The BAFTAs have announced their 2017 nominations and La La Land leads the way with 11 nominations. There were also nods for Ken Loach's northern social realist drama I, Daniel Blake and fashion designer Tom Ford's film Nocturnal Animals. The ceremony will take place on February 12th hosted by Stephen Fry.
La La Land became the most successful film of all time at the Golden Globes last night after picking up seven awards.
"Its a huge haul for this richly lovable film about the love affair between a would-be movie star and a tough, sardonic jazz musician: best film and acting awards for Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the musical/comedy category, together with best director, screenplay, score and song"
The Guardian have revealed their list of 42 most anticipated Games of 2017, which features some new installments of well-known franchise titles like Mass Effect, God of War, The Legend of Zelda and Uncharted as well sequels to Destiny and long awaited sequels to Shenmue and Red Dead Redemption, but it also has a good spread of original titles and indie games.
What do you think is missing off the list?
The trailer for the new Christopher Nolan film has just dropped and it's a big one. Dunkirk is set for a summer release in 2017 and tells the historic story of the Dunkirk evacuation during WWII.
Watch the trailer below:
Some Russian MP's seem to think so and have asked for the game to either remove its 'Rainbow Kit' or face a higher age rating or even an outright ban in Russia.
As if there are not already enough problems trying to raise awareness and support of LGBT issues in the sporting world. Our games, films, television programmes, magazines, comic books, newspapers, advertisements etc SHOULD reflect the audiences that consume them and our society is so diverse and multi-faceted. It's refreshing to see EA show their support to the LGBT community (especially with football being such a particularly hostile environment in this regard) and a shame to see them under pressure by one of the biggest gaming markets in the world.
Director of High Rise Ben Wheatley thinks so.
He says that he wants his films to reflect the diverse audience who go to see them.
“When you’re looking at your audience, you’re looking at the whole audience and you want to reflect that audience back in the films you’re making,” he said.
Wheatley said there is an argument “for things when they’re set in the past” to not feature minorities, but “there’s no excuse at all not to be reflective of the period now when you make movies that are modern.”
Film producer Elliot Grove, the founder of independent film festival Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards, says that the industry needs to change the way it markets films.
“Film has been the domain of middle-class white guys, like me. By the time they get old like me, they are just worried about money, money, money. That’s wrong,” Grove says.
“We need to change our perception of our stories and involve people from different cultures, backgrounds and sexual orientations and make sure they have the marketing budget behind them."
At ELAM we agree entirely. We are huge proponents of getting different voices into the Film and Games industries. Apply for our courses here.
