SLAP Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland

THREE BROTHERS Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow

MR. TURNER Dick Pope

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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero

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BIRDMAN Alejandro G Iñárritu

T H E

INTO THE WOODS Colleen Atwood

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh

MR. TURNER Jacqueline Durran

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Steven Noble

N O M I N A T I O N S

THE IMITATION GA ME Sammy Sheldon Differ

WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle

TO ALL THE NOMINEES SUPPORTED BY THE BFI FILM FUND MR. TURNER PRIDE ’71 UNDER THE SKIN 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX THE KÁRMÁN LINE THREE BROTHERS Boogaloo and Graham, Emotional Fusebox and Three Brothers are supported by BFI NET.WORK

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20 FEET FROM STARDOM Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Barney Pilling

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CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky

THE IMITATION GA ME William Goldenberg

NIGHTCRAWLER John Gilroy

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER John Maloof, Charlie Siskel

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jinx Godfrey

VIRUNGA Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

WHIPLASH Tom Cross

N O M I N A T I O N S

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard

BIRDMAN Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

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LE A DIN G ACTO R

LEVIATHAN Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Imitation Game

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything

T H E

THE LUNCHBOX Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga

JAKE GYLLENHA AL Nightcrawler

MICHAEL KEATON Birdman

TRASH Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd

RALPH FIENNES The Grand Budapest Hotel

N O M I N A T I O N S

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LEADING ACTRESS

A MY ADA MS Big Eyes

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALA XY Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

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FELICITY JONES The Theory of Everything

JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice

INTO THE WOODS Peter Swords King, J Roy Helland

MR. TURNER Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener

REESE WITHERSPOON Wild

ROSA MUND PIKE Gone Girl

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jan Sewell, Kristyan Mallett

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ORIGINAL MUSIC

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BIRDMAN Antonio Sanchez

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater

N O M I N A T I O N S

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat

BIRDMAN Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jóhann Jóhannsson

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson

NIGHTCRAWLER Dan Gilroy

UNDER THE SKIN Mica Levi

WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle

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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

A MERICAN SNIPER Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman BIRDMAN Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño

THE IMITATION GA ME Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

T H E

N O M I N A T I O N S

BIG EYES Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak

THE IMITATION GA ME John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Andy Kennedy

INTERSTELLAR Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

MR. TURNER Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

congratulates our clients on their 2015 EE British Academy Film Awards nominations Best Film BIRDMAN ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU JOHN LESHER BOYHOOD RICHARD LINKLATER THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING TIM BEVAN LISA BRUCE ERIC FELLNER Outstanding British Film ’71 YANN DEMANGE* THE IMITATION GAME GRAHAM MOORE PRIDE MATTHEW WARCHUS** THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING JAMES MARSH* TIM BEVAN LISA BRUCE ERIC FELLNER Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer YANN DEMANGE* ’71 HONG KHAOU*** LILTING Film Not In The English Language IDA PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI THE LUNCHBOX ANURAG KASHYAP* GUNEET MONGA TRASH STEPHEN DALDRY TIM BEVAN ERIC FELLNER Adapted Screenplay AMERICAN SNIPER JASON HALL THE IMITATION GAME GRAHAM MOORE

Documentary FINDING VIVIAN MAIER CHARLIE SISKEL VIRUNGA ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL Director ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD JAMES MARSH* THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Original Screenplay BIRDMAN ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU ALEXANDER DINELARIS BOYHOOD RICHARD LINKLATER NIGHTCRAWLER DAN GILROY Leading Actor EDDIE REDMAYNE*** THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING RALPH FIENNES**** THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Leading Actress JULIANNE MOORE*** STILL ALICE REESE WITHERSPOON WILD ROSAMUND PIKE*** GONE GIRL Supporting Actor ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD Supporting Actress KEIRA KNIGHTLEY*** THE IMITATION GAME RENE RUSSO NIGHTCRAWLER The EE Rising Star Award GUGU MBATHA-RAW† JACK O’CONNELL†† MARGOT ROBBIE††† MILES TELLER

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EDWARD NORTON Birdman

GUARDIANS OF THE GALA XY Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R Christopher White

ETHAN HAWKE Boyhood

JK SIMMONS Whiplash

MARK RUFFALO Foxcatcher

INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

N O M I N A T I O N S

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett

SU PPO RTIN G ACTO R

STEVE CARELL Foxcatcher

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

T H E EE R I S I N G S TA R AWA R D VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC

EMMA STONE Birdman

JACK O’CONNELL

N O M I N A T I O N S

IMELDA STAUNTON Pride

GUGU MBATHA-RAW

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY The Imitation Game

PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood

MARGOT ROBBIE

MILES TELLER

RENE RUSSO Nightcrawler

SHAILENE WOODLEY

Nominations correct at time of press.

JURIES & CHAPTERS JURIES British Short Animation — Clare Wise (Chair) Emma Clarke Clare Jennings Justin Johnson Joseph Pierce Martin Pope Dave Prosser Cara Speller Nick Murray Willis Greg Wise

Craft Chapters

— Nik Powell (Chair) David Arnold Justin Chadwick Andrew Curtis Pippa Harris Rachel Hirons Justin Johnson Phyllida Lloyd Tracy O’Riordan Amanda Posey Marc Samuelson Catherine Shoard Gabrielle Tana Ken Trodd

— Cinematography Costume Design Directing Editing Make Up & Hair Music Production Design Screenplay Sound Special Visual Effects

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer — Stephen Woolley (Chair) Clare Stewart Clio Barnard Joe Cornish John Akomfrah Kate Lee Michael Parker Moira Buffini Nira Park Peter Bradshaw Peter Straughan Tanya Seghatchian Jury members correct at time of going to press.

