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Michaela Coel dedicated her BAFTA TV Award for leading actress to her I May Destroy You intimacy coach Ita O’Brien amid a growing #MeToo scanal in the British television industry.
Collecting her prize in-person, Coel said: “Thank you for your existence in our industry; for making the space safe; for creating physical, emotional, and professional boundaries so that we can make work about exploitation, loss of respect, about abuse of power without being exploited or abused in the process.
“I know
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“I May Destroy You,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Killing Eve” were among the top winners as the Banff World Media Festival revealed the winners to this year’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Announced Tuesday via a live, streamed virtual event, this year’s Rockie Awards saw the United Kingdom take home the most kudos, with 11, followed by the United States with ten.
Naman Ramachandran Celebrated British filmmaker Clio Barnard, a previous Cannes winner for “The Selfish Giant” (2013), is back on the Croisette with Directors’ Fortnight selection “Ali & Ava.”The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films.
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA has become the latest influential UK industry body to call for a high-level summit to address historical sexual misconduct allegations amid a growing #MeToo movement in television.
Michaela Coel’s searing British drama I May Destroy You has just won an armful of BAFTAs, including best writer for Coel herself. So what better time to peer between the pages of her script for the BBC and HBO sexual assault survivor series?
Time’s Up UK has called on the British film and TV industry to establish an independent authority for dealing with sexual misconduct allegations following a growing #MeToo movement in the television business.
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sexual assault was named best miniseries, while creator and star Michaela Coel won the best actress prize.Coel dedicated the award to the show’s director of intimacy, Ita O’Brien, “for making the space safe for creating physical, emotional, and professional boundaries so that we can make work about exploitation, loss of respect, about abuse of power, without being exploited or abused in the process.”Paul Mescal was named best actor for Irish love story “Normal People” at a live ceremony on
The BAFTA Television Awards 2021 were held on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at London’s Television Centre. The event was held in keeping with the COVID-19 protocols and hosted some of the biggest celebrities from British Television who walked the red carpet looking their best.
Coronation Street and EastEnders to the British Academy Television Award for Best Soap. On an individual level, there were two major wins for Michaela Coel as the actress took home the awards for Lead Actress and Mini-Series for her BBC drama I May Destroy You.
instead able to appear as a hologram. Those unable to attend the ceremony, including stars who are in production filming bubbles, were given the chance to be beamed onto stage.
Naman Ramachandran Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You” won two BAFTAs in a year where there was no single dominant winner at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) Television Awards on Sunday.The BBC/HBO show won best mini-series and leading actress for Coel, who dedicated the award to the production’s director of intimacy Ita O’Brien.“Thank you for your existence in our industry, for making the space safe for creating physical, emotional, and professional boundaries so that
Naman Ramachandran Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You” and Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” will face off again at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) TV Awards on Sunday.Honors were even at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards in May.