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Bectu, the UK union that represents entertainment workers, has asked for a sit-down with awards body BAFTA to discuss a proposal that it believes would effect "substantial change" in the industry's diversity. Philippa Childs, head of Bectu, wrote to BAFTA chief executive Amanda Berry earlier this week to express…

The BAFTA Film Awards nominations revealed this morning in London smiled on fixtures of the season including Joker, The Irishman, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, 1917, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Little Women, The Two Popes and Parasite. The acting roster, however, met with jeers over lack of diversity as an all-white…

Despite this morning’s BAFTA noms diversity furor, there are some silver linings concerning inclusion. Syrian war documentary For Sama, from Syrian director Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, has become BAFTA’s most-nominated feature documentary, the organization has said. The film is nominated in four categories…

Three years ago BAFTA became embroiled in a race row when it announced all-white acting nominations. This year, the event has revealed a similar lack of diversity in its main acting categories. All 20 of the best actor and best supporting actor nominees are white, with Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johansson even…