Record 78% of first-year participants are women.
Bafta has announced the 2020 participants for its Newcomers Program, which for the first time has expanded to New York with first-year female participants accounting for a record 78% of the field.
As in previous years the Los Angeles programme, which celebrates talent that has moved to the US, welcomed international talent from around the world, including UK, Australia, China, France, India, Israel, Nigeria, Poland, and Mexico.
Forty-one individuals were inducted into the programme this year, bringing the total number of participants on the four-year initiative to 98.
The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers,...
Bafta has announced the 2020 participants for its Newcomers Program, which for the first time has expanded to New York with first-year female participants accounting for a record 78% of the field.
As in previous years the Los Angeles programme, which celebrates talent that has moved to the US, welcomed international talent from around the world, including UK, Australia, China, France, India, Israel, Nigeria, Poland, and Mexico.
Forty-one individuals were inducted into the programme this year, bringing the total number of participants on the four-year initiative to 98.
The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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