The Netherlands embraces diversity with a new international event. The Septimius Awards is an award ceremony based in Amsterdam. The event was two days, 6& 7 June 2022. On the first day panel discussions were held and on the second day the award ceremony was held in the ITA Theater. Oscar winners Sir Christopher Hampton, Kevin Willmott, Jan Archibald & Nina Hartstone received a lifetime achievement award for their work in the film industry. Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. He has twice received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Father (2020), and was also nominated for Atonement (2007).
Kevin Willmott is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place. In Jayhawkers (2014), he followed the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Willmott has collaborated with Spike Lee, with whom he shared an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman. The two again collaborated in writing Da 5 Bloods.
Jan Archibald is a make-up artist. Her work in La Vie en Rose earned her the Academy Award for Best Makeup as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair. She had previously won the latter award for her work in The Wings of the Dove.
Nina Hartstone is a British sound editor. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound Editing for the film Bohemian Rhapsody.
Other prominent winners include the American Actor Thomas Jane and the American Actress Sarah Steele, the online content creators Steven He, Naomi Jon, SSIN and the singer Calum Scott.
A unique category system based on diversity
According to the founder Jan-Willem Breure, the Septimius Awards was created to stimulate diversity and inclusion within the film and television industry. The award ceremony has 30 competition categories ranging from Best European Actress to Best Oceanian Actress. By splitting 3 categories (Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Film) into continents the founder hopes to increase global representation. The Septimius Awards was held on the 6-7th of June 2022. On the 6th of June the Panel Discussions (Monday) and on the 7th of June the Award Ceremony (Tuesday) 2022 Amsterdam The Netherlands. Here is a full overview of the winners (source - https://septimiusawards.com/nominees2022):
Paulina Galazka — Best European Actress
Frank Lammers — Best European Actor
Sarah Steele — Best American Actress
Thomas Jane — Best American Actor
Amal Mohamed — Best Asian Actress
Seo-Bin Baek — Best Asian Actor
Nqobile Khumalo — Best African Actress
Stan Nze — Best African Actor
Cate O’Connor — Best Oceanian Actress
Guy Pigden — Best Oceanian Actor
The East — Best European Film
A Viagem de Pedro — Best American Film
Aik Hai Nigar — Best Asian Film
Kedibone — Best African Film
I Am Woman — Best Oceanian Film
Rigged — Best Short Documentary
Making an Exoneree — Best Feature Documentary
Estilo Americano — Best Short Film
Flack — Best Series
Wolfwalkers — Best Animation
The Journey — Best Experimental Film
Edge of the World — Best Director
The Other Me — Best Producer
Good Morning, Verônica — Best Cinematography
Tuesday 12 — Best Screenplay
The Hunt For Salamander — Best Soundtrack
Where Are You Now — Lost Frequencies ft. Calum Scott — Best Music Video
Steven He — Best Content Creator
Naomi Jon — Best Costume Design
SSIN — Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Lifetime Achievement Award
Christopher Hampton — Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Willmott — Lifetime Achievement Award
Jan Archibald- Lifetime Achievement Award
Nina Hartstone- Lifetime Achievement Award
Els Vandevorst- Lifetime Achievement Award
Reguillo Wijngaarde- Lifetime Achievement Award
Raymill Blinker- Lifetime Achievement Award
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