further lockdown from this thursday. london mayor there. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. some pretty rough conditions around western areas once again later. the winds will be picking up across the country. this morning's rain, though, out of the way, a little bit of sunshine to start the afternoon throughout eastern areas, but more cloud, more rain spirals its way in, northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, north and west wales, some of the heaviest of the rain through the afternoon. the strongest of the winds, though, through the western isles, touching 80 mph later. 60—65 mph in the north and west of wales to finish the day, which will transfer into northern england for a time through tonight. it stays breezy through the southern half of the country tonight, there is a breeze coming in from the south—west with cloud and outbreaks of rain, an incredibly mild night here, 17 or 18 degrees, could be one of the warmer nights on record. a much chillier start tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland, and that chilly air will work through all of us through the day. the morning cloud and rain in east anglia and the south clears through to sunshine. the rest of the country sunshine and showers, showers most frequent across parts of southern scotland, northern england, north and west

wales, as well as northern ireland, some of those heavy with rain and thunder, and a chilly day across the north as well. i will have the full forecast for you later. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a senior government minister warns the second national lockdown in england could last more than a month, amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. from thursday nonessential shops, restaurants, pubs, gyms and hair and beauty salons will be forced to close. the uk opposition leader has welcomed the new measures, but is calling on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace. typhoon goni, has made landfall in the philippines — with sustained winds of 225 kilometres an hour. the most powerful storm this year has caused the evacuation of over 200,000 people. rescued after 33 hours, search teams in the turkish city of izmir pull a man from under the rubble of a building that collapsed in friday's earthquake. 51 people are known to have died.

the us presidential candidates are making a "final weekend" dash around swing states. donald trump has been in pennsylvania and joe biden in michigan, both states that could be key to winning the white house. now on bbc news... talking movies will look ahead to the forthcoming 2021 academy awards race as it begins to unfold. with reports on the venice, toronto and new york film festivals. hello from new york! i'm tom brook and welcome to our special talking movies programme, where we look forward to award season. normally at this time of the year,

award season is taking shape — but because of the pandemic, everything has changed, with the oscars now shifting to april. but some potential awards contenders have emerged, especially at the venice film festival. from venice, for talking movies, emma jones reports. to the astonishment and the acclamation of the film industry, the venice film festival took place in 2020. it even had, behind the masks, instantly recognisable faces. but this year, with only two american films in competition, it was undoubtedly a european event. and given its timing, that's unusual. this is one of the most beautiful places on the planet, but coming to venice in september and its festival usually means the start of autumn awards season — because this place has a habit of spotting oscar winners.

but in 2020, by necessity, it has been a very different kind of festival. venice shows us that award season, if it has a physical form, will involve socially distanced carpets, masks and temperature checks. and british actress vanessa kirby's best actress prize for pieces of a woman makes her a serious contender to be part of it, having already made a name for herself as princess margaret in the crown and in the mission: impossible franchise. i got us something. oh, my god! that is so cute! directed by hungarian kornel mundruczo, the independent film — now bought by netflix — co—sta rs shia labeouf. it is about a woman, martha, who loses her baby. it features an unbroken 30—minute labour scene. when i read it, ithought, "0h, my god, we haven't... we haven't seen anything on screen like this before. we haven't seen an uninterrupted birth like that." the more women that i spoke to, all the research i did

and the more i spent time with, all of them said, "there's just not that much awareness around it, people don't talk about it." some talents had to zoom into the festival, including teenage environmental campaigner greta thunberg, who found her school clashed with the event. thank you, everyone. and now i need to get back to... school? yeah! i am greta, released in cinemas this month, is a film like michelle 0bama's becoming, seeking to discover the personality behind the icon — made by swedish film—maker nathan grossman, who met her alone on one of her very first school strikes. he's prepared for controversy, given the many conspiracy theories about her that have sprung up as herfame has grown. i must actually say that, in many ways, i don't... i don't even understand and have read all the conspiracies, but, of course, i have always been interested to kind of see how she reacts to it, and a lot of the idea with the film is to see how much i could kind of go behind the facade and, you know, she has done so many

interviews and speeches, and i wanted to see how does she react to the hatred? if social distancing demands gifted, unusual interviewing locations in the middle of a festival, the crisis has also presented critics with the most unusual award season for years. i do think awards season is going to be... maybe a less glamorous affair. certainly a cheaper affair. it has become a bit of a circus and maybe something on its merit will come through. good news has been in short supply for cinema in 2020. yet one story reverberated around venice. a survivor of the 2015 bataclan murders in paris had his first film, zanka contact, in the 0rizzonti sidebar competition. with no sales agent and no publicist, moroccan film—maker ismael el iraki managed to sell his film and win a prize. it's incredible to be in venice this year. there have been so many cancelled festivals,

