Daniel Kerr: BAFTA win for 'The Wee Man' role

12-year-old Daniel Kerr gets Bafta nod for Paul Ferris role in The Wee Man
Glaswegian is youngest recipient of Bafta New Talent Award

A 12-year-old boy who played a Scottish gangster in The Wee Man has become the youngest person to scoop a Bafta New Talent Award.

Daniel Kerr, who played a young Paul Ferris, drew raves for his mature performance in a movie that otherwise earned mixed reviews from critics.
“It just felt fantastic to even be nominated, it was a night to remember. I must be doing something right to win a Bafta,” he said, after picking up his gong for Best Acting Performance. “I could relate to Paul Ferris as a young boy, getting up to mischief.”
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BAFTA winner Daniel Kerr talks about Wee Man award
Daniel Kerr, who played a young Paul Ferris in gritty drama The Wee Man, chats to STV about winning the BAFTA for best acting performance at the BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Award - watch the interview here
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Congratulations, Daniel!

Douglas Henshall

The Secret of Crickley Hall 
The Secret of Crickley Hall was shown on BBC America as a three hour TV special on October 31st 2012
The BBC has now announced that The Secret of Crickley Hall episode one will be shown on BBC One in the UK on Sunday November 18th from 9 - 10 pm. The second episode will be shown week beginning November 24th, date and time to be announced. The Secret of Crickley Hall page has been updated with more information about the programme. Read more here
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Douglas Henshall attended the BAFTA Scotland screening of Shetland on 28 October. The screening was followed by a Q&A session.
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Billy Connolly

 

Billy Connolly honoured for life's work 
Billy Connolly will receive the award at a public event in December.

Comedian Billy Connolly is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Bafta Scotland.

The 69-year-old, who is also an actor and musician, has been hailed by the arts organisation as one of Scotland's most successful talents.
He will be given the award for his outstanding contribution to television and film.
Connolly will not be at the ceremony on 18 November but a recorded message will be played on the night.
Instead, he will receive the award at a public event in December.
Connolly said: "I'm really pleased and proud to receive this trophy from Bafta in Scotland because I know you probably think we luvvies get shiny prizes all the time. But actually, sometimes we don't.
"I'm really sorry I can't be there because I'm in San Francisco doing some prior engagements.
"But in December I will be in Glasgow, where my heart is all the time, doing a Bafta Life in Pictures event highlighting my film and television work from over the years, which might be quite groovy."
The event in December will see Connolly discuss his life and career which has spanned 30 films, numerous sell-out stand-up tours and television series.
He is set to appear in Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut Quartet and the much-anticipated The Hobbit, both to be released next year.
Past recipients of the outstanding contribution award include Sir Sean Connery, Brian Cox and Robbie Coltrane.
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Scottish BAFTA nominations

Scottish BAFTAs 2012 nominations revealed, with Edith Bowman set to host
Radio presenter Edith Bowman will host this next month's Scottish BAFTAs ceremony, with Ken Loach acclaimed film The Angels' Share leading the way in the nominations.
The film, which saw Loach receive the Jury Prize at the Cannes festival earlier this year, is up for four awards. The winners will be announced in Glasgow on Sunday November 18.
The Angels' Share is up for best feature film, with Paul Laverty nominated for best writer. Meanwhile Paul Brannigan – who hosted Born To Lose? for the STV Appeal – and Siobhan Reilly are up for best actor and actress respectively.
Meanwhile Antiques Road Trip, which is made by STV Productions, is nominated in the features/factual entertainment category.
Fife-born Bowman said: "The event is a brilliant showcase of the moving image industries and highlights the wealth of talent here in Scotland.
"Over the past year Scotland has cemented its reputation as a leading player in film, TV and game production. So much fantastic work has been produced and I'm very excited to see who wins from the list of nominees."
Kevin Bridges's show What's The Story? is among those nominated for best comedy/entertainment programme, while the funny man is also up for best writer for the series.
There may be some marital strife as Gregor Fisher and Elaine C Smith go head to head in the best television actor/actress category. They’re nominated for their husband/wife roles in Rab C Nesbitt.
Jude MacLaverty, director of Bafta in Scotland, said: "The British Academy Scotland Awards is all about rewarding excellence in the industry, and this year's nominations reflect the sheer breadth of talent, creativity, and originality here in Scotland."
Source: STV