Opt-in Chapters — Animation British Short Animation and British Short Film Documentary Film Not in the English Language Outstanding British Film Craft chapters are made up of Academy members with specialist experience in the relative field; opt-in chapters are open to all members who are willing to commit to watching the eligible films. For full details on the voting process, please visit: www.bafta.org/film/awards

J U R I E S

— Lisa Bryer (Chair) Martina Amati Mahalia Belo Walter Campbell Andrew Curtis Leo Davis Anna Duffield Simon Ellis Oliver Goodrum Amelia Granger Charlotte Macleod Carter Pilcher Diana Phillips

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he most celebrated film adaptation of Raymond Carver short stories is the late, great Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, his 1993 drama set in suburban Los Angeles. It is a Carver short story, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, that Riggan Thompson (played by BAFTA nominee Michael Keaton) is adapting for the stage as he attempts to make the transition from being a sometime superhero blockbuster star to serious character actor. Although set on a Broadway stage, Birdman is about the film business, and that’s what director Alejandro González Iñárritu seems to refer to when he talks about love. In musing on the value of fame over artistic credibility, Iñárritu pays homage to the opening credit sequence of Altman’s paean to Hollywood, The Player. Coincidence, or the narrative echoes between tales that Carver was so fond of? As with Altman’s 1992 masterwork, Birdman discusses various aspects of the film industry. Birdman chirps about the power of franchise movies, the performances of actors, critical receptions and backstabbing shenanigans, and it’s all done in one take with a camera that dances between the protagonists, between close-up, pan and establishing shot, and all to a drummer’s beat. In that opening sequence to The Player, famous one-take sequences such as Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil, Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners and Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky are mentioned. Were Birdman to be so referential, the names cited would

include Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, Andy Warhol’s Empire and Aleksandr Sokurov’s Russian Ark, films that are or look like they’ve been made with one take. Birdman would happily levitate alongside such peers. Our central protagonist, Riggan, lives under the illusion that the star is the show, a belief in celebrity reinforced when the announcement that a respected method actor Mike (played by Ed Norton) will perform in the Carver adaptation sends ticket sales soaring. Yet Iñárritu is far too well-versed a director to see film production through such periscopic vision. Famous for his triptych narrative structures, seen in Amores Perros and Babel, the director has always been interested in the sum, rather than the parts. For the cast, it’s the ensemble that makes the performance; Keaton, first among equals, shares billing alongside Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan and Andrea Riseborough.

Yet, as with the backstage of the theatre, what happens behind-the-scenes is equally important and, arguably, the real stars of Birdman are fellow BAFTA nominees, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and musician Antonio Sanchez. Lubezki already boasts two BAFTAs for his work on Children of Men and Gravity, and, remarkably, the man known by his friends as Chivo may have surpassed himself with Birdman. Making a film look like one shot is an achievement in itself, but mixing this with special effects shots of Riggan levitating, camera transitions from inside and outside of the theatre building, an action sequence and Riggan appearing on screen alongside his Birdman doppelganger – now that really takes some superhuman ability. This may well be the year of the jazz drummer. While Miles Teller shows the effort that goes into getting to the top of the profession in Whiplash,

Antonio Sanchez is the real deal. Remarkably for his first film score, Iñárittu encouraged him to improvise to the images using only a drum and cymbals. It’s the kind of cinematic jazz that made the Nashville director’s films so special.

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he passing of time has always preoccupied filmmakers and theorists. More than painting or literature, film illustrates the moment captured. It can be replayed

each time afresh, from the train arriving at Ciotat station to Sandra Bullock’s tumble through space. Those moments live even as we grow old. Filmmakers have wrestled and played with time, cheating the clock with edits, embedding flashbacks in narrative, speeding up and slowing down the action. Few, though, have tackled it with such deep understanding as Richard Linklater. The master of time-lapse narrative in the Before trilogy of films with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, Linklater’s trademark is to have a couple walking in discussion, as the camera steadily retreats before them; long takes that capture real time. Boyhood, though, is something else – a riskier break with traditional narrative, without the hook

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of will-they-won’t-they? romance. Its account of Mason Jr’s boyhood from first grade to college, filmed over 12 years, is a feature that is also documentary, a naturalistic drama that emerges from years of workshops, a distinctive film that eschews heavy authorial presence. Linklater wanted the film to feel like memory with vignettes that linger. These are not necessarily the headline events, the proposals, divorces and ‘deflowerings’ that might stud melodrama. There is tension, certainly, but the seismic changes largely happen offscreen; the film is composed, like memory itself, in the odd interstices of experience. So the audience can recall (like Mason, presumably) that moment when the small boy contemplates the skeleton of a bird or a pet in the shady alleyway

between two houses. Linklater evokes mood more than incident, making Mason’s memories ours. Boyhood travels through the years with no clunky signposting of dates; its elliptical storytelling trusts the audience’s intelligence. Ellar Coltrane’s gradual transformation from smart, adorable boy to thoughtful, wry adult meanders through teen awkwardness. Hairstyles change along with technology, then suddenly, Mason’s ready to leave for college, putting behind childish things with a quiet refusal of sentimentality that floors his mother – and the audience. Linklater may have struck lucky with a young actor who grew to the challenge, but it also took remarkable skill and sensitivity to keep the whole ensemble evolving over the extraordinary elongated shoot: the film’s final structure emerged from repeated re-editing. As Mason’s parents, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette give performances consistently true to characters buffeted by the years – both have been BAFTA-nominated for their roles. Even as his son overtakes him, Mason Sr retains a boyish dance, while Olivia’s stoicism eventually yields to a moment of existential pain as desperate as anything in Michelangelo Antonioni’s work, yet utterly normal. Linklater has constructed a period piece in the present tense. Those generations of gaming gadgets and computers are not simply a record of obsolescence; they demonstrate our increasing involvement with technology which the 18-year-old Mason questions. It’s lightly done in a conversation, a thought rather than a lecture, typical of the film. Boyhood is never pretentious, yet it is profound. Lost time, regained, in the golden Texas light.

