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    Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' Dominates 2021 BAFTA TV Awards With 15 Nominations

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    The five-part series starring the likes of John Boyega and Letitia Wright leads this year’s BAFTA TV Awards by collecting a total of five nods including Best Mini-Series.

    Apr 29, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” series leads the shortlist at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards with 15 nominations.

    The landmark five-film BBC One series tells stories about the lives of the West Indian community in London from the 1960s to the 1980s, and sees recognition for John Boyega and Letitia Wright in the Leading Actor/Actress categories.

    The drama will compete for Mini-Series alongside “Normal People”, “I May Destroy You”, and “Adult Material”, while other nominations included Michael Ward and Malachi Kirby for Supporting Actor.

    The series is also up for nine craft awards, which celebrate behind-the-scenes work, including McQueen for Director: Fiction

    Meanwhile, “The Crown” will compete for Drama Series, with competition including “Gangs of London” and “I Hate Suzie”. Josh O’Connor is up for Leading Actor while Tobias Menzies and Helena Bonham Carter are nominated in supporting roles.

    Surprisingly, Olivia Colman was not nominated and neither was Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson.

    Other big nominations come for Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You”, lockdown hit “Normal People”, and “Sex Education”, with eight, seven and six nominations, respectively. And Paul Ritter gets a posthumous nod in the Male Performance in a Comedy category for his work in “Friday Night Dinner”. Elsewhere, ITV’s “The Masked Singer” will do battle to be named best Entertainment Program.

    The BAFTA TV Craft Awards will be held on 24 May (21) with Gbemisola Ikumelo presenting. The main ceremony takes place on 6 June with Richard Ayoade returning to host.

    The main list of BAFTA TV Awards nominations is as follows:

    Comedy Entertainment Programme:

    “Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe”
    “Rob & Romesh Vs”
    “The Big Narstie Show”
    “The Ranganation”

    Current Affairs:

    “America’s War on Abortion” (Exposure)
    “Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary”
    “The Battle for Hong Kong” (Dispatches)
    “The Cyprus Papers Undercover” (Al Jazeera Investigations)

    Daytime:

    “Jimmy Mcgovern’s Moving On”
    “Richard Osman’s House of Games”
    “The Chase”
    “The Great House Giveaway”

    Drama Series:

    Entertainment Performance:

    Adam Hills, “The Last Leg”
    Bradley Wals, “Beat the Chasers”
    Claudia Winkleman, “Strictly Come Dancing”
    David Mitchell, “Would I Lie to You? At Christmas”
    Graham Norton, “The Graham Norton Show”
    Romesh Ranganathan, “The Ranganation”

    Entertainment Programme:

    “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway”
    “Life & Rhymes”
    “Strictly Come Dancing”
    “The Masked Singer”

    Factual Series:

    “Crime & Punishment”
    “Hospital”
    “Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency”
    “Once Upon a Time in Iraq”

    Features:

    “Big Zuu’s Big Eats”
    “Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace”
    “Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing”
    “The Repair Shop”

    Female Performance in a Comedy Programme:

    Aimee Lou Wood, “Sex Education”
    Daisy Haggard, “Breeders”
    Daisy May Cooper, “This Country”
    Emma Mackey, “Sex Education”
    Gbemisola Ikumelo, “Famalam”
    Mae Martin, “Feel Good”

    International:

    “Little America”
    “Lovecraft Country”
    “Unorthodox”
    “Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge (Storyville)”

    Leading Actor:

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    Live Event:

    “Life Drawing Live!”
    “Springwatch 2020”
    “The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance”
    “The Third Day: Autumn”

    Male Performance in a Comedy Programme:

    Charlie Cooper, “This Country”
    Guz Khan, “Man Like Mobeen”
    Joseph Gilgun, “Brassic”
    Ncuti Gatwa, “Sex Education”
    Paul Ritter, “Friday Night Dinner”
    Reece Shearsmith, “Inside No 9”

    Mini-Series:

    News Coverage:

    “BBC News at Ten: Prime Minister Admitted to Intensive Care”
    “Channel 4 News: Deterring Democracy”
    “Newsnight: Covid Care Crisis”
    “Sky News: Inside Idlib”

    Reality & Constructed Factual:

    “Masterchef: The Professionals”
    “Race Across the World”
    “The School That Tried to End Racism”
    “The Write Offs”

    Scripted Comedy:

    “Ghosts”
    “Inside No 9”
    “Man Like Mobeen”
    “This Country”

    Short Form Programme:

    “Criptales”
    “Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Bans With Learning Disabilities”
    “The Main Part”
    “They Saw The Sun First”

    Single Documentary:

    “American Murder: The Family Next Door”
    “Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me”
    “Locked In: Breaking The Silence (Storyville)”
    “Surviving Covid”

    Single Drama:

    “Anthony”
    “BBW (On the Edge)”
    “Sitting in Limbo”
    “The Windermere Children”

    Soap & Continuing Drama:

    “Casualty”
    “Coronation Street”
    “EastEnders”
    “Hollyoaks”

    Specialist Factual:

    “Extinction: The Facts”
    “Putin: A Russian Spy Story”
    “The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty”
    “The Surgeon’s Cut”

    Sport:

    “Bahrain Grand Prix”
    “England v France: The Final of Autumn Nations Cup”
    “England v West Indies Test Cricket”
    “London Marathon 2020”

    Supporting Actor:

    Supporting Actress:

    Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment (Voted for by the Public):

    “Bridgerton”, Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown
    “Britain’s Got Talent”, Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020
    “EastEnders”, Gray kills Chantelle
    “Gogglebox”, reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference
    “Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat”, “mee-cro-wah-vay”
    “The Mandalorian”, Luke Skywalker Arrives

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      Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' Wins Best Film at Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2020

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      Besides Steve McQueen’s five-movie anthology, the members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association have also lauded late Chadwick Boseman’s movie ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’.

      Dec 22, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” movie series has made history as the first group of releases to win the Best Film honour from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
      The director’s five-film anthology, set in London’s black communities over several decades, claimed the top prize when members cast their votes on Sunday (20Dec20) for the best releases of 2020.
      “Small Axe” included the projects “Lovers Rock”, “Mangrove”, and “Red, White and Blue”, but the collection, nor the individual titles themselves, will qualify as motion pictures for Oscars entry, reports TheWrap.com.
      “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” scored two wins – Best Actor for the late Chadwick Boseman, and Best Supporting Actor for Glynn Turman, while Carey Mulligan landed Best Actress for Promising Young Woman, and “Minari” star Youn Yuh-jung picked up Best Supporting Actress.

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      Best Director went to “Nomadland” ‘s Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennel snagged Best Screenplay for Promising Young Woman, “Wolfwalkers” was declared Best Animated Film, and “Time” was hailed as Best Documentary.
      “Small Axe” was also recognised with Best Cinematography for Shabier Kirchner, Best Production Design was given to “Mank”, and “The Father” was voted Best Editing.
      Rocker Trent Reznor and his movie composing partner Atticus Ross were celebrating too after taking home Best Music/Score for their work on Pixar’s jazz-themed “Soul”.
      LAFCA officials honoured “The Forty-Year-Old Version” director Radha Blank with the New Generation honour, saluting rising filmmakers.

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      Steve McQueen Delighted 'Mangrove' Selected to Open 2020 BFI London Film Festival

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      This Letitia Wright-starring movie tells the true story of the Mangrove Nine, a group of black activists who clashed with London police officers during a protest march in 1970.
      Aug 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Steve McQueen’s latest movie “Mangrove” is to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival.
      The movie, which stars Letitia Wright, Shaun Parkes and Malachi Kirby, tells the true story of the Mangrove Nine, a group of black activists who clashed with London police officers during a protest march in 1970. The subsequent trial was the first time racial hatred within the police was officially acknowledged in court in the U.K.
      McQueen and bosses at the British Film Institute (BFI) announced the movie will receive its European premiere as the event’s opening film on October 7.

      The director says in a statement: “I couldn’t be happier that Mangrove will open this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Although the themes are universal, Mangrove is a London story. It may have happened 50 years ago, but it’s as relevant today as it was then.”
      The movie, one of five in McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology he is creating for the BBC, will be shown for free to festival ticket holders in cinemas across the U.K. as part of the London Film Festival’s offerings amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “Mangrove” and 11 other new films from the programme will screen in previews across Britain in participating cinemas, while more than 55 films will have virtual premieres online.
      “Mangrove” will debut on the BBC later in the autumn.

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      Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock' to Open 2020 New York Film Festival

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      Organizers of the 58th annual festival are currently working to develop both virtual and outdoor in-person screenings at Lincoln Center with social distancing measures in place.
      Aug 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Director Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock” will kick off the 58th New York Film Festival.
      The world premiere will serve as the annual event’s opening night film.
      “Lovers Rock” is part of the “12 Years a Slave” filmmaker’s “Small Axe” anthology, which contains five original productions by the director. Two other instalments in the series, “Mangrove” and “Red, White and Blue”, will also debut during the festival.
      Set in the 1960s to the 1980s, the films explore stories set in London’s West Indian community, tackling issues of discrimination.
      “It’s an incredible honor and also very humbling to show three of my films at the New York Film Festival,” McQueen said in a statement. “It’s especially meaningful for me at this particular time to share these stories as a Black man of West Indian heritage. I’m grateful to the NYFF for their generosity and wish everyone a safe and healthy festival.”

      Organizers of the New York Film Festival are currently working to develop both virtual and outdoor in-person screenings at Lincoln Center, with social distancing measures in place. Bosses at Film at Lincoln Center will also be teaming with the heads of drive-In theaters to showcase the slate at the Queens Drive-In at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the Brooklyn Drive-In at The Brooklyn Army Terminal.
      “Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock” are also part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection.
      The New York Film Festival will run from September 25 to October 11.

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