there has been so many demand for movies to be here, there has been whole parts of the selection that have been cancelled, and so there is a lot of demand, there's very few slots and we're here! venice may have been a rare event this year, but it was also a moment of hope to hold onto. moving on from venice, there were the toronto and new york film festivals, which were both largely virtual affairs — although both did each have a bit of a physical presence. here in new york, some of the films were shown at a drive—in, like this one here. but i watched most of the festival movies at home on my laptop and there was one picture in particular that made a great impact on me. it's called nomadland and it stars frances mcdormand. nomadland, already a strong 0scar contender, transfixed audiences at this drive—in showing

new york film festival movies. it is the story of fern, a nomadic woman, with a cast that boasts real—life nomads. directed by chinese film—maker chloe zhao, it shows rootlessness set against the backdrop of the american landscape. we wanted fern to be a guide, to be able to bring us into this vast, really rich world of nomadic living. what i've learned is you have to anchor the audience in one person's intimate experience, so they can feel, you know, comfortable, to be able to experience everything else and without getting lost. fern, played by frances mcdormand, is a woman who left her hometown of empire in nevada after economic collapse. there's a childlike quality that we were really interested in for fern, that she's had a very prescribed set of rules living in empire. and once she hits the road, the possibilities become open and her sense of

self—sufficiency is tested. frances mcdormand is being widely tipped for a best actress 0scar nomination for her work in nomadland. another possible best actress candidate emerged at the new york film festival — michelle pfeiffer, for her highly praised performance as frances in the satire french exit, in which she portrays a new york socialite who flees to paris with her son. it's this sort of... ..you know, odd world filled with these odd people who are sort of, in some ways, likened to people marooned on an island who end up finding each other. french exit is directed by azazeljacobs, who's clearly smitten with his leading lady. for me, what michelle does is near impossible on the film. i've been watching it, i've been living with this film now for the past year, since i shot it, and watching it, as you do, backwards and forwards and frame by frame,

and i still cannot get over what she brought to frances. the new york film festival, as have several other festivals, showed the indian film the disciple to great acclaim. it's a story set in the world of indian classical music. the central character is a young vocalist in mumbai who is trying to master the art form. the film is called the disciple, but i think the protagonist is not only a disciple of his teacher but is also a disciple of his father, his musical heroes, and then ultimately also of life, in a way, you know? the way he adapts to the real world and when life happens to him, in his mid life. the disciple could become india's official submission for the oscars for best international feature film. india, despite the richness of its movie industry, has never won a best foreign language film academy award. talking movies‘s reporter and film director tariq vasudeva in delhi believes it would be a big deal if the disciple prevailed at the oscars.

i think that it would be a matter of great pride because it's a story that is very original. it hasn't been done by anybody else. it doesn't have any kind of a hollywood trademark to it, in all facets, in the way that it has been shot, in the way the performances have taken place, in the way the music is such an integral part of the story and that to indian classical music, and i think it is really important to see, from an indian perspective, to see a story that is so specific to india be accepted at the global stage and also be awarded for it. cassius marcellus clay is the new heavyweight champion of the world! yes, he is! other pictures with an oscar buzz include actress regina king's directorial debut one night in miami, which revolves around four black icons coming together “119611, and the trial of the chicago 7, based on the real—life story

of countercultural figures in 1969 facing off against government prosecutors. 0ne nomination that seems inevitable is a best actor nod for sir anthony hopkins, starring opposite 0livia colman as a man succumbing to dementia in the father. it's being touted as his best performance ever — and that's certainly saying something. i am not leaving my flat! you would think with all the tumult in the world right now — the pandemic, economic meltdowns and, here in the us, a very intense presidential election campaign — that audiences would be seeking out escapist movie entertainment. well, surprisingly, the real world, by way of documentaries, is very much in demand. as tristan daley reports, several strong documentaries have awards heat. some films that are focused on recent events seem to rank high in the list of possible contenders

for the oscars 2021 best documentary category. welcome to chechyna follows a network of activists who attempt to struggle to smuggle a group of lgbtq people out of the country to avoid prosecution. the documentary features gripping scenes of people trying to escape the chechen government's widely reported campaign to silence their lgbtq community by means of abduction and violence. a documentary shot in china called 76 days is also seen as a strong contender. it chronicles the first 76 days of lockdown in wuhan during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. this whole discussion about covid has been primarily focusing on geopolitics, numbers. with my film, we're really trying