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he recipe for Mendl’s Courtesan au Chocolat, the sweet treat which features so prominently in The Grand Budapest Hotel, goes thus: – Make a choux pastry dough and pipe into small, medium and large sized dollops – Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 25-35 minutes – Once cooled, the large and medium choux should be filled with a crème pâtissière of chocolate, egg yolks and sugar – Prepare a glaze of confectioner’s sugar, a dash of vanilla and milk – Separate into three small bowls and add food colour to each – one lavender, one pale green and one pink – Dip each pastry in icing – the large pastry in lavender, medium in green, small in pink

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Drooling, yet? Used as a distraction, prison breaker and even crash mat in Wes Anderson’s eighth confection, the Courtesan requires delectable, multi-layered and precise ingredients. A description that could easily be applied to the film itself – a nostalgic bonbon recalling the European gentility of a long-gone era and the sugar rush delight of a screwball caper. As lovingly-crafted as Mendl’s morsel, Anderson’s idiosyncratic buddy movie follows three timelines (all shot in different retro ratios to reflect their era); one in 1985 as the narrator (Tom Wilkinson) reminisces about staying in the eponymous lodgings in fictional Zubrowka and his 1968 dinner with the owner (F Murray Abraham), who tells his tales of the hotel’s 1932 heyday under the exacting eye of liberallyperfumed concierge, M Gustave (a revelatory Ralph Fiennes). It’s here, amid the rumblings of war and communism, that Gustave and the owner (then an inexperienced lobby boy played

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in London early in 2014 it inspired a Secret Cinema event where audiences watched the film in a recreation of the hotel. Or that BAFTA members honoured it with a leading number of nominations this year (11) in recognition of the attention to detail, commitment and craftsmanship served up. The Grand Budapest Hotel is a place we want to be real, a genteel celebration of nostalgia, sentimentalism and, above all else, fun. As Zweig wrote: “one must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate others.” Anderson and team believe so much in the hotel that we do too. How delicious!

by Tony Revolori) embark on a Hitchcockian romp, taking in murder, romance, ski-jumps and cliff hangers (literal and figurative). Though loaded with cameos and cocoa-dark thematic layers exploring the loss of innocence, the corruption of greed, totalitarianism and the families that orphans create, the joy of The Grand Budapest Hotel is in the care taken to create an intoxicating diorama world that fully immerses viewers, leaving them enchanted and haunted in equal parts. Inspired by the writings of fin de siècle Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, Anderson searched Europe for weeks to find the perfect setting for his baroque hotel. Finally discovering an abandoned Jugenstil-style department store in Gorlitz, Germany, in which to create his atriumed lobby, his artisans were set to work realising his vision. Signature miniatures and hand-painted backdrops were concocted, a local baker invented the Courtesan and the cast holed up together in what Tilda Swinton described as a “rambling house party” atmosphere. The resulting elaborate and authentic universe of jewel-bright colours, quirky characters, evocative score and bonkers moments is what makes The Grand Budapest Hotel such a feast for the senses. Little wonder when the film opened

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o be or seem to be? That is the question… The complexity of appearances is something Benedict Cumberbatch’s mathematician Alan Turing wrestles with in The Imitation Game, not only in his private life but in the wider arena of war and in the field of artificial intelligence, too. As a closeted gay man with few social skills in pre-enlightened Britain, Turing fits awkwardly into the workplace, where he is charged with cracking the seemingly unbreakable code that is bringing Hitler’s army terrifyingly close to British shores. Outside of that, however, Turing soon comes to understand the enormity of his situation: he’s a man of reason and logic, but to help the Allies win, he’s going to have to be strategic with the truth.

At first glance, The Imitation Game may seem an odd fit with Norwegian director Morten Tyldum, whose last film, Headhunters, was a darkly comic Scandi conspiracy caper about an art thief on the trail of a valuable painting. But like that film, The Imitation Game is about a man getting in over his head and coming to terms with his place as a pawn in a dangerous game. Turing’s genius will only take the war effort so far, and once the job is done, he will be privy to unpalatable state secrets – while the military works out how best to use the information gained, the lives of innocents will be lost in the crossfire. On a surface level, The Imitation Game works simply as a race against time, taking place within the pressure cooker tensions of a high-stakes job that cannot be discussed. Turing’s co-worker Joan

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he shows his arrogance, his insularity and a stubbornness that comes very close to self-sabotage. And yet beneath the character armour, we see the vulnerability and insecurity that fuelled this hauteur: the broken heart behind the bright mind. Though it is rooted in the past, The Imitation Game has plenty to say about the present too, since Turing’s work paved the way for modern computer science and his concerns about its applications remain the same as ours. More than anything, though, it’s a film that sheds light on a secret chapter of British history, an overdue celebration of an unsung and unlikely legend. But then, this is a film about the intricacy of appearances. As is repeated throughout: “Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”

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(Keira Knightley) has to lie to her own parents about the work she’s doing, and all have to deal with the knowledge that whatever they achieve may literally be a thankless task, buried forever by the Official Secrets Act. But Graham Moore’s script adds human depth that is brought to life by Cumberbatch’s extraordinary performance. Framing the film in 1952, with scenes depicting Turing’s arrest on indecency charges, Moore makes explicit the irony in his subsequent downfall: Turing stepped up to protect our freedom, but when he needed us, no one was there to protect his. But then again, no one knew. When Turing died in 1954 – an apparent suicide – his achievements were still classified, and as Tyldum’s film shows, Turing had not behaved like a normal hero. Cumberbatch does not short-sell Turing’s flaws;