The acting nominees are...
ACTOR/ACTRESS FILM

• Paul Brannigan: The Angels’ Share
• James Cosmo: Citadel
• Siobhan Reilly: The Angels’ Share

ACTOR/ACTRESS - TELEVISION

• Iain De Caestecker: Young James Herriot
• Gregor Fisher: Rab C Nesbitt
• Elaine C Smith: Rab C Nesbitt

Also reported (with full nominations list) by Scotsman  BBC Scotland and Daily Record

Photo of Edith Bowman: Scotsman

Robert Carlyle: EIFF interview, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

• In Person: BAFTA Scotland Interview with Robert Carlyle

Hear from the instantly recognisable but always believable actor about a life in film, from Begbie to Renard and beyond. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival.

EIFF in partnership with BAFTA Scotland presents a rare opportunity to hear EIFF patron Robert Carlyle in conversation. With a multitude of impressive roles, including his seminal performance as the hot-headed Begbie in Trainspotting, his award-winning turn as Gaz in The Full Monty, and his memorable portrait of Renard, the psychotic terrorist in The World Is Not Enough, Robert Carlyle has proved himself to be one of the most gifted actors of his generation. His seemingly endless range and his ability to literally inhabit his characters have enabled him to excel on our TV and cinema screens since the early 90s.

Event details -

Date: Sun 24 Jun 5pm–6:30pm      

Location: Filmhouse, Edinburgh           

Tickets: 0131 228 2688 £9 (£7.50) Buy tickets at www.edfilmfest.org.uk

Source: TheList 

• Robert Carlyle returns for Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2

It's been confirmed that Hollywood actor, Robert Carlyle, best known for roles in movies like The Full Monty, Formula 51 and 28 Weeks Later, will be returning to play the lead character of Gabriel Belmont in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.

According to That Video Game Blog, the actor has been pegged to return as the titular character in the AAA title from Konami, and they received confirmation by reaching out to Dave Cox, the head of product planning at Konami as well as the producer on the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Cox responded to the query on twitter, simply stating that "Yep Bobby is back :)"

Fans of Carlyle were treated to an interesting performance in the original game, as he played the heart-broken and sullen warrior Garbiel Belmont, a Holy Knight from a special order, out to save his wife who is trapped in limbo, as forces of an unknown and dark nature vie to tip the balance in their favor. Lords of Shadow is a bit more complex than that and is similar to Dante's Inferno but a little less introspective.

The second game deals with the continued story of Belmont as he becomes the very thing he fought against in the first game, following the events of the DLC. Additional characters also hop into the fray but there hasn't been any word on how they play into the game's story. The new E3 trailer gives you a brief glimpse of what to expect from the game, which is set for release in 2013 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Source: Cinema Blend

BAFTA, A Life in Pictures: Brian Cox

Book tickets to the BAFTA in Scotland GFF Interview with Brian Cox in Glasgow on Tuesday 21 February at the Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street Glasgow at 6:30pm

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BAFTA in Scotland is delighted to announce that Brian Cox has agreed to attend the 2012 Glasgow Film Festival and discuss his distinguished film career at the BAFTA in Scotland Interview.

One of the most celebrated character actors in world cinema, Cox's forty year film career includes unforgettable performances in such landmark films as Manhunter (1986), Hidden Agenda (1990), Braveheart (1995), L.I.E. (2001), Adaptation (2002), Troy (2004) and Zodiac (2007). Brian Cox received the BAFTA in Scotland Best Acting Performance Award for his lead role in The Escapist (2008) and was honoured by BAFTA in Scotland for lifetime achievement in 2004. His recent film performances include Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) and Ralph Fiennes directorial debut Coriolanus (2011).

Born in Dundee, Cox made his film debut as Leon Trotsky in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). His many screen credits include Rob Roy (1995), Rushmore (1998) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004).

Cox has enjoyed an equally impressive stage and television career, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre. He received a BAFTA Best Actor Nomination for The Lost Language Of Cranes (1993) and won an Emmy for his portrayal of Hermann Goring in the series Nuremberg (2000).

Cox will discuss the many facets of his film career at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Tuesday February 21st at 6.30pm.

Source: BAFTA

Also reported by Glasgow Film Festival

And the winner is...the return of the Scottish Bafta awards

SCOTLAND’S film and television industry is to get its own “Oscars” back.