to bring viewers in hospital to witness and to watch how the human experience has been in this pandemic. documentaries racing to address current events have been popular, but so have films that deal with history. among them was possible oscar nominee crip camp. the film focuses on a summer camp in upstate new york catered specifically to disabled teens. crip camp shows how that experience had a positive impact on their lives and how the sense of community at the camp fed into the american disability rights movement of the ‘705. we will no longer allow the government to oppress disabled individuals, and i would appreciate it if you would not shake your head in agreement when i don't think you understand what we are talking about. a documentary that premiered at the largely virtual toronto international film festival

this year was mlk/fbi, and it unveiled the inner workings of fbi directorj edgar hoover's campaign of character assassination and disinformation against civil rights leader dr martin luther king jr. he was killed in 1968, but this film is no period piece. it touches on several topical matters. some of the themes that i expect to resonate with oscar voters will be the same themes that are in our headlines right now, themes that reflect on systemic racism and trying to fight that. just start walking to me. that's fantastic. there are other docs that may be in the running for an oscar that focus on more personal topics.

dickjohnson is dead is a documentary about film—maker kirsten johnson's father, who was suffering from dementia. in order to deal better with his passing in the future, johnson made a film in which he acts out his death in different ways. the tragicomic scenes in the film are bittersweet and may seem irreverent at times, but the director felt it was important to find a way to face her dad's condition. to acknowledge that certain people have been through terrible things, or are going through terrible things, is meaningful in and of itself. i don't know what it is to experience dementia, i don't know what my father is going through, but i don't want to abandon him. i want to keep him at the centre of my thoughts and conversation. i don't want to sideline him as a person who is ageing and who is less mentally lucid than he was. a pool of strong documentaries have definitely emerged this year, and so far, nonfiction films have been making a powerful impact with audiences and critics. when it comes to the oscars race, the pandemic has thrown

everything into disarray. at this point, the ceremony is scheduled to take place on april 25 — two months later than planned. and the eligibility window has been extended to the end of february. these changes by the academy raise some questions, as noah gittell reports. first cow in the territory. before the pandemic forced cinemas to close in the us, the first few months of 2020 saw a number of independent films released, including first cow and never rarely sometimes always that were critically acclaimed and, to many, worthy deserving of the academy attention small films rarely receive it. where's the rest of the money? with so many studio movies pushed to 2021, this would have been a great opportunity for the oscars to honour a smallerfilm. but the academy's decision to extend the eligibility period seemed to some like it was designed to keep lower—profile titles out of contention. it does behove the academy to continue to promote films with its awards that a lot of people have seen. and there is a relationship

there that works in both directions. the show tends to be more successful when they honour films that more people have seen and the films tend to be more successful when they are honoured by the academy awards, and so you have this dovetailing interest between these two parties who are essentially the same people — they're the people who make movies and they're celebrating themselves. of course, it hasn't worked. as the pandemic rages on, cinemas in the us may not all be open by the february deadline and studios could be largely shut out at the oscars. the biggest beneficiary may be netflix, which is releasing several major films this autumn, including the trial of the chicago 7 and ma rainey‘s black bottom — featuring the final performance from the late chadwick boseman. typically, streaming films are only eligible for the oscars if they're also released in cinemas, but the academy made a temporary change this year, allowing only streaming films which were planning on having some distributions in cinemas to be eligible.

the new rules definitely allows for some negotiation and it represents something of a truce between the academy, which has long fought to preserve cinema going, or the theatrical experience, and the streaming services, all of which covet oscars to legitimise their platform. i think that was kind of a bowing to reality of saying, "we can't fight this war for the theatrical experience if the theatrical experience doesn't exist. " i think it was a way for them to not concede the larger battle, in defence of seeing movies in theatres, but it was a recognition of, "this year, that's not going to fly. you need netflix, you need amazon, you need hulu, because these are the only places people are going to be seeing movies." and if, like the academy, your mission is essentially to get people to interested in the movies, you've got to go to where the movies are. what we define a cinema seems to change a little bit every day, but these changes from the academy represent a more structural shift. if a streaming service wins big at an academy awards held in april, it will feel like a significant change in an institution that has always clung

tightly to its traditions. hollywood has ever been slow to change, but this year, it may not have a choice. like many institutions, the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has been accused of being too white, both in terms of its membership and its preferences. its new diversity initiative has been winning praise and attracting some criticisms from those who believe it infringes on artistic freedoms. kizzy cox has been exploring the debate. the new diversity initiative aims to increase inclusion for all underrepresented groups — a goal that april reign, creator of #oscarssowhite, shares. inclusion is the goal. and for me, it's inclusion not just based on race — because #oscarssowhite is not a binary black versus white thing — it is all traditionally underrepresented communities. the new initiative applies to films competing for best picture starting in october 2020 and is made up

of four standards. ——in 2024 and is made up of four standards. the first is having diverse representation on screen. the second is having diverse representation behind the scenes. the third is providing training or internship programmes to underrepresented groups. and the fourth is having diverse marketing and distribution teams. now, the standards are meant to be flexible, and films competing for best picture only need to meet two out of four of the standards in order to qualify. yet the backlash against the initiative was swift. in a series of tweets, academy member kirstie alley said... ..while others said that the new criteria would basically result in participation oscars, where any film could get an award solely because it is diverse.