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any an inspiring biopic has concerned the life of a late, great legend: that The Theory of Everything was completed during its hero’s lifetime makes it particularly powerful. Star Eddie Redmayne has spoken of his relief that Professor Stephen Hawking gave his approval to the actor’s portrayal of him as a younger man: what better compliment could a performer receive? Both the film and Redmayne’s performance are indeed extraordinary. The 33-year-old inhabits the character of Hawking completely, from his time as an able-bodied young Oxford University student through to his severely paralysed state in the 1990s. Redmayne is just as compelling and authentic as the energetic young student embarking on his studies as he is the wheelchair-bound professor developing theories that will change the face of science. Equally magical is the spirited performance of Felicity Jones as Hawking’s first wife, Jane, whose love and loyalty spurs on the physicist in the darkest days after his diagnosis with motor neurone disease – a time when he was given just two years to live. Not that dark is a word that comes into director James Marsh’s drama often. Think back to the first time you saw The Theory of Everything and you might picture the sun glinting through the clouds, illuminating the smiles on the faces of its central couple. You may remember their first dates, as two quick-witted scholars from very

different disciplines beam and sparkle as they enjoy flirtatious banter, setting the stage for a romance that would last decades. This biopic is about many things, and most of them positive. It is a story of romance. It is a story of triumph over adversity. It is a story of groundbreaking scientific theory. It is a story of a relationship that bore fruit even after it ended. When did you last see a resolutely upbeat film about a couple who split up at the end? In this sense, The Theory of Everything is a thoroughly modern movie. It acknowledges that not all marriages last forever, yet celebrates the happiness Jane and Stephen’s union brought and the results that remain, including their three children. Based on Jane Hawking’s 2004 memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, the film pays testament

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to their relationship without flinching from difficult subjects, such as his physical deterioration and their differing views on religion. It also tackles her feelings for another man, Jonathan (a charismatic Charlie Cox), and Hawking’s attraction to the woman who would become his second wife, Elaine (an amusing Maxine Peake). The Theory of Everything is also funny – deliciously, delightfully funny. Like its subject, Anthony McCarten’s screenplay has an infectious, irreverent sense of humour with a cheerfully mischievous streak. Faced with the cliché about whether to laugh or cry, you get the feeling that the resilient, playful Professor Hawking would invariably choose to laugh. Although ultimately, this affecting film gives you no choice at all: it’s laugh and cry all the way.

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f, as they say, improvement like fine wine is acquired with age, then writer-director Mike Leigh has, at 71, surely attained a truly heady vintage. After more than 40 years of filmmaking and with varying degrees of success primarily on the art house circuit, Leigh has also spectacularly achieved what can only be described as a ‘breakout’ popular hit with his 12th and latest cinema feature, Mr. Turner. Leigh’s beautifully wrought account of the middle and later years of the 19th century British artist, JMW Turner, took,

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the trades purred, just nine days to surpass his previous UK box office earner, 2005’s Vera Drake. It has been projected that Mr. Turner will triple the final tally for that, a critically acclaimed, period portrait of a well-meaning working class abortionist. No wonder Leigh sounds so buoyant and relaxed as he discusses his career in the labyrinthine confines of his Soho eyrie, known as Thin Man Films, which he and his late partner, producer Simon Channing Williams, started back in 1988. The latest icing on the cake is clearly his award of this year’s BAFTA Fellowship, following in the footsteps of native-born filmmakers such as David Lean, Michael Powell, Richard Attenborough, Ken Loach, John Boorman, Alan Parker, and Alfred Hitchcock. The latter launched the whole awarding a Fellowship back in 1971, which also happened to be the same year Leigh, then aged 28, directed his first feature, Bleak Moments, said to have cost a mere £18,000. “Of course, it’s a great honour for me personally, but I also regard it as a celebration of independent filmmaking and for what a massive

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amount of people have done with me on both sides of the camera,” says Leigh, who studied at RADA and the Camberwell School of Art before honing his cinematic skills at the London Film School in the 60s, where he has been a hands-on chairman since 2000. Not that Salford-born Leigh is exactly a stranger to BAFTA recognition. He has, to date, earned no fewer than 14 nominations and won four, starting in 1996 with the special Michael Balcon award for Outstanding

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turn of the 70s, when Albert Finney began putting money into films by young directors. The influential producer Tony Garnett saw Bleak Moments and got Leigh into the BBC, where he spent the next 12 years making still oft-repeated top dramas such as Abigail’s Party and Nuts in May. When Channel 4 launched, the likes of David Rose and Jeremy Isaacs also bought into the ‘Leigh process’ which, among other things, include months of rehearsal and character development with carefully selected actors. “You know,” says Leigh, “Mr. Turner is my 20th full length film including the television ones, and nobody has ever interfered with any of them in the sense that most films get interfered with most of the time by a lot of people, usually during production and certainly during post. “Okay, there was a marginal occasion when the French backer on Secrets & Lies wanted to remove two scenes, because they thought they had nothing to do with the plot, and everybody told them they’d be wrong. They even said it wouldn’t go to Cannes. It did, and it won the Palme D’Or,” he smiles. “Even when, in 1984, I made Four Days in July about Northern Ireland for the BBC, no one interfered with that – and that really was a hot potato. Yes, what is beyond dispute is that I’ve been lucky.” As he suggested earlier, that good fortune has also been very much to do with the loyal company around him – from producer Georgina Lowe, who had been part of the team since Naked in 1993 before stepping into Channing Williams’ shoes as an ‘enabling producer’ after his death in 2009, to cinematographer Dick Pope, who has shot all of Leigh’s films since Life is Sweet almost a quarter of a century ago. Then there are the actors, many of them Leigh regulars down the years, such as Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent and Phil Davis. Elsewhere, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sally Hawkins and Imelda Staunton have all left an indelible impression on film. “I have,” admits Leigh, “been lucky enough to find those particular kind of intelligent character actors – as opposed to unintelligent

