BAFTA/Andy Buchanan The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland has today announced the winners of the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards at a glittering ceremony held at Drygate, Glasgow. Hosted by Muriel Gray for the fifth year, the event honoured new work made by students and emerging practitioners, highlighting the bright future of Scotland’s moving image industries.
Every year, BAFTA Scotland celebrates and rewards the diverse array of up-and-coming talent working within Scotland’s creative industries. The BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2016 featured 36 nominees across 12 categories from across the country. Judging panels made up of industry professionals considered hundreds of entries to decide the shortlist and winners for each.
Among this year’s winners was 24-year-old Sarah Miele, who took home the Acting Performance Female award for her performance in Grimm Street, in which she played a character with muscular dystrophy. The Acting Performance Male award, supported by The Woven Thread, was then clinched by 23-year-old Daniel Cameron for his role in I Am Me, in which he played a character with autism.
There was a double win for Michal Wdowiak, who scooped the Editor and Writer awards for his work on Yogi, a film he wrote for his final year in college.
There was a surprise guest presenter on the evening, as Trainspotting director, Danny Boyle, presented Kris Kubik the prestigious Best New Work award - the final prize of the night, billed as a best-of-the-best award, as he was selected from the 12 other category winners who were judged by a special panel for additional recognition. Earlier in the evening, Kris won the Camera/Photography, supported by Progressive, award for his work, Dipper from the Water of Leith.
Other awards went to: The Armadillo and the Earwig for Animation; Atzi Muramatsu for Composer; Cara Roxburgh for Design; Hula for Drama; Paperclip for Entertainment; The Third Dad for Factual; Gaby Yánez for Sound.
Muriel Gray, ceremony host, said:
“This is now my fifth year hosting the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards and every year I am blown away by the pool of new talent in Scotland. I wish all winners the best of luck in their future careers.”
Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA Scotland, said:
“The BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards is dedicated to encouraging and nurturing up-and-coming talent in Scotland and, once again, we’ve seen there is no shortage of this. Tonight we applauded and celebrated some fantastic emerging talent and congratulations to our very worthy winners.”
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FULL LIST WITH WINNERS HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD
ACTING PERFORMANCE FEMALE
LILY GRAHAM Take Your Partners
SARAH MIELE Grimm Street
CLARE SHEERIN Perfect Strangers
ACTING PERFORMANCE MALE supported by The Woven Thread
DANIEL CAMERON I Am Me
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN Open Mike
NATHAN MCHALLAM Crowman
ANIMATION
THE ARMADILLO AND THE EARWIG Benjamin Cresswell
THE LAST DAY Muqing Shu, Dongjian Ji, Terry Peng - Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh
NINA & FLICK Vera Babida, Robert Duncan
CAMERA/PHOTOGPRAPHY supported by Progressive
KRIS KUBIK Dipper from the Water of Leith
CHARLIE ROSE Grout Pray
MIHAIL URSU No Place Like Home
COMPOSER supported by PRS for Mursic
ATZI MURAMATSU The Violinist
YOANN MYLONAKIS Lemuria
TOMMY REILLY The Beholder
DESIGN supported by MCL Create
LOLA-BLANCHE HIGGINS Grout Pray
JANINE KOPPE Blue Hour
CARA ROXBURGH Tuesday
DRAMA supported by Tunnocks
HULA Robin Haig, Lindsay McGee, Mandy Lee, Claire Nicol - Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University
LUCID Lucy Joan Barnes, Beth Woodruff, Nils Gustenhofen - Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art
STARFISH Louise Dawson, Dayna Baptie, Fergus Thom - The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
EDITOR supported by Edit 123
JONATHON BULTER Open Mike
WAYNE MAZADZA Microcosm
MICHAL WDOWIAK Yogi
ENTERTAINMENT supported by Bees Nees Media
JAMES MORRISON VERSUS Jordan Laird, Ian Greenhill - Something Something
LAST EXIT TO RICKLESBURGH Russell Miller, Chris Miller, Stuart Condy - Toasted Motion Films/Arpeggio Pictures
PAPERCLIP Kevin Murray – Glasgow School of Art
FACTUAL supported by Raise the Roof Productions
DEAR PETER Scott Willis, Josh Sabin - Aarol Films
KNOX Murdo Macleod, Philip Todd - Trinity Digital
THE THIRD DAD Theresa Moerman Ib - SDI Productions
SOUND
DONALD DAWSON Bomber Boys: Prisoners of Time
SEAN HALL The Legend of Hammerfall
GABY YÁNEZ Lemuria
WRITER supported by Creative Scotland
JOHNNY HERBIN Electric Faces
MICHAL WDOWIAK Yogi
CHARLOTTE WELLS Tuesday
BEST NEW WORK supported by Channel 4
KRIS KUBIK Dipper from the Water of Leith
About BAFTA and BAFTA Scotland
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – featuring workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes – in the UK, USA and Asia; it offers unique access to the world’s most inspiring talent and connects with a global audience of all ages and backgrounds. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. To access the best creative minds in film, TV and games production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
BAFTA Scotland has been championing the country’s film, television and game industries since 1989, celebrating and rewarding excellence through its annual British Academy Scotland Awards and BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. BAFTA Scotland is at the core of Scotland’s screen industries, regularly engaging its members and the wider industry while reaching out to the public via a comprehensive range of screenings, educational events and masterclasses. www.bafta.org/scotland.