yeah, this move really smacks of political correctness, but the problem with political correctness is, once you open the door to it, there is no limit to it, there's no way you can appease people enough. they keep saying, "we want more diversity, we want more of this category of people." "there weren't enough south asians in this movie." gay people in this movie." to say that diversity diminishes excellence just makes no sense when we see that, given the opportunity, we shine. read the standards, look at them. you'll see it doesn't restrict creativity, it enhances creativity, and it also, once and for all, hopefully, will begin a plan that not only will be the academy's plan but become the industry's plan on how to create more equity and representation and inclusivity in our business once and for all. real inclusion in hollywood faces a few barriers. for example, the academy is still largely white and male. reign thinks this restricts the type of films that the academy considers — because we're all limited by our own perspective, especially since the academy members don't have to watch the films they award, resulting in choices

that are already familiar. i call these new initiatives window dressing on a condemned house. it's... the fact that you can drive through the loopholes of this new initiative tells you that it's not enough. those that say we didn't go far enough, they're correct. we believe you have to walk before you run. and it's very hard for those on the outside to understand the magnitude of this change on the inside. this organisation, the academy, has been around for over 90 years. 90 years! the best picture award is almost like the symbol of what the academy represents, and to make a step in the direction to say, "we want this symbol to represent inclusivity, not exclusivity," that is a massive step in a direction that this organisation has never taken. so, absolutely, the progress

started with a step — not a sprint, a step. well, that brings this talking movies award season lookahead to a close. we hope we've given you some idea of the possible contenders in the forthcoming oscars race. please remember you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talkingmovies, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies production team here in new york, it's goodbye, as we leave you with the official music video for the possible oscar contender the trial of the chicago 7. # hear my voice # hear my dreams # let us make a world # in which i believe... #

hello. some rough seas in western areas later, another day in which the winds will strengthen across the country. especially across parts of north and west scotland and west wales. for all of us, more rain around, some more than others. we have one approaching weather system which will affect us later, all linking into this area of low pressure which brought rain through the night. remnants of hurricane zeta between us and ireland, pushing by the north—west of scotland with strengthening winds through the afternoon. a little bit of sunshine here and there, especially across central and eastern areas but flooding over in the west, northern ireland, southern scotland, north and west wales will see persistent rain to end the day,

the risk of minor flooding. mild to the south, 18 degrees possible, cooler day in scotland and northern ireland. some of the strongest winds, 70—80 mph to finish the day in the north—west highlands, could see 65 mph across parts of west wales and the winds transfer into parts of northern england tonight. tonight, some rain through the central swathe of the country, clearer to the north, pushing south chillier conditions, temperatures well into single figures across parts of scotland and northern ireland by early tomorrow, a mild night in the south and east, could be one of the warmest november nights on record, but colder air will win as we go through monday, pushing after this weather front clearing through the morning. that will produce outbreaks of rain across northern parts of east anglia and the south east first thing. sunshine coming out, the rest of the day largely dry, but for most of you, our story of sunshine and scattered showers, some of those heavy with hail and thunder, most frequent in southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland, north and west wales.

wherever you are, it will be colder than at the weekend, eight or nine degrees at the highest in scotland and northern ireland, 13 in the south—east corner, windiest conditions tomorrow, southernmost counties of england and wales, especially earlier in the day, a0 or 50 mph hour gusts. a sign of something quieter on the horizon, showers through tuesday and wednesday, but towards the end of the week high pressure builds in, we have not seen that for some time, and it flips around to the other side of autumn, the mellower side, more in the way of dry weather, winds not so strong, sunshine by day, cold nights, with some overnight frost and fog. bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a senior government minister warns the second coronavirus lockdown in england could last more than a month and says any decision would depend on how much the restrictions brought down levels of infection. we need to recognise that we do need to get the infection rate, the r rate below one. we believe on the basis of the evidence that we have that we will be able to do so. the labour leader welcomes the new measures but calls on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace. the government has to keep its side of the bargain here. if they don't use the time to fix test, trace and isolate then i think the 2nd of december will be a review date, not an end date. the most powerful storm of the year, typhoon goni, strikes the philippines, bringing wind