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narcissists, of whom there are one or two floating around here and there – to work with.” And what of the process? Which bits still most excite him? “Shooting and post-production,” he replies, firmly. “The long haul of what we call rehearsal is quite a trek. You’re just preparing, preparing and preparing so that you can eventually go out and make the film. It can be great fun but also be very tedious. “I should be in the Guinness World Records because I must have sat through more long, boring improvisations of actors than anyone else in the history of the universe. But then again,

that is a necessary part of the process, because it makes the characters start to live. He continues: “But shooting is a gas and one of the reasons why it’s such a gas for all of us on my films is because, for the most part, everybody is prepared, relaxed and knows what they are doing. Getting to the cutting room after a shoot feels like a rest cure. Working with the editor and the composer, which I particularly enjoy, is a hoot.” No wonder then, that in his fifth decade of filmmaking, Mike Leigh shows no signs of slowing down.

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BC Films is no stranger to BAFTA awards, having accrued scores of nominations and wins in its 25-year stint as one of the UK’s leading backers and creators of films. As one of the triumvirate of publicly funded operations supporting homegrown productions on these shores, alongside the BFI and Film4, it has an enviable track record in getting films off the ground, onto screens and, eventually, on to the podium at the BAFTAs and other awards ceremonies.

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But after almost 120 nominations and 20 eventual wins from its ever-growing catalogue of titles, this is the first time the organisation has picked up a statue recognising its achievements and output throughout its history. And after shepherding as diverse a slate as Fish Tank (2009) and Eastern Promises (2007) from page to screen, few would begrudge it finally getting recognition. But, in keeping with the way BBC Films is part of its broadcasting giant parent, this year’s special Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award is about more than just being recognised by its peers, as head of BBC Films Christine Langan explains. “It’s extremely helpful for BBC Films. If you’re running a film department within a broadcaster, it’s important for that department to be acknowledged. It makes our argument a lot stronger; it shows that public funding is a vital lynchpin within a precarious industry. Any kind of profile-raising moment helps.” It’s typical of its approach to filmmaking that BBC Films acknowledges this award for what it will mean to forthcoming productions and its own future. Continuity and stability is, Langan says, one of the most important elements of BBC Films’ work. In an uncertain world, as film funding and production so often is, it’s important to have people in it for the long run, working from a secure base. “The fact that we are part of the BBC means we offer a significant stabilising factor to producers and others in the industry,” notes Langan. “We can support producers through quite a precarious and challenging journey.” Comparing the world of funding to the Wild West, she notes: “Our brand gives a lot of other backers reassurances. We can be the vital glue to keep the project together in addition to initiating, developing and supporting. Further down the line, our key role may be to galvanise and work together.” BBC Films is perhaps best explained by Langan’s description of its work as well as the other two UK-based publicly-funded organisations: “BBC Films, along with Film4 and the BFI,

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“We’re beyond delighted with the award. It makes us feel strong and like we belong.”

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Notes on a Scandal (2006)

The Damned United (2009)

introduced me to Jeff Pope, whom she suggested as a writing partner. It was smart thinking. Seeing BBC Films attached to a movie is a seal of quality. I think their best films work because they echo the Reithian mission. They are succeeding at helping make the films Hollywood used to make and saving us all from a sea of robots, horror and brain dead ‘comedies’.” Pope echoes those sentiments, further adding that BBC Films’ involvement gives credibility and security to a project. “The support and advice given by Christine and her team at BBC Films is as important to any project as it is comforting and reassuring to the studios and executives, who then decide whether or not to invest, and take an idea all the way to the first day of shooting.” Producer Nira Park, who collaborated with BBC Films on the forthcoming Man Up (2015), says: “Throughout development and production,

BBC Films behave as though they are part of your team. There’s no ‘us and them’. They will own the tough days as much as they will celebrate the triumphs. This is why we love them and feel very lucky to be working with them. They are partners in the truest sense.” Justin Chadwick, director of The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), notes: “BBC Films nurtures and supports a wide range of diverse, creative talent telling great stories and consistently making strong films… Their voice is unique and pure. Many filmmakers working in the industry today, in the UK and internationally, are there because of the support and training they received from the BBC.” Comments of a similar nature can be found from any source, highlighting BBC Films’ ability to straddle both the arthouse and the multiplex. It can work equally well with a niche product

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Pride

2014

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Philomena, Saving Mr. Banks

2013

Broken, Good Vibrations, Quartet

2012

Coriolanus, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011

Made in Dagenham, Project Nim, StreetDance, West is West

2010

An Education, Bright Star, Fish Tank, In the Loop

2009

The Duchess, Revolutionary Road

2008

Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)

Eastern Promises

2007

The History Boys, Notes on a Scandal

2006

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

Bullet Boy, My Summer of Love

2004 2003 2002

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Ratcatcher, A Room for Romeo Brass

1999

Love is the Devil

1998

Face, Mrs Brown, My Son the Fanatic, TwentyFourSeven

1997

Jude

1996

Land and Freedom

1995

Priest

1994

Truly, Madly, Deeply

1990

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“We’re there, we’re supportive, we have a big set of contacts that our producers and teams can plug into.”

