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Femi Oyeniran has already become legend of the British teen film in that if Femi's not in it something doesn't feel right. With a cheeky face and quick wit, it's hard to not love this talented young man. View project

Nigerian British actress Wunmi Mosaku is carving out a niche for herself, playing characters with harrowing back stories with such conviction it wouldn't be a surprise to hear her name read out at the Oscars in the future. With scene stealing roles in drama's such as I am Slave, Ruined and Vera Screen Nation OUR Oscars thought it only right to celebrate Wunmi's fantastic rise... View project

They both started out as children's presenters on Children's BBC television, both continued their careers on British TV as presenters and show hosts, both found love last year and got married to each other and now both Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell hosted the 2011 Screen Nation awards. View project

Kano and Ashley Walters have both evolved from making music to take on the big and small screen with enviable ease. The two are soon to be seen in new Channel Four drama 'Top Boy'. View project

The OFFICIAL brochure for the 2011 Screen Nation Awards is HERE! View project

We are honoured to have renowned blogger Ms Ethnic as a guest writer. She spoke to up coming actress Kyla Fryue for Screen Nation... View project

After winning numerous awards, hosting a drive time TV show on 'Choice FM' one of the UK's most infamous black radio stations, DJ-ing behind, and interviewing some of the biggest acts in the world like Jay-Z, Tinie Tempah Drake, AND being part of the new 'Afrobeat' phenomenon that has taken the music world by storm it's only right that the next step would be to be music director for one of the biggest events in British Black Film. Introducing DJ Abrantee... View project

Star of Channel 4 drama 'Fallout' Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been cast in a new Kiefer Sutherland Sci-Fi drama called 'Touch'... View project

Need a beautiful location to celebrate Christmas with your colleagues this year? There's no better than the Petersham! View project

Superstar Nollywood actress, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde invites you to attend the Screen Nation Awards on October 16th 2011! How can you say no? View project

New British film 'Sket' by first time feature film maker Nirpal Bhogal introduces us to the ruthless world of gangs and street life seen through the eyes of a girl and her all girl gang... View project

October 12th sees the return of this month’s Flavour Live, which is guaranteed to be a night you will not want to miss. Hosted in the hedonistic paradise of Avalon, located in the heart of trendy Shoreditch, the star-studded show will have performances from Stooshe, Rachel Kerr, Dele, Matti Roots, MyM, Carmen Leigh, and the Astroid Boys. Mo the Comedian will compare the night. View project

Every Saturday when chilling with my family, after we've watched people destroy the art of dance or song via shows like Strictly Come Dancing and X-Factor the channel will be changed swiftly because the by then we would be in desperate need of some Adultery, Prostitution, Corruption, JuJu and a well-placed wicked Mother-in-Law. The medicine for our pain? A Nollywood film... View project

There is no Black Hollywood!” After my 25 years of doing research and studying, I cannot find the CEO. I can’t find the president and there are no board members. There isn’t even a public service number I can call to get help as a black producer, actor, director...Rockmond Dunbar speaks out against 'Black Hollywood' View project

Once upon a time, a popular black stand up comedian turned actor (Eddie Murphy) was paired with a popular black talk show host (Arsenio Hall) and together they introduced us to the world of Zamunda by way of Brooklyn Queens... View project

In 2009/2010 there were over 1,497 children and young people across the UK waiting for a new home. Over 30 percent of these children are of BME origin. Of the 1,063 adopters on the adoption register only 235 were from BME backgrounds compared to 828 from white backgrounds. View project

To help kick start the beginning of Black History Month, critically acclaimed Nollywood film 'The Mirror Boy' is to be screened at South Bank University this Saturday... View project

Directed by Menelik Shabazz 'Burning an Illusion' is an intimate piece of Black British cinema that immerses you into the world of a young West Indian couple living in London during the ‘80s. Set against a backdrop of a classic Lovers Rock soundtrack and sights of Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove, Shabazz takes his time to evolve the relationship between Pat Wililams (played by Cassie McFarlane) and Del (played by Victor Romero). It is simply a realistic love story between a young Black couple... View project

