from Ruth Torjussen @ Film Directing 4 Women

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:40:37 +0000
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> Subject: The Baftas - what a night for women directors!
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> Our heartfelt congratulations to:
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> Kathryn Bigelow - Best Director 'The Hurt Locker',
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> Martina Amati - Best short film 'I do air'
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> Emma Lazenby - Best short animation 'Mother of many'
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> Andrea Arnold - Outstanding British film 'Fish Tank'
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> All wonderful films directed by fabulous, talented and inspirational women!!
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> filmdirecting4women is officially on Cloud 9.
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> This has been a long time coming. Kathryn is the very first woman to win the Best Director Award and lets hope she goes on to do the same on Oscar night on March 7th.
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> Celebrations this Wed 24th at The Female Lens, The Long Acre Bar, Long Acre, Leicester Sq Tube.
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Bigelow does it again!

Kathryn Bigelow has done it again, this time, at the BAFTAs, held yesterday in London.

Her feature "The Hurt Locker" won six BAFTAs awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

The mega bock buster "Avatar", directed by Bigelow ex-husband James Cameron, won two awards (one being the self-explanatory, Best Visual Effects).

The BAFTAs are definetly not a 'taster' for the Academy Awards, but it's been clear that "The Hurt Locker" has been consistently gathering acclaim and awards along the way.

What ome cannot fail to mention, is the outstanding contrbution Bigelow has made to the live of all female film makers everywhere, in more ways than she might imagine. If there was such an award, that would also be definetely hers.


Watch the video of the BAFTAs at the Guardian website on the link below:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb/21/hurt-locker-avatar-baftas


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