The Last of Us and Time star Bella Ramsey is among the 42 names announced as this year's BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, supported by Netflix, which features creatives working in film, games and television in the UK, the US and India.
The initiative identifies the most exciting talent on the cusp of the breakthrough moment of their careers and awards them with a year's worth of access to professional coaching, industry introductions and BAFTA membership.
This year's participants have been selected by a jury comprised of leading cross-industry figures led by BAFTA sector committee chairs and members including Ade Rawcliffe, Sara Putt, Emily Stillman, Emma Morgan and Anisa Sanusi in the UK, Aadip Desai in the US, and Guneet Monga in India.
Alumni of the scheme, which is in its tenth year, include Hollywood stars such as Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley and Tom Holland.
Included in this year's list is 20-year-old Bella Ramsey, who most recently appeared on our screens in the second series of the BBC's hit drama, Time. Rye Lane director Raine Allen-Miller and Rain Dogs creator Cash Carraway are also listed in the cohort. See the full list below.
UK BREAKTHROUGHS:
● Adjani Salmon, writer/performer/exec producer – Dreaming Whilst Black
● Bella Ramsey, performer – The Last of Us
● Cash Carraway, creator/writer/exec producer – Rain Dogs
● Charlotte Regan, writer/director – Scrapper
● Cynthia De La Rosa, hair & makeup artist – Everyone Else Burns
● Ella Glendining, director – Is There Anybody Out There?
● Funmi Olutoye, lead producer – ‘Black History Makers’ (Good Morning Britain)
● Georgia Oakley, writer/director – Blue Jean
● Holly Reddaway, voice and performance director – Baldur’s Gate 3
● Joel Beardshaw, lead designer – Desta: The Memories Between
● Kat Morgan, hair & makeup designer – Blue Jean
● Kathryn Ferguson, writer/director – Nothing Compares
● Kitt (Fiona) Byrne, 2D artist/game designer – Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
● Michael Anderson, producer – Desta: The Memories Between
● Pete Jackson, writer/creator – Somewhere Boy
● Raine Allen-Miller, director – Rye Lane
● Rosy McEwen, performer – Blue Jean
● Samantha Béart, performer – The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow
● Talisha ‘Tee Cee’ Johnson, writer/director/presenter – Too Autistic for Black
● Vivian Oparah, performer – Rye Lane
US BREAKTHROUGHS:
● Amanda Kim, documentary director – Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV
● Aminah Nieves, performer – 1923
● Apoorva Charan, producer – Joyland
● Cheyenne Pualani Morrin, senior games writer – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
● Edward Buckles Jr. documentary director – Katrina Babies
● Gary Gunn, composer – A Thousand and One
● Jingyi Shao, writer & director – Chang Can Dunk
● Maria Altamirano, producer – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
● Santiago Gonzalez, cinematographer – Shortcomings
● Shelly Yo, writer & director – Smoking Tigers
● Sing J Lee, writer & director – The Accidental Getaway Driver
● Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, writer & director – Mutt
INDIA BREAKTHROUGHS:
● Abhay Koranne, writer – Rocket Boys
● Abhinav Tyagi, editor – An Insignificant Man
● Don Chacko Palathara, director/writer – Joyful Mystery
● Kislay, director – Soni
● Lipika Singh Darai, director/writer – Some Stories Around Witches
● Miriam Chandy Menacherry, producer – From the Shadows and The Leopard’s Tribe
● Pooja Rajkumar Rathod, cinematographer – Secrets of the Elephants
● Sanal George, sound editor/mixer/designer – Gangubai Kathiawadi
● Satya Rai Nagpaul, cinematographer – Ghoomketu
● Shardul Bhardwaj, performer – Eeb Allay Ooo!