BAFTA-nominee and Oscar winner, costume designer Lindy Hemming and acclaimed presenter and broadcaster Mavis Nicholson revealed as Special Award recipients
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has revealed the Special Award recipients for this year’s British Academy Cymru Awards, taking place on 14 October 2018, as announced at last night’s BAFTA Cymru Nominees Party.
BAFTA-nominee and Oscar winner, costume designer Lindy Hemming (whose most recent credits include Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984, the Paddington films and Casino Royale) will become the 14th recipient of the Siân Phillips Award.
Hemming, who was born in Carmarthenshire, is being honoured with the award – sponsored by Pinewood – as a Welsh person who has made a significant contribution to international feature filmmaking.
The Siân Phillips Award, selected by the BAFTA Cymru Committee, has previously been awarded to writer Abi Morgan, make-up artist Siân Grigg, director Euros Lyn, actor Rhys Ifans, writer Russel T Davies, actor Michael Sheen, actor Ioan Gruffudd, writer/actress/producer Ruth Jones, actor Rob Brydon, actor Matthew Rhys, actor Robert Pugh, producer Julie Gardner and journalist Jeremy Bowen.
The BAFTA Cymru Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television will be presented to acclaimed presenter and broadcaster Mavis Nicholson.
Known to many as the UKs first female chat show host, Mavis, originally from Neath, interviewed celebrities including David Bowie, Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Nina Simone, Kenneth Williams, Bette Davis, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in the 1970s-1990s. Her February 1979 interview with David Bowie is widely regarded as one of the best interviews ever conducted with the singer.
Hannah Raybould, Director of BAFTA Cymru, said: “The BAFTA Cymru Committee recognises Lindy Hemming’s significant talent and her huge contribution to such an array of films as the Wonder Woman films, the Dark Knight Trilogy, Paddington 1&2, Harry Potter, Topsy-Turvy, Casino Royale, Four Weddings and a Funeral and many more.
Her work on The Dark Night, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Porterhouse Blue have earned her BAFTA nominations, while her work on Topsy Turvy earned her an Oscar in 2000.
We are also very much looking forward to celebrating the extensive career of broadcaster and presenter Mavis Nicholson and her status as the first female chat show host in the UK.”
The BAFTA Cymru Nominees Party, at which the announcement was made, celebrates the nominees for the upcoming British Academy Cymru Awards across Welsh film and television production, craft and performance categories.
Individuals and companies representing the nominated productions gathered at the BAFTA Cymru Nominees Party, hosted at the Cornerstone venue and sponsored by Mad Dog 2020 Casting. Guests were treated to food from award-wining Spiros Fine Dining, and champagne from BAFTA partner Champagne Taittinger.
BAFTA Cymru Nominees Party Guests in attendance included actors Annes Elwy, Amanda Mealing, Mark Lewis Jones, Carys Eleri, costume designers Sarah-Jane Perez (Keeping Faith) and Zoe Howerska (Bang), Downton Abbey and Bang Director Philip John as well as authors Fflur Dafydd (Parch) and Roger Williams (Bang). Game Award nominees Ben Cawthorne, David Banner and Richard Pring also attended.
Members of the public are invited to join nominees and special guests at this year’s awards. A limited number of tickets are still available for the Champagne reception, ceremony at St David’s Hall, Cardiff and after party at the Radisson Blu hotel – priced at £98, which includes a limited-edition Awards brochure.
Details of the nominees and guests attending the ceremony will be announced during the week of the Awards, to be held on 14 October.
The ceremony will be live streamed to BAFTA Cymru’s Facebook once again this year, with a special viewing events being held by New York Welsh at the Liberty in Manhattan, Galeri in Caernarfon and Yr Egin in Carmarthen sponsored by Iceland. For the second time, BAFTA will also be live-streaming from the red carpet where viewers will be able to hear from guests as they arrive.
Post-production and facilities company Gorilla returns as Key Event Sponsor and returning sponsors and partners have been confirmed as AB Acoustics, Aberystwyth University, Audi UK, Bad Wolf, BBC Cymru Wales, Bluestone Brewery, Buzz Magazine, Capital Law, Cardiff Council, Champagne Taittinger, Channel 4, Clarins, Cuebox, Da Mhile Gin, Deloitte, DRESD, Elstree Light and Power, FOR Cardiff, Genero, Glyndŵr University, Hotel Chocolat, Iceland, ITV Wales, Ken Picton Salon, Mad Dog 2020 Casting, Pinewood, Radisson Blu, San Pellegrino/Acqua Panna, S4C, St Davids Hall, Taylor Bloxham, The Social Club, Agency, Trosol, University of South Wales, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Villa Maria, Waterstone Homes, Welsh Government, Working Word and Yr Egin.
