Monday 30 th January, 18.45pm: TV Preview: Homeland + Q&A
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
From the Emmy Award winning executive producers of 24 comes Homeland; a compelling contemporary thriller starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, and David Harewood.
Loosely based on Gideon Raff’s Israeli television series Prisoners of War, it centres on an American soldier taken prisoner during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Left for dead, a soldier Sgt Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) returns to the U.S. after years in captivity. Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a driven CIA officer battling her own demons, becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to Brody’s rescue was a setup, and that this national hero may be connected to an Al-Qaeda plot to be carried out on American soil.
Screening followed by Q&A with actors Damian Lewis and David Harewood, chaired by journalist and author Grace Dent
With thanks to Channel 4 and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution.
HOMELAND © 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Wednesday 1 st February, 18.15pm: BAFTA Masterclass: Asif Kapadia – Directing Across Film Genres
ICA , The Mall
Asif Kapadia is known for exploring extreme and timeless landscapes and characters on a spiritual journey. He studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art in London where he first gained recognition with his short The Sheep Thief (1997) shot in Rajasthan , India . The film won Second Prize in the Cinefoundation section of the 1998 Cannes International Film Festival, Grand Prix at the 1997 European Short Film Festival. His first feature film The Warrior (2001), shot again in the deserts of Rajasthan and the snow capped Himalaya won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Far North (2007) his third feature film, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, based on a short story by writer Sara Maitland. Kapadia used the epic and brutal arctic landscape to show what desperation and loneliness can drive people to do. And this year he has reinvigorated the documentary genre with Senna (2011), a masterful and touching glance into the life of Ayrton Senna, the formula one driver who tragically died in 1994.
In this BAFTA Masterclass, Kapadia shares the lessons he has learned from his diverse career directing films across a wide span of genres.
Thursday 9 th February, 19.30pm: Transmedia Meetup
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
Transmedia Meetup is a new event for London-based creatives, academics, and enthusiasts to gather informally and share information and news about cross-platform projects and ideas.
This month, our speakers include:
Joseph Lidster – discussing his work on the transmedia components of Doctor Who an d Sherlock
Patrick O’Luanaigh – console-based ARGs and cross-media narrative gaming; nDreams’ vision for the future
Alex Macmillan and Matt Wieteska – on the making of crowd-funded fitness app Zombies, Run!
Chair: Rachel Clarke works in social media and is one of the organisers of Gamecamp London.
Friday 10 th February, 18.45pm: And The Winner is….BAFTA Nominated Short Films And Short Animations Screening
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
Celebrate the UK ’s talented crop of new filmmaking talent with a programme featuring all of the 2012 short and short animation nominees ahead of the Film Awards. Join us for a screening of all of the films followed by a Q&A with most of the film teams.
Saturday 11 th February, 16.00pm: The Guardian Gamesblog Indie Social
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
Come and meet the brightest stars of UK indie games development, find out about creating games on mobile and consoles, plus play on the PS Vita ahead of its retail release!
To celebrate the rise of indie gaming, the Guardian has teamed up with BAFTA to host a special event dedicated to sampling new projects from independent developers across the UK . Studios including Mode 7, responsible for the award-winning Frozen Synapse, and HoneySlug, developing PS Vita launch title Frobisher Says (pictured here), will be on hand to demo their games, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of developing in the indie sector. Sony will also be showing off the PS Vita and offering attendees a hands-on look at the console ahead of its UK launch.
This is an amazing chance for fans of independent games to meet with stars of the UK scene and play lots of astonishing titles. It’ll also be a chance for burgeoning iOS, Android and console developers to get some advice on creating and distributing games.
Monday 20 th February, 18.45pm: Games Question Time In association with Gamesindustry.biz
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
Your chance to ask a range of experts about the issues affecting our rapidly-evolving industry. Confirmed panellists include:
David Braben - founder and chairman of BAFTA-nominated Cambridge developer Frontier, and trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation producing accessible, programmable computers for $25.
Jason Kingsley - co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of Rebellion, developers of the BAFTA-nominated Alien Vs Predator and Rogue Trooper games, owner-publishers of the long-running sci-fi comic 2000AD, and genre book publisher Abaddon and Solaris books.
Dr Jo Twist – CEO of UKIE, the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment. Jo was previously Channel 4 Commissioning Editor for Education, overseeing a range of games projects including the BAFTA-winning Privates
Monday 27 th February, 10.00am, Breakfast with TV’s Controllers: Janice Hadlow
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly
BAFTA continues our series of ‘Breakfasts with’ the major channel controllers with BBC Two’s Janice Hadlow.
2011 has seen BBC Two become the ‘home of original British drama’ showcasing acclaimed, sophisticated and emotive pieces including The Hour, The Crimson Petal and The White, The Shadow Line as well as last year’s BAFTA award winning Eric and Ernie. The Channel’s genre defining factual output continues to be a jewel in its crown, winning BAFTA awards for Wonders of the Solar System and Welcome to Lagos . BBC Two has also experimented with live events like Lambing Live and World Book Night as well as growing new talent including Mary Beard, Lorraine Pascale and Brian Cox. BBC Two continues to produce hit comedies such as Rev, with series three of Miranda moving over to BBC One this year. Ambitious factual, drama and comedy appeared to be at the core of the channel’s identity in 2011, so how is Janice looking to shape BBC Two’s schedule and identity moving forward? We’ll be finding out what Janice is looking for across the genres – come and hear where the opportunities lie and how you can be part of the picture.
- posted on 24/05/2012 00:25:44
