Behind the scenes of the VERY green BAFTAs: Lucrative goodie bags scrapped for sustainable ‘gifting wallets’, single-use plastic banned and a front row seat for eco warrior Joaquin Phoenix and his recycled suit
Sunday’s EE British Academy Film Awards have pledged to go carbon-neutral, ditching the usual lavish trappings of awards season.
The likes of Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie are all jetting in for the prestigious ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, but behind the scenes organisers are prepping for a very different ceremony to what the a-list are used to.
Organisers have announced that they are on a huge eco drive, banning single use plastic and even ditching the famously lucrative goodie bags stuffed with thousands of pounds of treats for nominees.
BAFTA goes green: Sunday’s EE British Academy Film Awards have pledged to go carbon-neutral, ditching the usual lavish trappings of awards season
Past years have see nominees and winners gifted a bag overflowing with goodies such as far-flung holidays, beauty products and booze but with environmental concerns in mind, Bafta chair and 1917 producer Dame Pippa Harris has revealed they’ve come up with an alternative treat for the celebs.
‘We traditionally have these big bags which have been filled with beauty products and big bottles of champagne and whatever,’ Dame Pippa told the PA news agency.
‘We felt that, in terms of transporting those around both before they are given to people and then the nominees have to lug them all the way back to America or wherever, that in and of itself was not a very sustainable thing to be doing.’
A-list attendees: Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie are jetting in for the ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with the seating chart finalised on Thursday
Final touches: As organisers work out where to seat the Hollywood elite, it’s been revealed that the stars won’t be gifted their usual lucrative goodie bags thanks to an eco drive
Guests will instead be given a ‘gifting wallet,’ with Dame Pippa explaining: ‘It will have some nice things slotted into it, which will hopefully be just as exciting for people as a bottle of champagne would have been, but the whole thing is made from recycled plastic material and everything is very portable and is not going to be increasing anyone’s emissions if they are travelling with it.’
Single-use plastic will also be banned at the Baftas ceremony and branding that has not been re-used from previous years will be made using reclaimed and recyclable materials.
The a-list will be tucking into a dinner made of sustainably sourced food, including a vegan starter and pudding, following the lead of the 2020 Golden Globes, while encouraging guests to consider their travel choices, saying: ‘If they do have to fly, to offset their travel.’
Joaquin Phoenix has been the driving force between the 2020 awards season’s green drive.
Nominee and activist: Joaquin Phoenix has been the driving force between the 2020 awards season’s green drive and has been given a prime seat for this year’s BAFTAs
Cause: Joaquin used his Golden Globes acceptance speech earlier this month to praise the Hollywood Foreign Press for serving a vegan meal
Glad rags: BAFTA is doing their bit, encouraging Sunday’s guests, who also include Renee Zellweger and Margot Robbie, to wear sustainable fashion choices
According to Variety the actor pushed the Hollywood Foreign Press, who are behind the Golden Globes, to opt for a meat- and dairy-less meal at this month’s ceremony.
He used his acceptance speech for the Best Actor gong to praise the move, telling the crowd: ‘I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for recognising and acknowledging the link between animal agriculture and climate change. It’s a very bold move, making tonight plant-based.’
Joaquin proved that he was dedicated to the cause, as he left last week’s SAG Awards festivities early to attend a vigil for pigs at an LA slaughterhouse.
BAFTA is doing their bit, encouraging guests on Sunday to wear sustainable fashion choices, working with the London College of Fashion to create guidance for guests including the suggestion that people might want to re-wear or hire garments.
Joaquin has already pledged to wear the same Stella McCartney suit to every awards show.
He’s in fashion: Joaquin has already pledged to wear the same Stella McCartney suit (pictured) to every awards show
Big names: The a-list are turning out in force for the London ceremony, with Brad Pitt shown on the seating chart.
Joaquin has a prime, front row seat for this year’s BAFTAs, with images of the seating plan released on Thursday.
The Best Actor nominee is seated near Best Actress nominee Renee Zellweger, while Supporting Actor hopeful Brad Pitt is seated alongside his Once Upon A Time in Hollywood co-star Margot Robbie and Marriage Story’s Scarlett Johansson.
Other nominees confirmed to attend this year’s ceremony include Scarlett’s Marriage Story co-star Adam Driver, Little Women’s Florence Pugh and Saoirse Ronan and the film’s director Greta Gerwig.
Honouree: Andy Serkis will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Presenters and other attendees confirmed to date include Fleabag’s Andrew Scott, Stars Wars favourite Daisy Ridley, Queen and Slim’s Daniel Kaluuya, Game of Throne’s Emilia Clarke and Oscar and BAFTA winner Olivia Colman.
Kathleen Kennedy will be honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship and Andy Serkis will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.
The EE British Academy Film Awards, hosted by Graham Norton, will take place on Sunday 2 February 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall.
BAFTAs 2020: THE NOMINATIONS
BEST FILM
1917 Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
THE IRISHMAN Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
JOKER Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae
Joker has earned the most nods with 11 nominations
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917 Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ROCKETMAN Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall
SORRY WE MISSED YOU Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
THE TWO POPES Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAIT Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
MAIDEN Alex Holmes (Director)
ONLY YOU Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
RETABLO Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE FAREWELL Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
PAIN AND GLORY Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN FACTORY Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
APOLLO 11 Todd Douglas Miller
DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
THE GREAT HACK Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
Frozen 2 earns a nomination for Animated Film
ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
KLAUS Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley
TOY STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen
DIRECTOR
1917 Sam Mendes
THE IRISHMAN Martin Scorsese
JOKER Todd Phillips
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOOKSMART Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho,
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood has earned 10 nods
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi
JOKER Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES Anthony McCarten
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Marriage Story
SAOIRSE RONAN Little Women
CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGER Judy
Saoirse Ronan has earned a leading actress nod for Little Women
LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ADAM DRIVER Marriage Story
TARON EGERTON Rocketman
JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker
JONATHAN PRYCE The Two Popes
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN Marriage Story
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGH Little Women
MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell
MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM HANKS A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Two Popes
AL PACINO The Irishman
JOE PESCI The Irishman
BRAD PITT Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 Thomas Newman
JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino
JOKER Hildur Guđnadóttir
LITTLE WOMEN Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams
JoJo Rabbit has received six nominations in total
CASTING
JOKER Shayna Markowitz
MARRIAGE STORY Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe
THE TWO POPES Nina Gold
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 Roger Deakins
THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER Lawrence Sher
LE MANS ’66 Phedon Papamichael
THE LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke
Netflix hit The Irishman has 10 nominations
EDITING
THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles
JOKER Jeff Groth
LE MANS ’66 Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
JOKER Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo
JUDY Jany Temime
LITTLE WOMEN Jacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
Sam Mendes’ movie 1917 has received nine nominations
MAKE UP & HAIR
1917 Naomi Donne
BOMBSHELL Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
JOKER Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
JUDY Jeremy Woodhead
ROCKETMAN Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
SOUND
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
JOKER Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
LE MANS ’66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
ROCKETMAN Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
THE LION KING Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC. Maryam Mohajer
IN HER BOOTS Kathrin Steinbacher
THE MAGIC BOAT Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AZAAR Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
KAMALI Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
THE TRAP Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
AWKWAFINA
JACK LOWDEN
KAITLYN DEVER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
MICHEAL WARD
Producer Kathleen Kennedy will be granted the BAFTA Fellowship Award.
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