Breakthrough Brits
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Breakthrough Brits is the UK Film Council
programme to honour some of Britain's best Black
and Asian
film-making talent.
The program was designed to celebrate and advance the new wave of British film-making talent on the cusp of breakthrough international success. The 2008 programme ended in a special event in Los Angeles (compered by Nigel Lythgoe
) on 5 June where honourees were presented to an audience of Hollywood industry figures.
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
programme to honour some of Britain's best Black
Black British
Black British is a term used to describe British people of Black African descent, especially those of Afro-Caribbean background. The term has been used from the 1950s to refer to Black people from former British colonies in the West Indies and Africa, who are residents of the United Kingdom and...
and Asian
British Asian
British Asian is a term used to describe British citizens who descended from mainly South Asia, also known as South Asians in the United Kingdom...
film-making talent.
The program was designed to celebrate and advance the new wave of British film-making talent on the cusp of breakthrough international success. The 2008 programme ended in a special event in Los Angeles (compered by Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe is an English television and film director and producer, and former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He is noted for being the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol as well as being a creator, executive producer and a regular judge for So You Think You Can...
) on 5 June where honourees were presented to an audience of Hollywood industry figures.
2008 Honourees
The 2008 honourees were:- John Giwa Amu
- Kwame Kwei-ArmahKwame Kwei-ArmahKwame Kwei-Armah, is a British actor, playwright, singer and broadcaster. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End...
- Florence Ayisi
- Noel ClarkeNoel ClarkeNoel Anthony Clarke is an English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is best known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Mickey Smith in Doctor Who...
- Esther Douglas
- Kara MillerKara MillerKara Miller is a writer and director working in film and television. . She is also credited as K.J. Miller .Kara Miller was born in Jamaica and educated in Jamaica and in Barbados at Harrison College high school...
- Rita Osei
- Karlene Page
- Osbert Parker
- Barrington Robinson
- Zoe Stewart
- Sunandan Walia
- Yugesh Walia