Here is a fuller list of credits for the films involving NFTS students and graduates: The 87th Academy Awards ceremony is at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles on the 22nd February. I just started editing my first feature film on Monday so I couldn’t have wished for a better start to 2015!” It’s only been three years since I left the NFTS – never in a millions years did I expect to receive a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination. Michael Lennox, director Boogaloo and Graham said: “It feels like a whirlwind.
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Michael Lennox is currently in post-production with his debut feature film A Patch of Fog.
It was made with funding from Northern Ireland Screen through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the BFI and is also nominated for an EE BAFTA British Short Film Award. It stars Martin McCann and Charlene McKenna and was directed by (2011) NFTS graduate Michael Lennox. ‘Boogaloo and Graham’ is a coming of age film, set in the 1970s, about two boys from Belfast who discover the facts of life with help from their pet chickens. You can watch a trailer for The Bigger Picture here… We're very proud of what we have achieved so far and we'll look forward to the ceremonies in February.' Daisy and the team put so much work into achieving The Bigger Picture so it is great to see the film being enjoyed by so many audiences. Producer Chris Hees said: “'We have had an amazing run of festival selections and awards last year and to start 2015 with a BAFTA an Oscar nomination is fantastic.
I'm delighted that what I love doing is something others value.” ‘The Bigger Picture’ is the 7th NFTS film to receive a nomination in the main Academy Awards.ĭirector Daisy Jacobs said: “I'm thrilled to be nominated for the Oscar and to have our film recognised as one of the best. It has already won more than 25 film festival awards - a staggering achievement for a student graduation film. ‘ The Bigger Picture’ directed by Daisy Jacobs, produced by Chris Hees and co-written by Jennifer Majka, is a larger than life-size animated film that tells the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent. NFTS student graduation film The Bigger Picture directed by Daisy Jacobs has been nominated for Best Short Film – Animation and Boogaloo and Graham directed by recent graduate (2011) Michael Lennox has been nominated for Best Short Film – Live Action.īoth of these films are among the four films directed and produced by NFTS students and graduates that have been nominated for EE BAFTA Awards. For the first time in the School's history, two short films made by students and recent graduates from NFTS have been nominated for Academy Awards at the same time.
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