Considered to be the United Kingdom's equivalent of the Oscars, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards recognize excellence within the English movie industry, as well as Tinseltown's. This year's edition saw two high-concept, international co-productions stealing the limelight: The Favourite and Roma.

To delve deeper into the top winners, great surprises and the controversies of the big night of British cinema, Nancy Tartaglione, International Editor of Deadline Hollywood Daily joins Showcase.

#Bafta #Cinema #Showcase

French painter Pierre Bonnard is revered for his use of colour and composition - brightening domestic scenes with a vibrant palette and rich, fluid lines. A new exhibition at the Tate Modern explores the last four decades of the artist's life and his influence on everyone from Mark Rothko to Patrick Heron. One hundred works from this much-loved painter are on display now until the beginning of May. Showcase's Miranda Atty brings us that story, from London.

#PierreBonnard #ModernArt #Showcase

In this episode of Showcase:

Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth,

Berlin Film Festival 2019,

David Hudson, writer at Criterion Daily,

Shortcuts,

Children's Art Festival in Istanbul,

Art Rotterdam,

Liv Vaisberg, Relations Manager of Art Rotterdam,

Flowers by Naked

#Showcase #BillViola #Michelangelo

Thousands of kids, buckets of paint and dozens of musical instruments under one roof. It sounds like a dream for some, and a recipe for disaster for others. Turkey's first 'Children's Art Festival' took place recently in Istanbul. And who knows, the next Fahrelnissa Zeid or Ara Guler may have been in the crowd. Showcase's Aadel Haleem went to find out.

#ChildrensArtFestival #Istanbul #Showcase

These two artists may have lived-and-worked five centuries apart. But it's their similarities, not their differences that are being embraced. Showcase's Miranda Atty dropped-by London's Royal Academy of Arts, to check out Bill Viola and Michelangelo in Life, Death and Rebirth.

#BillViola #Michelangelo #Showcase

The Berlinale has been playing matchmaker to audiences since 1951 by setting them up with engaging movies . And for the last eighteen years, in the hands of festival director Dieter Kosslick, the event has flourished into a major cinematic powerhouse. In May, Kosslick will step down from his position. And as a fond farewell, the German film critic brought together a tight line-up of motion pictures that are already receiving praise from journalists.

To find out what is the talk of the town in Berlinale at the moment, Showcase is joined by David Hudson, writer at Criterion Daily.

#Berlinale #Cinema #Showcase

In this episode of Showcase:

Prisoners of Correct History,

Volumetric mosaic sculptures,

Oscar-nominated director Nadine Labaki,

Shortcuts,

Screw art of Andrew Myers,

Andrew Myers, artist,

Tent-making in Egypt

#AndrewMyers #NadineLabaki #CorrectHistory

Being and staying original... It is a struggle many artists face in a world where nearly everything has already been done. But California-based artist Andrew Myers is proving that thought wrong. He's using the most unexpected things as his canvas and that's not the only reason why he's considered to be such an innovator.

To talk about what art he has and hasn't made yet, Andrew Myers joins us Showcase from California.

#AndrewMyers #ScrewArt #Showcase

It's a weighty issue, to say the least. In a new exhibition at Istanbul's SALT Beyoglu, visual artist Naim Mohaymen uses Bangladesh's complicated post-colonial history to question why the idea of a socialist 'utopia' has faded. Using films, installations and essays, he also connects leftist uprisings in other parts of the world during the 1970s. Showcase's Aadel Haleem went to check it out.

#NaimMohaymen #Bangladesh #Showcase

In this episode of Showcase:

Love Sonia,

Interview with director Tabrez Noorani,

Shortcuts,

Strawpocalypse,

Benjamin Von Wong, artist, activist and creator of Strawpocalypse,

Carlos Santana

#TabrezNoorani #LoveSonia #Strawpocalypse