ScreenSkills Skills Fund contributors were among the winners at this year’s Oscars. Two productions that paid in to the Film and High-end TV Skills Fund’s respectively received accolades as Hamnet and Frankenstein were awarded with the industry’s biggest prizes.
Jessie Buckley continued her winning streak as she picked up the award for Best Actress for her performance as Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes in Hamnet, a contributing production to the Film Skills Fund.
Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of gothic horror, Frankenstein, won three awards on the night, collecting Oscars for Production Design, Costume Design and Make-up and Hairstyling.
The wins were mirrored at this year’s BAFTAs, held two weeks previously. On a successful night for British film, four productions that contributed to the Film and High-end TV Skills Funds picked up seven awards between them.
Hamnet beat off stiff competition to win the Best British Film award, with Jessie Buckley once again collecting the Best Leading Actress prize for her role.
Fellow Film Skills Fund contributor, My Father’s Shadow, was given the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, awarding the writing and directing brother duo, Akinola Davies and Wale Davies.
There was also an award for contributing short film, Two Black Boys in Paradise, which received the BAFTA for British Short Animation.
Frankenstein, a contributor to the HETV Skills Fund, was another of the night’s big winners, awarded three BAFTAs in total and collecting prizes for costume design, production design and make-up and hair.
We congratulate all the winning and nominated productions and thank them for their contributions to the Funds.