The British Academy of Film and Television Arts this week extended its growing “Breakthrough” talent initiative to China. It teamed with financier Yu Holdings to launch BAFTA Breakthrough China at …
“Yesterday we announced BAFTA Breakthrough China with Wendy and Yu Holdings. It is an extraordinary exciting time for us. It is six years of from our launch of ‘Breakthrough Brits’ in the UK.
“I’m proud that 45% of people who have bee through Breakthrough Brits have become BAFTA nominees or winners. It has become a scheme that is very successful at identifying the people who will go on and achieve. “We are reaching out to the film, television and games industries here to get them to put forward the people who are talented at the start of their career. We will find mentors and the support network – in the same way as in the UK, with individuals. The Breakthrough China winners will have the opportunity to go the U.K. to be mentored and to meet their peers. They do need to be English speakers.”“I know that at the beginning of a creative career sometimes it can feel quite isolated.
“We have so much to learn from China. And we hope that the winners of the Breakthrough China award will have a lot to learn from BAFTA.
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