Girls On Film ; Behind the Scenes, These Two Women Champion British Filmmaking and Force the Hollywood Big Guns to Take Notice

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Throughout the annual film awards ceremony, Amanda Berry, Bafta's ebullient chief executive, will be sitting on her hands. It is, she says, the only way she can keep still. She'll free them every now and then to send a text message to one of her staff, but for the rest of the time, her mobile will be on her lap, set to mute, in the hushed auditorium.

She used to be 'hands on' rather than 'on hands', hauling champagne around and being 'in five places at once'. That work is left to others, now that the Baftas enjoy a global audience and a premier league profile. Last year, more than 90 per cent of nominees were in attendance, including A-list celebrities such as Nicole Kidman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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Girls On Film ; Behind the Scenes, These Two Women Champion British Filmmaking and Force the Hollywood Big Guns to Take Notice

'Nicole became very angry last year when someone asked her if we were a poor imitation of the Oscars,' Berry recalls. 'She replied, "No everybody wants to win a Bafta." Kidman has been nominated for...

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