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Iris Billy Elliot, Last Resort

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The Mother Anita and Me, Dirty Pretty Things, In This World, Sweet Sixteen

as well as ushering through more mainstream fare. When it’s suggested that its nose for more esoteric works alongside its more commercial nous is one of the organisation’s best attributes, Langan takes it as a testament to one of BBC Films’ greatest strengths. “You’ve no idea what a compliment that is,” she laughs. “You have to tally the two all the time. You have to spin plates and try and be helpful and active in all areas.” She can point to its 2015 slate, contrasting two of its current titles, for the diversity it offers. “It doesn’t have to be high art, but it has to have originality, freshness, quality. It can be a goofy comedy if it’s doing something new. “Testament of Youth wasn’t an easy film to make. Rosie Alison and David Heyman worked incredibly hard, but it has real cultural heritage, with a real-life figure, Vera Brittain, who is revered and celebrated. You can contrast that with Bill, from the team behind Horrible Histories. It’s a very uproarious irreverent movie, very entertaining for grown-ups as well as kids. [Writers] Ben Willbond and Laurie Rickard are such a witty intelligent team, it’s been a real thrill to support their first feature film.” But ahead of forthcoming releases and the rest of the 2015 slate, tonight’s the night for BBC Films to be recognised for its Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. “We’re beyond delighted with the award,” Langan concludes. “It makes us feel strong and like we belong. “And that we’re not wasting our time,” she smiles.

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Through its year-round events and initiatives, BAFTA strives to help level the playing field for those who have talent and aptitude – regardless of gender, ethnicity or background – by recognising their achievements and providing opportunities for them to build a successful career. This year’s photo shoot shines a light on some of the extraordinary women who are working in the film industry today, capturing a diverse mix of both youth and maturity across a variety of creative skillsets. BAFTA’s own leading lady, chief executive Amanda Berry OBE , also offers her thoughts on the selected stars of the shoot.

SHINING LIGHTS

BRENDA BLETHYN

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CHRISTINE LANGAN — “Christine is one of the UK’s most respected film executives and as head of BBC Films she is steering the ship into a bright new era in its 25th year. She has four BAFTA nominations, including Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Pierrepoint (in 2007). She also has two wins to her name, including Best Film for 2006’s The Queen. This year, Christine will be accepting BAFTA’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award on behalf of BBC Films.” – AB

JANE GOLDMAN — “With The Woman in Black (2012), X-Men: First Class (2011), Kick-Ass (which she also co-produced, 2010) and Stardust (2007) under her belt, Jane has secured a reputation for penning big genre hits, packed with wit and action. This includes the new Kingsman: The Secret Service.” – AB

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— “The young star of Amma Asante’s Belle seems destined for great things, her talent spotted in 2011 when she was selected as a BAFTA Brit To Watch. This year, Gugu has been nominated for the EE Rising Star Award, and her fame will soon be catapulted into the stratosphere with the new Wachowskis epic, Jupiter Ascending.” – AB

SA NDY POWELL

OBE

— “With her nine BAFTA nominations and two wins (for 1998’s Velvet Goldmine and 2009’s Young Victoria), Sandy is simply one of our greatest costume designers. Her filmography is exceptional, covering everything from Caravaggio (1986) to The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). She’s almost as well known for her hair colour as her film work.” – AB

LO N E SCH ERFI G — “A Dogme 95 alumni, the Danish writer-director won great acclaim for her 2000 film Italian for Beginners. Lone has since adopted the UK as her home and embraced British culture, creating such poetic and insightful films as the BAFTA-nominated An Education (for which she was BAFTA-nominated in the Director and Outstanding British Film categories in 2010), One Day (2011) and The Riot Club (2014).” – AB

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A MMA ASANTE

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“A former child actress, Amma made the move behind the camera with her directorial debut, A Way of Life, which saw her win a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2005. Her follow-up feature, Belle (2013), also proved to be a critical hit.” – AB

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— “A chance encounter with a young film student named Martin Scorsese has led to one of the greatest director-editor teams working in the business, and won Thelma two BAFTAs and seven nominations to boot. Yet it might never have happened: despite having already been nominated for an Oscar, she was denied a union card throughout the 1970s unless she completed their lengthy apprenticeship term. Thankfully, someone eventually pulled the necessary strings to gain her membership.” – AB

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Actor 09 March 1938 — 11 December 2014

Actress, Singer 14 July 1930 — 20 September 2014

The following pages honour the esteemed contribution to the film industry by those individuals who have sadly died in the last 12 months. To learn more about their many achievements, visit bafta.org/heritage/inmemoryof

Álex Angulo

Carl Boehm

Comedian, Actor 12 April 1953 — 20 July 2014

Actor 16 March 1928 — 29 May 2014

Renée Asherson

Alan Bridges

Actor 19 May 1915 — 30 October 2014

Director 28 September 1927 — 07 December 2013

Lord Richard Attenborough

Trevor Richard Brooker CBE

Actor, Producer, Director 29 August 1923 — 24 August 2014

Cinematographer 21 August 1948 — 13 March 2014

Dora Bryan Gabriel Axel Director 18 April 1918 — 09 February 2014

OBE

Actress 07 February 1923 — 23 July 2014

Marilyn Burns Lauren Bacall Actress 16 September 1924 — 12 August 2014

Actress 07 May 1949 — 05 August 2014

John Cabrera John Bardon Actor 25 August 1939 — 12 September 2014

Cinematographer 14 January 1925 — 18 April 2014

Sid Caesar Malik Bendjelloul Filmmaker 14 September 1977 — 13 May 2014

Actor 08 September 1922 — 12 February 2014

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Wynn Chamberlain

Ruth Duccini

HR Giger

Director 19 May 1927 — 27 November 2014

Actress 23 July 1918 — 16 January 2014

Artist, Set Designer 05 February 1940 — 12 May 2014

V ra Chytilová

Antoine Duhamel

Menahem Golan

Director 02 February 1929 — 12 March 2014

Composer 30 July 1925 — 11 September 2014

Producer, Director 31 May 1929 — 08 August 2014

Warren Clarke

Joanna Dunham

Michael Goldberg

Actor 26 April 1947 — 12 November 2014

Actress, Artist 06 May 1936 — 25 November 2014

Writer 08 May 1959 — 02 October 2014

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Anita Eckberg

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr

Writer 30 July 1931 — 10 January 2015

Actress 29 September 1931 — 11 January 2015

Producer 07 September 1926 — 09 January 2015

Chris Collins

Howell Evans

Assheton Gorton

Executive Producer 16 April 1962 — 01 November 2014

Actor 03 March 1928 — 09 September 2014

Production Designer 10 July 1930 — 14 September 2014

Ann B Davis

Gerry Fisher

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actress 05 May 1926 — 01 June 2014