The Zafaa (Zulu African Film Academy Awards) supports African actors who have been acting for a long period of time and have an awards ceremony fast approaching to put these actors and actresses on their deserved platform. View project

35 and Ticking is a coming of age story with romance and comedy thrown in. But it is NOT of the romantic comedy genre. The film opens with 4 teenagers talking about marrying Michael Jackson and Prince. We go on to explore their lives past the age of 35 at different stages of work, relationship and parenthood but ultimately seeking the same happily ever after... View project

According to research conducted by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control it has been suggested that any film which shows a character smoking should be rated 18 whether the content is 18 worthy or not... View project

Nominated for a Screen Nation Screencraft Achievement - Independent Spirit Film Production Award for his film 'Crunch' we spoke to Wayne G Saunders about his career and what it means to be recognised by Screen Nation... View project

Brit boy Richard Ayoade's star is fast rising. He recently pipped Chris Tucker to the post to be cast in Ben Stiller's new Comedy/Sci-fi film 'Neighbourhood Watch'. View project

Set on the beautiful Martha’s Vineyard the Jumping the Broom tells of a young couple getting married after a 6 month courtship without sex and consequently bringing two very different socio-economic families together... View project

Here is the full Screen Nation Awards Film & Television Nominations list... View project

The nominations have been announced for Screen Nation Awards 2011. Presented by ITV News Reader, Charlene White and Waking the Dead actor Wil Johnson, guests were delighted to hear the names of the talented film and television nominees as their names were revealed at an exclusive nominations party, held at Revolution Bar in London. View project

With just under 5 weeks to go until the Awards show in October, everyone at Screen Nation is super excited about the 2011 Screen Nation Nominations Party this Wednesday. View project

British director Steve McQueen has cast fellow Brit, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor in his new film '12 Years a Slave' the true story of a mixed race man from New York who was kidnapped and forced to work as a slave on a cotton plantation in Louisiana for over ten years. View project

Best loved for his role as the rowdy and uncouth rebel leader Adebisi in the cult prison series 'Oz' Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje who's screen presence has been sparse over the years is making a big screen comeback starring in Universal Pictures horror flick 'The Thing'. View project

With reams of forgotten footage that was discovered in the basement of a Swedish TV Station, 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975' has been brought to life as a film which offers insight into the struggles of black people in America... View project

Screen Nation partners Flavour Magazine host their spectacular monthly event, Flavour LIVE! View project

The New Black Proudly Presents a Pre-release screening of Menelik Shabbazz’s ‘Lovers Rock’ 96mins. Cert 15 View project

British Nigerian comedians, ‘A Dot Comedian’ and ‘Don’t Jealous me’ have come together to release a mini movie on Youtube called ‘Adot Vs Tboy : The Brotherhood’ View project

If you have any young budding animators/film makers at home between the ages 14 - 18 , the EWAV Works organisation are running a production training course from 19th September - 24th October... View project

In 1991 a young and un-experienced director John Singleton decided he wanted to expose the truth about the harsh realities of the black experience in South Central L.A. - Boyz N The Hood was born, history was made, and on the 20th anniversary of the film Dominic Armstrong talks about why this film made such an impact on his life... View project

I bet Eddie Murphy laughed his infamous laugh long and hard when he got the call to confirm that he would be hosting the 2012 84th Annual Academy Awards... View project

I was going to write a piece on ‘Black British Actresses – Where are they?’ but upon doing some research I realised that actually there are quite a darned few. It’s just that off the top of my head I couldn’t name any without frowning... View project

‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ is a novel originally written by Zora Neal Hurston, and due to its positive reception it was then turned into a movie in the year of 2005. Directed by Darnell Martin, the movie brings to life the passion Hurston wrote. View project

We last spoke to Ashley Walters at the 2009 Screen Nation awards, our journalist Jimmi caught up with him recently... View project

The film industry is a funny old world. Run by an exclusive boys club of men who are forever finding new ways for the devilishly handsome leading man to get the mouth wateringly beautiful leading girl all whilst saving the world from alien invasions, foreign infiltration, Armageddon and…smart monkey’s. View project