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The
BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) take
place in the UK on Sunday 19 February 2006.
These major
film awards in Great Britain are given to those within the Film
and Television industry. The Academy has a membership of industry
peers as its voting body. The longlists narrow each category down
to 15 contenders chosen in the first round of voting. The five nominees
are selected from the longlists in the second voting round. There
is also a category for 'Film not in the English Language.
'Memoirs of a Geisha" was
the most nominated movie in the longlists for the British Academy
Film Awards, closely followed by "Brokeback Mountain,"
"The Constant Gardener" and "Good Night, and Good
Luck."
For the past five years, the awards ceremony has
taken place at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in central London.
Foreign language films can be and have been nominated in either
the Production Categories or Performance Categories. Some foreign
films that have won awards at the BAFTA's in the past include for
Best Film not in the English Language in Diarios de Motocicleta
(The Motorcycle Diaries) (2004), In this World in 2003 and Talk
to Her (Hable con Ella) in 2002.
The nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award have already been
announced. Five international young actors and actresses have been
nominated for their outstanding performances and demonstrating exceptional
talent. What makes this particular award different is that the nominees
are voted for by the public. The only foreign actor to be nominated
in this selection is none other than Gael Garcia Bernal the young
Mexican actor who has already starred in over fourteen films. After
studying acting in London, Gael got his first major big screen role
in the cult Mexican film 'Amores Perros' (2000) and the now cult
film 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' (And Your Mother Too, 2001). These films
put him on the path of international stardom along with a brilliant
performance as a young Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
which won a BAFTA in 2004. Watch out for Bernal playing his first
major English language role as American Elvis Valderez in 'The King'
(2005).
As predicted,
"Munich," which didn't get screeners to BAFTA members
in time for the first voting deadline, failed to make the film longlist.
It only figures twice -- for direction and adapted screenplay.
The nominations for the 2006 BAFTA Awards have been officially announced
and those in the FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE are as follows:
DE BATTRE MON COEUR S'EST ARRÊTÉ
(The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
Pascal Caucheteux/Jacques Audiard
In French with English subtitles.
LE GRAND VOYAGE
Humbert Balsan/Ismaël Ferroukhi
A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Reda, a young man
who lives in the south of France, finds himself forced to drive
his father to Mecca. From the start, the journey is difficult. Reda
and his father have nothing in common. Conversation is reduced to
the strict minimum. Reda wants to experience the trip in his own
way but his father demands respect for himself and expects his son
to understand the meaning of his pilgrimage. As
they drive through different countries and meet various people,
Reda and his father observe each other warily. How can they create
a relationship when communication is impossible? From the south
of France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi
Arabia, their journey is 3,000 miles long. This film won the Best
First Film Award at the Venice Film Festival 2004.
In Arabic and French with English subtitles.
(source: www.legrandvoyage.co.uk).
KUNG FU HUSTLE
Stephen Chow/Chui Po Chu/Jeff Lau
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join
the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing
complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf. Like
most Chinese movies there are no superheroes but stories of ordinary
people, particularly those leading insignificant and unsuccessful
lives. This movie epitomises this idea to great comic effect. Several
characters in this movie were played by popular Kung-Fu stars in
the 1980's - 1990's in China.
In Cantonese and Chinese Mandarin.
JOYEUX NOËL
(Merry Christmas)
Christophe Rossignon/Christian Carion
France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania
Set on Christmas Eve during World War I, the French, Germans and
Scots are trying to make peace so that they can bury their dead
and play football. The Scots, French and German cast, each speak
in their native language and accents which adds to its authenticity.
It has an appeal not just for Europeans but also for audiences worldwide
as its message is of humanity and hope in the midst of battlefield
horrors.
In French, German, English and Latin.
TSOTSI
Peter Fudakowski/Gavin Hood
UK, South Africa
Claimed to be the best South African feature of last year, this
film tells the story of six days in the violent life of a young
Johannesburg gang leader. The boy was orphaned at the age of nine
and forced to fight his way to adulthood alone in the townships
of Johannesburg. This is a powerful film showing the reality of
post-Apartheid society where class differences still takes place.
In Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans.
What looks to
be one of this year's most popular movies, Memoirs of a Geisha has
been nominated for six awards including Ziyi Zhang for Best Actress
in a Leading Role, John Williams for the Achievement in Film Music
award for Memoirs of a Geisha nominations for Best Cinematography
and Best Costume Design.
Also look out for 'FALLEN ART' - a short animation film directed
by Jarek Sawko/Piotr Sikora/Tomek Baginski- POLAND.
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learn
a language with a foreign language movie
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Your next holiday
abroad may be some time away, but why not make good use of the evenings
to build up your language skills with a foreign language movie.
Turn the heating up high, snuggle under a blanket on the sofa with
a nice warm drink in your hands … and press play. With a DVD, you
can choose the language for the soundtrack and the language for
the subtitles. With a video, choose to buy it in the original language
version. Always check that the DVD or video
is in the right format and/or region for your particular country
and your particular player ... especially if you are buying on-line.
More
information is available about the BAFTA
Awards 2006 on their official website.
For a full list of more international
film festivals at Language Advantage Films including:
Berlin Film Festival on 19 February 2006
Academy Awards on 5 March 2006
Also,
visit our Language Advantage Films for more
foreign language films and movies and Language
Advantage Courses for more of the best and most innovative language
providers in the world.
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