Full list of British Academy Cymru Awards Nominees 2018
SIAN PHILLIPS AWARD (sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group)
Lindy Hemming
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TELEVISION
Mavis Nicholson
ACTOR (sponsored by AUDI)
IOAN GRUFFUDD as Andrew Earlham IN Liar
JACK ROWAN as Sam IN Born to Kill
MARK LEWIS JONES as Steve Baldini IN Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
RHODRI MEILIR as Dylan Harris IN Craith
ACTRESS (sponsored by Waterstone Homes)
AMANDA MEALING as Connie Beauchamp IN Casualty
ANNES ELWY as Beth March IN Little Women
EVE MYLES as Faith Howells IN Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
GWYNETH KEYWORTH as Megan IN Craith
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME (sponsored by FOR Cardiff)
CIC
DEIAN A LOLI
TITSH
COSTUME DESIGN (sponsored by DRESD)
SARAH-JANE PEREZ for Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
SIAN JENKINS for Reqiuem
ZOE HOWERSKA for Bang
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL (sponsored by Capital Law)
IAN MICHAEL JONES for Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
JAMES HALE for Hidden Cardiff with Will Millard
LAURA MARTIN-ROBINSON and CLAIRE HILL for Richard and Jaco: Life with Autism
MOLLY-ANNA WOODS for Sweet Sixteen: A Transgender Story
DIRECTOR: FICTION (sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)
BRUCE GOODISON for Born to Kill
GARETH BRYN for Craith
PHILIP JOHN for Bang
EUROS LYN for Kiri
EDITING (sponsored by Gorilla)
DAFYDD HUNT for Bang
JOHN RICHARDS for Born to Kill
MADOC ROBERTS, JOHN PARKER and DAFYDD HUNT for Warship
SARA JONES for Craith
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME (sponsored by University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
ONLY MEN ALOUD YN BOLLYWOOD
SALON
SIR GARETH EDWARDS AT 70
UCHAFBWYNTIAU EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL 2017
FACTUAL SERIES (sponsored by Cardiff and Vale College)
CERYS MATTHEWS A’R GOEDEN FALED
EXTREME WALES WITH RICHARD PARKS
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
SURGEONS: AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
GAME (sponsored by Games Design at Glyndŵr University)
BYD CYW
DON’T KNOCK TWICE
LATE SHIFT
NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS (sponsored by Working Word)
WALES INVESTIGATES
WEEK IN WEEK OUT
NEWYDDION 9 YMOSODIAD MANCEINION
ORIGINAL MUSIC (sponsored by Yr Egin)
AMY WADGE / LAURENCE LOVE GREED for Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
SAMUEL SIM for Born to Kill
SIMON JONES for Stella
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING (sponsored by ELP)
SAM CARE for Born to Kill
STEVE LAWES for Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
STUART BIDDLECOMBE Craith
PHOTOGRAPHY FACTUAL (sponsored by Genero)
ALED JENKINS for Y Ditectif
HUW TALFRYN WALTERS for Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
LUKE PAVEY for The River Wye with Will Millard
PRESENTER (sponsored by Deloitte)
BETI GEORGE IN Beti George: Colli David
CHARLOTTE CHURCH IN Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain
GARETH ‘ALFIE’ THOMAS IN Alfie v Homophobia: Hate in the Beautiful Game
RHOD GILBERT IN Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness
SHORT FILM (sponsored by University of South Wales)
BEDDGELERT
FIRE IN MY HEART
HELFA’R HELI
NECKFACE
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY (sponsored by Aberystwyth University)
CHARLOTTE CHURCH – INSIDE MY BRAIN
HIDDEN CARDIFF WITH WILL MILLARD
RHOD GILBERT: STAND UP TO SHYNESS
RICHARD AND JACO: LIFE WITH AUTISM
SOUND (sponsored by AB Acoustics)
JOHN MARKHAM for Band Cymru 2018
PRODUCTION TEAM for Kiri
PRODUCTION TEAM for Stella
TELEVISION DRAMA (sponsored Bad Wolf TV)
BANG
BORN TO KILL
PARCH
WRITER (sponsored by The Social Club. Agency)
JEFF MURPHY for Hinterland
MATTHEW HALL for Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
ROGER WILLIAMS for Bang
Tickets can be purchased from the St David’s Hall Box Office
029 20 878444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
