Ahead of the British Academy Scotland Awards next month, BAFTA Scotland has once more joined forces with Cineworld to launch this year’s Audience Award category.
The award category is designed to promote emerging home-grown talent, bringing a set of eight films this year back to the big screen later this month, and the nominations have now been announced.
- Blackbird
- The Devil’s Plantation
- Fire In The Night
- The Happy Lands
- I Am Breathing
- Sawney: Flesh Of Man
- We Are Northern Lights
- The Wee Man
Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee will be screening the films again from Sunday 20th October to Tuesday 29th October, and from that Sunday 20th, audiences can vote for their favourite of the octet by going to www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland.
Carter Ferguson’s Fast Romance won the award two years back, with David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Mackenzie’s You, Instead, and Peter Mullan’s NEDS also amongst the nominated septet of films that year.
Unfortunately, I have to admit that I’m yet to see any of this year’s nominations, in large part due to a problem with distribution, in that a number of these films haven’t had wide releases across the UK. So for those living in the aforementioned Scottish cities, the end of the month is the perfect opportunity to turn that around if you’re in the same boat. And be sure to cast your vote to push your favourite towards the annual awards ceremony on Sunday 17th November.
BAFTA Scotland launched the Cineworld Audience Award in Glasgow on Tuesday 8 October, giving Scottish film lovers their chance to choose which shortlisted film will win the coveted award at this year’s ceremony.
Once again BAFTA Scotland has teamed up with Cineworld, one of the UK’s leading cinema groups, to bring eight exciting home-grown films back to the silver screen.
The names of the films were revealed at a launch event in Cineworld’s Renfrew Street cinema by Alan de Pellette, Acting Director of BAFTA Scotland.
The films entered for the Audience Award are:
Blackbird
The Devil’s Plantation
Fire In The Night
The Happy Lands
I Am Breathing
Sawney: Flesh Of Man
We Are Northern Lights
The Wee ManFilm fans will be able to view the films between Sunday 20th to Tuesday 29th October across Cineworld Cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee. From Sunday 20th October, they can then vote for their favourite by visiting www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland
The winning film will be announced at the star-studded British Academy Scotland Awards, which will take place at the Radisson Hotel, Glasgow, on Sunday 17 November.
The annual awards recognise, inspire and celebrate emerging screen talent from all over the country and give up-and-coming practitioners an all-important platform to showcase their work to the wider industry, and this year is no exception.
Clare McCollum, Film Marketing Manager at Cineworld Cinemas Ltd, said:
“We are incredibly excited to be working with BAFTA Scotland to provide this platform for emerging talent. It’s a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their work on a public stage and the diversity of the nominees demonstrates that it’s been a stellar year for Scottish productions. Cineworld wishes all the nominees the very best of luck.
“We hope to ensure that even more Scots get to see these wonderful and diverse films on the big screen.”
Alan de Pellette added:
“2013 has been an extremely strong year for home-grown productions in Scotland. We’re delighted to be able to bring back this award this year to recognise that and hopefully to ensure that even more Scots get to see these wonderful and diverse films on the big screen.”
