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Meet the 2021 UK Breakthroughs

Posted: 8 Dec 2021

Find out about 2021’s BAFTA Breakthrough UK participants.  These talented newcomers from across film, games and television were selected by a jury comprised of leading cross-industry figures led by BAFTA sector committee chairs and members. Jury members included Afua Hirsch, Tim Renkow, Fiona Lamptey and Breakthrough Jury Chair Ade Rawcliffe.

To contact a BAFTA Breakthrough participant, email [email protected].

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The BAFTA Breakthrough programme is supported by Netflix
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Netflix is the main supporter of BAFTA’s flagship new talent scheme: BAFTA Breakthrough UK, which showcases and supports the next generation of creative talent across Film, Games and Television.

To date BAFTA Breakthrough has championed 290 creatives, including actors Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Abubakar Salim, Josh O’Connor, Niamh Algar and Jessie Buckley. Composer Segun Akinola, game producer Dan Gray, producer Sarah Brocklehurst, production designer Luke Hull, screenwriters Laurie Nunn and Charlie Covell, writers and actors Charlie and Daisy-May Cooper and directors Destiny Ekaragha and Michael Pearce. Previous Breakthroughs have gone on to flourish within their respective disciplines, many becoming BAFTA winners and nominees.

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching, as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.