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BAFTA Scotland 2009 nominees announced
The nominees for the 2009 BAFTA Scotland Awards have been announced, and while there aren't that many categories and they are spread over all entertainment channels, there are a few for film and what seems to be promising are the same names are appearing through all the film ones.
Promising, or perhaps lack of choice? You can be the judge when you see the names involved. I would like to see more spread, but if these are the best, then why shouldn't they appear in multiple categories?
Just to cover the film first, here are the relevant categories:
Acting in Film
Stephen McCole as Joe Frisk - Crying With Laughter
James Anthony Pearson as Sean Macdonald - New Town Killers
Peter Capaldi as Malcom Tucker - In The LoopDirector
Armando Iannucci - In The Loop
Richard Jobson - New Town Killers
Caroline Paterson/Stuart Davids – WastedFeature Film
New Town Killers
Crying With Laughter
KurdiWriter
Annie Griffin - New Town
Jesse Armstrong/Simon Blackwell/Tony Roche/Armando Ianucci- In The Loop
Justin Molotnikov – Crying With Laughter
Ed McArdie – ShamelessShort Film
The Bedfords
Life of a Pigeon
Peter in Radioland
Little Red Hoodie
Well In The Loop, Crying With Laughter and New Town Killers seem to have done rather well, although I am surprised that In The Loop isn't getting more recognition considering the reach of the film and how it made it outside of the UK so well.
Other categories are:
Acting in TV – Female
Daniela Nardini - New Town
Lindsay Duncan - Margaret
Stella Gonet- Holby CityActing in TV – Male
Robert Carlyle – The Unloved
Bill Paterson Spanish Flu - The Forgotten Fallen
David Tennant - Doctor WhoAnimation
Astronaut
The Happy DucklingChildren's
KNTV The Act of Sex
OogliesEntertainment programme
No Holds Bard
Cowards
Rab C Nesbit Christmas Special
Shrink Rap-Billy ConnellyFactual Programme
Sighthill Stories
Dave Kidney Superstar
In Shackleton’s FootstepsFactual Series
A History of Scotland
Terry Pratchett: Living With Alzheimers
Girls Behind BarsGame
Flock
Championship Manager 2010 Express
Low Grav RacerInteractive
Cybraphon
The Lost Book
British Music ExperienceNews and Current Affairs
BBC Scotland Investigates: Scotland’s Brand New Bank
Eorpa
Panorama – Britain’s Homecare ScandalTV Drama
New Town
River City
Eadar-Chluich (The Tears Welled)
EilbheasWeb
BBC: China Stories
BBC Robert Burns Website
Blipfoto.com
The Big Plus Work Signs Academy
You can see the official listing over at BAFTA Scotland through their own news story.
There'll be little doubt who will win the Male Actor in TV category, surely David Tennant will walk it for Doctor Who? Film wise I do feel that In The Loop is the one that is liable to take the awards over anything else. What do you feel?
Written by Richard Brunton on October 20, 2009 | Permalink
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New Town Killers is not a very good film (a massive 2 stars in Empire this month) and an amazingly unoriginal one. That's plots so old they must have had to dust it off.
But I didn't come close to a nom, so what do I know?
Posted by: markstirton | October 20, 2009 9:46 AM
I've seen it too, although I have yet to write the review for it. Come on, it does have some good moments...but there are some equally terrible ones too.
Why didn't you get a nomination?
Posted by: Richard Brunton | October 20, 2009 10:45 PM
They preferred the other films. Shame really, cos now it's the same old names and faces - most of them central belt. To be honest I never expected anything else, Clarky and Kerwin are far more disappointed.
I'm only annoyed cos that's my Scots Bafta chances blown cos it was my last Scottish film. GGvsBG is written for London and we're already getting help with the distribution - in England.
No help here - gotta go where the help is.
Also, David Tennant again... really? I'm a Dr Who fan and even I'm bored with him.
Posted by: markstirton | October 20, 2009 11:37 PM
Might also be worth mentioning that when we had our official bafta screening - only 6 people showed up. Pretty poor, especially when one considers that we had sell out screenings at Raindance, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Unless people see the film, we don't get the votes and bafta Scotland did a good job of making sure no-one saw the film.
Personally I think all voting members should be obliged to actually turn up for the shortlisted screenings. But then, I would think that.
Posted by: markstirton | October 21, 2009 3:02 AM
GGvsBG? Are we getting more of that title?
That's a shame, England only distribution? That's where Scottish Screen should be stepping up, not offering money to big name producers who hold onto the cash when their big name production falls through.
Wait a moment, the people who vote on the best Scottish film out of all the nominations don't actually watch all the nominations? That's another seriously weighted mess once again isn't it?
I think you need to go all Kirby Dick on them and come out with a "This Film is Not Yet Rated" about Scottish Cinema backing.
Posted by: Richard Brunton | October 22, 2009 1:56 PM
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