Monday, November 11, 2024

British Film Academy Adds Special Slots for Non Binary Directors for 2024 BAFTA Long List

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Well, this is life in 2023. BAFTA, the British Academy, is adding special slots to their longlists for no binary directors.

Now there will be male, female, and non binary. This is in addition to considering genderless categories. It would seem non binary players will get slots soon in the acting categories.

Here’s the statement:

“BAFTA’s 2020 Review included a positive intervention for female directors submitting into the BAFTA Film Awards Director category, allowing for a 50:50 gender split for male and female directors in the longlisting stage (16 in total). This has had a very positive effect on the number of female directors nominated and winning in this category compared with the years prior to the Review. This intervention is now being evolved to include directors who identify as non-binary.

“For 2024, the top female, male and directors who identify as non-binary will be longlisted to a maximum of 17, with gender parity between male and female directors upheld. In the nominating round, the number of nominated directors will remain at six.”

Roger Friedman
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