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UP FOR THE EMMYS
NINE LIVES ON SHOW
BFM FILM & TV AWARDS
Three major British-based television productions, all originated on Fujifilm, have been multi-nominated in America’s 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
ABC/Hallmark’s live-action/anima- tion epic Dinotopia will be competing with C4’s Shackleton, starring Kenneth Branagh in the title role as the intrep- id polar explorer, for Outstanding Mini-series.
BBC/HBO’s The Gathering Storm, with Albert Finney as Winston Churchill, is a front-runner in the Best Made For TV category. Branagh and Finney also go head-to-head for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Henry Braham BSC has been nominated for his cinematography on Shackleton.
The awards, from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, will be presented at Los Angeles’s Shrine Auditorium on September 22. ■
Photos from top: Kenneth Branagh as Sir Ernest Shackleton leading his men accross the South Pole in Shackleton; inset: DP Henry Braham BSC; Albert Finney as Winston Churchill and
Vanessa Redgrave as Clemmie, inset, Ronnie Barker as Churchill’s butler in The Gathering Storm;
a scene from live-action/animation epic Dinotopia
Nine Lives, a psychologi- cal horror thriller writ- ten, directed and produced by 21-year-old Andrew Green (centre right), received its World Premiere on August 23 at London’s annual Frightfest held at
the Prince Charles Cinema.
Shot on Fuji by Robin Vidgeon BSC, the cast includes Amelia Warner, David Nicolle, James Schlesinger,
Rosie Fellner and Paris Hilton. It’s described as “Peter’s Friends meets The Others.” ■
This year’s 4th bfm International Film Festival runs from September 6-15 and provides the backdrop for the inaugural bfm Film and Television Awards, the first and only annual cele- bration of achievement in black world cinema and television.
The bfm Awards ceremony will be hosted by Brenda Emmanus and will feature the cream of black British film and TV talent alongside stars from across the globe such as actress Pam Grier (Coffy, Sheba Baby, Jackie Brown) who will be presented with the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award.
As well as recognising established talent, the inclusion in the festival of the Short Film Awards will create a higher profile for emerging talent with- in the industry.
Fujifilm are sponsoring the Best Director Award with the donation of film stock which will be used to make a promotional advert for next year’s festival. ■
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
FESTIVALS & EVENTS