BAFTA Rising Star Award: A History

2020 is the 15th anniversary of the BAFTA having the Rising Star Award which is voted for by the public. Starting in 2006 known as the Orange Rising Star Award and then since 2013 the EE Rising Star Award, this is due to sponsorship and pretty much helps the award with publicity and getting the public involved in the voting for the winner. 

Over the years as I have become more and more obsessed with films I know more about the nominees which in all honesty makes me feel very special and at times very geeky. Which I personally love and am very proud of, I felt coming up to the 15th year it was very important to take a look back at not only the winners from each year but the other nominees as well. The list is very impressive and it feels as though someone at BAFTA can certainly pick out rising stars in the best possible way, the nominees are chosen regardless of gender, nationality and whether they have made a breakthrough in television, film or both.

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Review

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After the Apes suffer many losses by the human soldiers, Caesar must battle with his demons as his darker instincts take hold and wanting to save his kind from an awful fate.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Kong: Skull Island (2017) Review

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A team of scientists along with members of the Army to explore an unidentified island in the Pacific. But is it really just an adventure to see an island, or does something else reside on it?

⭐️⭐️⭐️

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A Monster Calls (2016) Review

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Conor is struggling to deal with his life, his Mum has an illness, he’s bullied at school, doesn’t understand his Grandma and his Dad is an absent figure.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Control (2007) Review

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The film focuses on Ian Curtis who was the lead singer of band Joy Division who could not cope with his messed up life and led him to commit suicide at the age of just 23.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Warcraft (2016) Review

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The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as it faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their current home which is dying and looking for another.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) Review

Quite a few years have passed since we last saw Caesar and the rest of the apes, the human race has almost been wiped out by a virus and not many of them remain. With the apes still growing in power, it wasn’t going to be long before both species collided.

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