11th Screen Nation Film & Television Awards 2016: Rewarding Excellence – Celebrating Diversity
The annual Screen Nation Film & Television Awards popularly known as ‘the black Bafta’s’ and acknowledged by the industry as ‘the’media event for diverse talent returned once again to the West End of London, as the UK’s only international celebration of black British achievement in film and TV.
Hosted by Brenda Emmanus (BBC London News Arts Correspondent) and Kojo (comedian and ITV2 Love Fix presenter), the much-anticipated event took place on Saturday 19th March 2016 at the prestigious Hilton London Metropole hotel.
It was glamour all the way, a lavish evening celebrating outstanding achievements on the British screen and attended by film and TV actors, actresses and directors; plus musicians and many of the nation’s best loved celebrities and stars including:
Alison Hammond (Strictly Come Dancing), Ainsley Harriott, Arnold Oceng (The Good Lie), Beverley Knight (The Bodyguard musical/singer), Bonnie Greer, Cecilia Noble (Danny and the Human Zoo), Charlene White (ITN News), Danny John Jules (Death in Paradise), Danny Sapani (Penny Dreadful), Charles Venn (Casualty), Denise Lewis, Eleanor Fanyinka (Holby City), Geff Francis (Holby City) Jermain Jackman, John Boyega (Star Wars), Joivan Wade (Dr Who), Osy Ikhile (Mission Impossible), OT Fagbenle (The Interceptor), Simon Webbe, Sinitta and many more.
The Screen Nation Executive Committee bestowed this year’s leading honour; the Outstanding Contribution Award upon iconic African-American action star Wesley Snipes. Honoured with the highly prized Edric Connor Trailblazer Award went to the legendary and Desmond’s fame actress, Carmen Munroe whose acting career extends over half a century and has broken many racial barriers.
A slew of Classic Movie awards were presented honours for their 25th anniversaries - Boyz n Da Hood, Mo’ Better Blues and New Jack City were matched by two strikingly different female ensemble classics that hit their 20 year milestone - Waiting to Exhale andSet it Off. Each classic movie was directed by and featured talent, who had gone on to become Hollywood’s biggest names. Babylonset the Classic Movie standard for the UK in its 35th anniversary year.
OFFICIAL WINNERS LIST 2016 *** Winner in Bold and in red HONORARY & MAJOR AWARDS Outstanding Contribution WESLEY SNIPES Edric Connor Trailblazer CARMEN MUNROE Classic Film (UK) BABYLON Classic Film (Intl.) MO’ BETTER BLUES Classic Film (Intl.) THE FIVE HEARTBEATS Classic Film (Intl.) NEW JACK CITY Classic Film (Intl.) WAITING TO EXHALE UK SCREEN AWARDS Emerging Talent Anthony Welsh - various Fisayo Akinade - Banana, Cucumba, various Melanie Liburd - How Sarah Got her Wings, The Grinder, Runaway Island
Michaela Coel - Chewing Gum Osy Ikhile - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, In the Heart of the Sea
Weruche Opia - Bad Education, When Love Happens Rising Star Cherrelle Skeete - Danny and the Human Zoo Eleanor Fanyinka - Holby Franz Drameh - #Legacy, River, The Flash, Residue Joivan Wade - Dr Who, The Interceptor, various Malachi Kirby - Jekyll & Hyde, Dough Mckell David - Urban Hymn, #Legacy Mention: Danielle Walters - Chewing Gum Kadiff Kirwan - Crims, Chewing Gum Kai Francis Lewis - Second Coming Favourite Female TV Personality PUBLIC VOTING Alesha Dixon - Britain's Got Talent Alison Hammond - Strictly Come Dancing Charlene White – ITN Jamelia - Strictly Come Dancing, Loose Women Otlile Mabuse - Strictly Come Dancing Rochelle Humes - Xtra Factor Favourite Male TV Personality PUBLIC VOTING Ainsley Harriott - Strictly Come Dancing, various Charles Venn - Casualty Danny John Jules - Death in Paradise Idris Elba - Luther Melvin Odoom - Xtra Factor Richard Blackwood - Eastenders Mention: Anthony Ogogo - Strictly Come Dancing Reggie Yates - Various Female Performance in Film Freema Agyeman - North v South Gugu Mbtha-Raw - Beyond the Lights, Concussion Letitia Wright - Urban Hymn Nadine Marshall - Second Coming Naomie Harris - Spectre Nathalie Emmanuel - Fast & Furious 7, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Male Performance in Film Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Concussion, Trumbo Chiwetel Ejiofor - Z for Zachariah Daniel Kaluuya - Sicario David Oyelowo - Captive Idris Elba - Beast of No Nation, Second Coming John Boyega - Star Wars Female Performance in TV Azuka Oforka - Casualty Cecilia Noble - Danny and the Human Zoo Freema Agyeman - Sense8 Georgina Campbell - After Hours, Tripped, The Ark Marsha Thomason - Safe House Natalie Gumede - Jekyll & Hyde Nathalie Emmanuel - Game of Thrones Mention: Antonia Thomas - The Ark, Musketeer Camilla Beeput - Partners in Crime Leonie Elliott - Danny and the Human Zoo Wunmi Mosaku - Capital Male Performance in TV Adewale Akinuoye Agbaje - Odyssy, Game of Thrones Ariyon Bakare - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Charles Venn - Casualty Danny Sapani - Penny Dreadful, Danny and the Human Zoo, Bastard Executioner