Cinematographer 23 June 1926 — 02 December 2014

Actor 23 July 1967 — 02 February 2014

Robert Drew

Mona Freeman

Geoffrey Holder

Documentary Filmmaker 15 February 1924 — 30 July 2014

Actress 09 June 1926 — 23 May 2014

Actor, Dancer 01 August 1930 — 05 October 2014

Marie Dubois

James Garner

Richard Hooper

Actress 12 January 1937 — 15 October 2014

Actor 07 April 1928 — 19 July 2014

Master Armourer 02 May 1955 — 18 December 2013

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M E M O R I A M

Brian Clemens

Dave Legeno

Actor 25 February 1927 — 07 July 2014

Actor 12 October 1963 — 06 July 2014

Bob Hoskins

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Angus Lennie

Actor 26 October 1942 — 29 April 2014

Camera Assistant 22 September 1986 — 20 February 2014

Actor 18 April 1930 — 14 September 2014

Brian Hutton

Bernard Kay

Dennis Lewiston

Actor, Director 01 January 1935 — 19 August 2014

Actor 23 February 1928 — 29 December 2014

Cinematographer 22 May 1934 — 08 June 2014

Martha Hyer

Bill Kerr

Virna Lisi

Actress 10 August 1924 — 31 May 2014

Actor 10 June 1922 — 28 August 2014

Actor 08 November 1936 — 18 December 2014

PD James

Richard Kiel

Audrey Long

Novelist, Writer 03 August 1920 — 27 November 2014

Actor 13 September 1939 — 10 September 2014

Actress 14 April 1922 — 19 September 2014

Miklós Jancsó

David Koff

Ray Lonnen

Director, Writer 27 September 1921 — 31 January 2014

Filmmaker 24 September 1939 — 06 March 2014

Actor 18 May 1940 — 11 July 2014

Herb Jeffries

John Leach

Joan Lorring

Actor, Singer 24 September 1913 — 25 May 2014

Musician 29 July 1931 — 25 May 2014

Actress 17 April 1926 — 30 May 2014

Christopher Jones

Yvette Lebon

Yuri Lyubimov

Actor 18 August 1941 — 31 January 2014

Actress 14 August 1910 — 28 July 2014

Actor, Director 30 September 1917 — 5 October 2014

CBE

M E M O R I A M

Dickie Jones

Composer, Conductor, Broadcaster 21 March 1921 — 06 May 2014

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Antony Hopkins

M E M O R I A M

Oswald Morris

Cinematographer 06 May 1921 — 16 August 2013

Cinematographer 22 November 1915 — 17 March 2014

Actor 18 July 1926 — 12 November 2014

Kay Mander

Phil Mottram

Sam Peffer

Filmmaker 28 September 1915 — 29 December 2013

Cinematographer, Teacher 18 October 1931 — 28 May 2014

Artist 03 November 1921 — 14 March 2014

Walt Martin

JJ Murphy

Elizabeth Peña

Sound Mixer 8 April 1945 — 24 July 2014

Actor 07 May 1928 — 08 August 2014

Actress 23 September 1959 — 14 October 2014

Margery Mason

Barbara Murray

Lance Percival

Actress 27 September 1913 — 26 January 2014

Actress 27 September 1929 — 20 May 2014

Actor 26 July 1933 — 06 January 2015

Francis Matthews

Aiche Nana

Luise Rainer

Actor 02 September 1927 — 14 June 2014

Actress February 1936 — 29 January 2014

Actress 12 January 1910 — 30 December 2014

Rik Mayall

Taylor Negron

Harold Ramis

Actor, Comedian 07 March 1958 — 09 June 2014

Actor 01 August 1957 — 10 January 2015

Writer, Actor, Director 21 November 1944 — 24 February 2014

Andrew McLaglen

Mark Nelmes

June Randall

Director 28 July 1920 — 30 August 2014

Visual Effects Supervisor 01 December 1967 — 31 May 2014

Continuity Supervisor 27 June 1927 — 19 January 2015

Sonny Miller

Mike Nichols

James Rebhorn

Filmmaker, Cinematographer 18 July 1960 — 08 July 2014

Director 06 November 1931 — 19 November 2014

Actor 01 September 1948 — 21 March 2014

OBE

Richard Pasco

CBE

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John W Mackey

Maximilian Schell

Sir Donald Sinden

Actress 23 July 1960 — 13 October 2014

Actor 08 December 1930 — 01 February 2014

Actor 09 October 1923 — 11 September 2014

Alain Resnais

Zohra Sehgal

Abby Singer

Director 03 June 1922 — 01 March 2014

Actress 27 April 1912 — 10 July 2014

Assistant Director, Production Manager 08 December 1917 — 13 March 2014

Mandy Rice-Davies

Marian Seldes

Actress 21 October 1944 — 18 December 2014

Actress 23 August 1928 — 06 October 2014

Terry Richards

Lorenzo Semple, Jr

Stuntman 02 November 1932 — 17 June 2014

Writer 27 March 1923 — 28 March 2014

Tom Rolf

Suchitra Sen

Editor 31 December 1931 — 14 July 2014

Actress 06 April 1931 — 17 January 2014

Mickey Rooney

Clifford Severn

Actor 23 September 1920 — 06 April 2014

Actor 01 September 1925 — 04 June 2014

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild

Tom Sherak Executive 22 June 1945 — 28 January 2014

Martin Singleton Cameraman 10 November 1947 — 11 March 2014

George Sluizer Director, Producer, Writer 25 June 1932 — 20 September 2014

Dick Smith Make Up Artist 26 June 1922 — 30 July 2014

Alan Stanbrook Journalist, Film Critic 27 May 1938 — 4 July 2014

Elaine Stritch Actress 02 February 1925 — 17 July 2014

James Shigeta David Ryall Actor 05 January 1935 — 25 December 2014

Actor, Singer 17 June 1929 — 28 July 2014

Ken Takakura Actor 16 February 1931 — 10 November 2014

