‘Rocks’: Read The Screenplay For BAFTA-Nominated UK Drama

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NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS 2021

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Lab UK & Ireland, the international offshoot of the script development program for woman-identifying writers over 40, has confirmed its mentors for 2021.

One of the biggest takeaways from this year’s BAFTA nominations — aside from arguably the most diverse list in the awards’ history —was a clear dividing line between the British Academy and the Oscars. For the first time in years, it seemed that the array of BAFTA nominees weren’t simply a mirror image of those across the Atlantic.

Given the Apartheid-era backdrop of Moffie, there are more than enough prejudices to go around — anti-black, anti-gay, anti-communist, anti-British, for starters — and South African director Oliver Hermanus makes nuanced use of all of them in his very fine fourth feature. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2019, the film is at last being released in the U.S. by IFC beginning April 9 and is nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer,

Rocks is now available to read online.Rocks follows the story of an east London teenage girl whose life changes forever after her mum walks out, leaving her to look after herself and her young brother alone.The film – which handpicked its cast of unknown female leads from secondary schools around London – won best British independent film at February’s British Independent Film Awards.Written by Claire Wilson and Theresa Ikoko, the film has since been nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Film

Focus Features will release Ben Sharrock’s two-time BAFTA nominated Limbo on Friday, April 30 in limited theaters.