Gary Beadle - The Interceptor Gef Francis - Holby Idris Elba - Luther Kascion Franklin - Danny and the Human Zoo OT Fagbenle - The Interceptor Mention: Aml Ameen - Sense8 Ashley Rice- Doctors Lennie James - The Walking Dead, Critical Lenny Henry - Danny and the Human Zoo Nicholas Pinnock - Fortitude, Mid-Winter of the Spirit
Paterson Joseph - Safe House UK SCREENCRAFT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Diversity in Factual Production Arthur Ashe: More Than a Champion - BBC Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners - BBC
Inside the Ku Klux Klan - C4 James Brown: Mr Dynamite - BBC Sammy Davis Jnr: The Kid in the Middle - BBC Sports Life Stories: John Barnes - ITV Mention: 7 Wonders of Brazil - BBC Black and Blue: The story of Chelsea’s Paul Canoville - Sky
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes BBC
Nina Simone and Me Laura Mvula - BBC Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South - BBC What Happened, Miss Simone? - Netflix Diversity in Drama Production Danny and the Human Zoo - BBC Death in Paradise - BBC Luther - BBC Safe House - ITV The Interceptor - BBC Mention: Capital - BBC The Musketeers - BBC Independent Spirit Film Production As it Grows - Dalian Adofo Looking for Love - Menelik Shabbaz Mandela, My Dad and Me - Daniel Vernon Achievement in Film Production #Legacy - Noel Clarke Second Coming - Debbie Tucker Green The Hard Stop - George Amponsah/Dionne Walker
Favourite International Movie (made by or featuring British talent)
PUBLIC VOTING Beasts of No Nation - Idris Elba, AmaK Abebrese, Jude Akuwudike
Beyond the Lights - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Aml Ameen Captive - David Oyelowo Concussion - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Star Wars - John Boyega Favourite African UK Movie (made by or featuring significantly British based talent)
PUBLIC VOTING Basira in London - Phillippa Chiedu Abraham Murderer in Law - Tolu Yesufu Nana Means King - Nana Obiri-Yeboah & Wojciech Dudzicz
The Cursed Ones - Nana Obiri-Yeboah & Maximilian Claussen
When Love Happens - Seyi Babatope Favourite Comedy Production PUBLIC VOTING Chewing Gum - E4 Javone Prince Show - BBC2 Venus v Mars - Sky Living Favourite Grime Music Promo PUBLIC VOTING JME ft Giggs – Man Don’t Care Lady Leshurr – Queens Speech 4 Lethal Bizzle – Fester Skank Meridian Dan – German Whip Section Boyz – Lock Orf Skepta – Shut Down Stormzy – Shut Up PEOPLE’S CHOICE W. AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL SCREEN AWARDS - 3
PUBLIC VOTING Favourite Film PUBLIC VOTING 30 Days in Atlanta Beasts of No Nation Fifty O Town Taxi Driver Thy Will be Done Favourite Male Screen Personality PUBLIC VOTING Abraham Attah Anthony Monjaro Oris Erhuero Wale Ojo Favourite Female Screen Personality PUBLIC VOTING Eku Edewor Gayle Ngozi Thompson-Igwebike Nse Ikpe Etim Omoni Oboli Uru Eke 11th Screen Nation Film & TV Award
The 11th Screen Nation Film & TV Award was held on Saturday 19th March 2016 at the Hilton London Metropole hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU, United Kingdom.
Media Partners: Scene TV, African Movie Channel, New African Woman magazine and The Young Empire
Sponsors & Partners: Hilton Hotels, Tama Ra Event Designers, Kato Enterprises, George UK Washington and Webberdoo
Broadcast Partner: African Movie Channel The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards is the leading European organisation rewarding and promoting excellence in the Black film & TV sector. The primary aim of the Awards was to raise awareness by providing a platform to acknowledge and celebrate the talents of British and global film and television professionals of African Diaspora heritage.
The Screen Nation Awards is fully recognised by the industry and has evolved over the years to become a prestigious event in the UK show business calendar.
Charles Thompson MBE, son of one the UK’s first African barrister’s is the Founder & CEO of Screen Nation and is an Independent Producer with over 25 years experience in the UK film & TV industry. He has worked in a producing capacity in major TV drama, has produced many short and feature length narrative films, with many winning awards, and most recently worked as a Producer on the multi award winning Nollywood family films, The Mirror Boy and disaster thriller, Last Flight to Abuja the two most successful African/UK produced films ever released in UK cinemas.
Charles Thompson MBE was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2011 for his services to the global black film industry. On receiving the MBE Charles said: ‘Thank you, your Majesty, it feels good to know the Ancestors have guided me well enough to have finally taken a piece out of the British Empire’
Charles co-founded in 1999 and served as Festival Director until 2002 for one of Europe’s premier Black film showcases, the annual bfm International Film Festival.
Charles is a founding member of the New Black Film Collective (one of only two black led film distributors in the UK), former Chair of the Alliance of Black Media Professionals, a Millennium Awards Fellow, a member of the Roundhouse Centre Creative Advisory Panel and has been honoured twice by former London Mayor, Ken Livingstone for his contribution to London life.