M E M O R I A M

Actress 22 November 1933 — 23 August 2014

CBE

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Gabrielle Reidy

M E M O R I A M

Eli Wallach

Sandy Wilson

Actor 11 January 1930 — 07 January 2015

Actor 07 December 1915 — 24 June 2014

Composer, Lyricist 19 May 1924 — 27 August 2014

Shirley Temple

Tessa Watts

Alison Wright

Actress 23 April 1928 — 10 February 2014

Executive 25 October 1945 — 13 May 2014

Music Supervisor, Score Coordinator 27 May 1970 — 22 July 2014

Ken Thorne

Gary White

Composer 26 January 1924 — 09 July 2014

First Assistant Director 18 March 1946 — 08 August 2014

Wu Tianming

Billie Whitelaw

Producer, Director 05 December 1939 — 04 March 2014

Actress 06 June 1932 — 21 December 2014

Misty Upham

Jeffry Wickham

Actress 06 July 1982 — 16 October 2014

Actor 05 August 1933 — 17 June 2014

Carlo Varini

Robin Williams

Cinematographer 16 August 1946 — 18 May 2014

Actor 21 July 1951 — 11 August 2014

Voytek Production Designer, Producer, Writer 15 January 1925 — 07 August 2014

Gordon Willis

Actor 22 June 1928 — 13 February 2014

Actress 17 December 1926 — 22 March 2014

CBE

Yoshiko ‘Shirley’ Yamaguchi Actress 12 February 1920 — 7 September 2014

Cinematographer 28 May 1931 — 18 May 2014

Jerome Willis Ralph Waite

Patrice Wymore

Actor 23 October 1928 — 11 January 2014

The Academy has made every effort to compile an accurate In Memoriam listing of film practitioners between 22 January 2014 and 19 January 2015.

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With enduring thanks to all the Official Partners to the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Academy wishes to thank…

EE – our title sponsor Nik Powell, Pippa Harris and members of the Film Committee Anne Morrison, Chair John Willis, Deputy Chair Film voting juries and members Film companies and distributors for their invaluable assistance Stephen Fry, our Host Edith Bowman – Host, BBC Three Red Carpet show All staff at the Academy — AD Events International Limited – Design of the Awards dinner and after party BBC Brighter Connections – online voting Cineworld – regional tour partner Covent Garden London freuds Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel Helen Preece – Red Carpet Consultant Royal Opera House TCM West Design – Royal Opera House Red Carpet and Press Area production Whizz Kid Television XL Video Zoë Ball – Host, BAFTA backstage host — Film Awards trailer created by Über Agency for BAFTA Supported by DCM, Dolby, Pearl And Dean, The Farm and Pinewood Studios Group

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Production Coordinator Sophie Klein Awards Team Kelly Smith, Rob Jones, Georgina Norton, Kemuel Solomon, Maeve Hickey, Imogen Faris Partnerships Louise Robertson, Natalie Moss, Amy Elton, Phil Eacott, Celia Small Awards and Voting Team David Lortal, Steve Noble, Sam Rhodes Ticketing Gabby Taranowski, Siobhan Pridgeon In-house Graphic Designers Adam Tuck, Joe Lawrence Online Pippa Irvine, Genevieve Smith, Oli Goldman, Danielle Rayner In-house Press & PR Nick Williams Accounts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Film Awards Graham Bowen BAFTA Productions Cassandra Hybel, Ryan Doherty, Daniel Dalton, Georgina Cunningham, Luke Cosby

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Awards Event Producer Rachel Nichols

Outside Broadcasts for Winners

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BROCHURE CREDITS At BAFTA Editor Toby Weidmann Ad Sales Phil Eacott

Photography Essay Chris Floyd Tel: +44 (0)797 334 3361 info@chrisfloyd.com www.chrisfloyd.com Twitter: @chrisfloyduk Instagram: @chrisfloyd EE Rising Star Award Photography: David Fisher/REX, Jason Kempin/Getty Images/ BAFTA Los Angeles, Startraks Photo/REX Lord Attenborough imagery courtesy of BFI Stills/REX

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Production Manager Hannah El-Boghdady Cover Illustrations Malika Favre www.malikafavre.com Printing Team Impression Tel: +44 (0)113 272 4800 hello@team-impression.com www.teamimpression.com

The Academy chooses tbc and tbc, supporting excellence in print. Printed on Munken Polar 120 & 300g / m2, Regency Gloss 170g / m2. Supplied by PaperlinX. www.paperlinx.co.uk Published by British Academy of Film and Television Arts 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 0022 reception@bafta.org www.bafta.org Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, the Publishers cannot accept liability for errors or omissions. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of BAFTA.

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Picture Editors Janette Dalley, Christine Robertson

Producer Lucia Dehez

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Contributors Kaleem Aftab Jane Crowther Quentin Falk Tim Murray Anna Smith Francine Stock Damon Wise

Designers Evan Lelliott, Angus MacPherson

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