Dear Friend and Colleagues
The BAFTSS Executive Committee is proud to unveil the shortlist for our 2019 BAFTSS Practice Awards. After weeks of deliberating and some heated discussions, the judging panel, comprised of accomplished practitioner-scholars (Eylem Atakav, Charlotte Crofts, Shreepali Patel, Agnieszka Piotrowska [Chair] and Patrick Tarrant) has made its decision! The winner of each category will be announced during our conference in Birmingham 25th-27th April 2019.
We want to congratulate the shortlisted colleagues and their teams and stress the exceptionally hard standard of practice research submissions this year, indicative of the field of practice research going from strength to strength. Here is the shortlist:
Audio visual and installation:
Freedom by MacDonald and Geetha Jayaraman , Newcastle University
Surya Namaz by Deniz Soezen, University of Westminster
Documentary Film
Going Home, Garrabost Jayalakshmi, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Tokyo Pengyou by Jenny and Jamie Coates, University of Sheffield
Experimental short, experimental documentary, video essays:
China's Van Goughs by Kiki Tianqi Yu, University of West Scotland
The Place of Voice Over by Ian Garwood, University of Glasgow.
We look forward to seeing you all in Birmingham!
Kindest regards
Dr. Agnieszka Piotrowska
Reader in Film Practice and Theory
Course Leader MA/MSc Digital Film
University of Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU, UK
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy
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