Bafta in Scotland – the Scottish wing of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – is once again to give out its annual awards, after an absence of two years.

Now re-named the British Academy Scotland Awards, the ceremony for Scottish talent in movies, television and the gaming industry will be held in Glasgow in November.

Winners will be announced from 15 categories – including best actor and actress in both television and movies, best feature film and best television drama.

Nominations will be announced in October, but recent Scottish films such as Peter Mullan’s Neds, Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle, David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense and Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist are likely to be in the running for awards.

Television shows such as David Tennant’s Single Father, Taggart, River City, Limmy, The Scheme and Case Histories could also be shortlisted.

Three “special contribution” awards will be given on the night of the gala “red carpet” affair, which will be held on November 13 at the Radisson Hotel. There will also be an award for live television coverage of an event, with the Pope’s visit to Scotland, the Scottish Parliament and T in the Park all probable contenders.

Jude Maclaverty, the director of Bafta in Scotland, said the break from staging the awards ceremony had not been financially driven but was to give time for an internal re-organisation of the awards to take place. Because of the break in awards ceremonies, this year’s event will honour programmes, games and films from the last two years. Ms Maclaverty said this year’s event, which she hopes will be “glittering”, will signal the return of an annual ceremony. The event will not be televised, however. Now the criteria and categories of all Bafta awards, not only in the UK but in the US, are uniform, she added.

Ms Maclaverty said: “We are delighted to be staging the awards again this year, which will shine a spotlight on the fantastic creative and technical talent which exists in Scotland. The quality and diversity of the work is a credit to the industry. The awards did not happen last year, and a lot of people said the decision was about money, but it was not.
“We had to get everything right with Bafta in the UK, in New York and Los Angeles, so that we are all the same – the same criteria and categories – and we didn’t want to go ahead last year and not have it right.
“We are opening it up to everything in the last two years. We hope it is a glittering event. I know it was always an exciting event to go to and people from all the industries involved enjoyed it.”

Nominations for this year’s awards will be announced on October 17. The categories are: children’s programme, television drama, entertainment show, live event coverage, factual series, current affairs, single documentary, game, actor and actress for television and film, writer, director, animation, short film and feature film.

The Scottish film industry received a boost this week with news the country’s first film studio could open by the end of the year. Talks are at an advanced stage for a £3 million expansion of the Film City Glasgow project, which helped produce movies such as Red Road, Hallam Foe and Neds.

Source: Herald Scotland

Robert Carlyle and Peter Capaldi win Scottish Baftas

Robert Carlyle won the Bafta Scotland award for best TV actor for The Unloved and Peter Capaldi won for the award for best actor for In the Loop. Peter Capaldi couldn't make it to the ceremony because according to In the Loop director Armando Iannucci - who picked up the award on his behalf - he was "flogging the film in LA because it's the start of the award season there. He was gutted to find out it had clashed with this." Robert Carlyle talked about what it meant to win:

"It's lovely, it's a fantastic thing, I was saying earlier on to people, I mean, ten years ago, to be honest with you, you wouldn't have thought too much of this, it was always nice to get a wee-kind of nod - but the quality of the nominations now is just getting higher and higher."

"The acting awards this year and last year - there's so many top quality Scots male actors at the moment that to be included amongst any kind of list of nominees you've got to be happy with that. You've got to be pleased with that. So, it's really come up, I think." [Yahoo! News UK]

You can go here for a full list of the winners.

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Scottish BAFTA 2009 nominations

The nominations for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2009 were announced today.

In the Acting in Film category Peter Capaldi is nominated for In The Loop as is Stephen McCole for Crying with Laughter.

In the Acting in TV - Male category David Tennant has been nominated for Doctor Who, Robert Carlyle for The Unloved, and Bill Patterson for Spanish Flu - The Forgotten Fallen.

In addition to Peter Capaldi's nomination, In The Loop has nominations for director Armando Ianucci and writers Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, and Armando Ianucci.

Dougray Scott's New Town Killers also received three nominations for best feature film, best director (Richard Jobson), and best actor (James Pearsons).

Crying with Laughter is also nominated for best feature film and best writing.

BAFTA Scotland Awards will be web-cast, the full awards will be streamed live on the internet, giving people outside of Scotland the chance to watch. You can watch the at www.baftascotland.co.uk when the winners are announced on Sunday, November 8 at the Glasgow Science Centre. Go here for the full list of nominees.

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