Dozens of universities have set up Pop Up Clinics and Walk In Centres for students to receive covid vaccines, as the new academic year begins. Students who are not yet vaccinated, are being urged to getjabs during freshers week. Megan paterson, has the details. Have you registered with a gp . A new addition to the usual freshers� week festivities at oxford brookes university. 0. 3. Pop up clinics and grab a Jab Drop ins allaimed at encouraging as many students as possible to get vaccinated, amid some concern about covid spread in young people. We are aware just before the summer there was quite a high increase in Covid Infection rates amongst the 18 24 year olds, so were really keen to try and sort of capture them just as theyre coming back to university, to make sure in the environment they live in maybe in shared houses that we minimize the spread and the transmission of covid as much as possible. Obviously, we want people to really enjoy their university terms, and so its to really make it possible for them to do that. In england, 72 of young people aged between 18 and 2a have already had their first jab. Among them is holly now waiting for her second, its as much about her own freedom as protecting others. Were socialising with other people and wed like to be vaccinated. And eventually, id like to be able to go on holiday. Im worried about Family Members getting it as well, because theyve got to go to work and all of those things. So financially, they need to be able to go off to work, so its important for me to get it as welt thank you for coming. With so much disruption to College And University terms last year, its hoped increased vaccination will keep students well and return face to Face Teaching as the norm. We do want to have students back on campus, we want them to feel safe, we want everyone in the University Community to feel safe. I think the first thing that were really focusing on with all students is, do take the opportunity to get vaccinated. We know that vaccinations are the best protection that individuals can take. Its the best protection for the University Community as a whole. Many universities will still ask students to wear masks and will manage timetables to avoid Overcrowding Nhs teams hopeful that, coupled with increased vaccination, will not only maximise student enjoyment, but also reduce pressure on services, as we approach the winter months. Megan patterson, bbc news. Now on bbc news. Talking movies, with a lookahead to the Award Season. Hello from the Rocky Mountains in colorado. Im Tom Brook. Welcome to our Talking Movies Award Season lookahead. We have travelled to the key Film Festivals of recent days, where this years Oscars Race have been taking shape. It is a risky film, and for them to validate it means so much to me. From the Venice Film Festival, We Hearfrom maggie gyllenhaal, who took home the prize for her screenplay for her directorial debut. And the new Zealand Director Jane campion who won plaudits for her psychological study and western, the power of the dog. It showed off the talents of its star benedict cumberbatch. I was terrified of meeting jane. You know. She was coming with all the respect i have for her iconic work. And we report from the Telluride And Toronto Film Festivals, where an animated documentary, flee, chronicling the plight of an afghan refugee from kabul from 25 years ago was a very solid hit. What this story does is it shows what it can do to Human Beings to be On The Run, to flee, and how you can move on. The telluride Film Festival, which took place earlier this month here, is a real movie lovers event. Now in its 48th year. Over the last decade or so it has begun to play a very important role in the Award Season, in that it showcases oscar worthy work. Whenever people ask me what is your favourite Film Festival . I always say telluride because it is a real Film Makers festival. Dame helen was among the stars drawn to telluride this year, notjust because she was there with her much liked british true crime caper, the duke, but because telluride is quite special. A festival that shows Great Movies Amid A Landscape of incredible beauty, interconnected by ski lifts. It is very easy, it is very unpretentious. You can walk to every venue. Itjust has a wonderful feel about it. So it is great to have this film here. This one time Colorado Mining Town turned very affluent ski resort, has definitely become a key Point Of Entry for likely contenders in the Oscars Race. There is a Laundry List of movies that broke out here 12 years a slave, slumdog millionaire. It has a patina, a Tiffany Understanding of what good movies are. Im venus. Im serena. So, what do you think . King richard, a real crowd pleaser, was one Telluride Film that generated oscars buzz this year for its star Will Smith for his portrait of richard williams, coached his two daughters, top tennis Players Serena and venus williams. Smith could bejoined in the best Actor Race by peter dinklage. The game of Thrones Star was very impressive in telluride with a musicalfilm, cyrano. You are from belfast, where everybody knows you. Belfast, a black and white Film Memoirfrom Kenneth branagh, also generated oscars talk at telluride. It is a very personal story of his experiences as a young boy in belfast, as life for his protestant family was thrown into turmoil by the troubles in the late 1960s, before they relocated to england. Will we really have to leave belfast . Why did you want to tell or put together a film about this part of your life at this moment in time . I think the lockdown provoked a sense that the story of the film, which has its own lockdown, a street that has a barricade erected at either end of it, at which you have to register to get in and out of, had, for me, some resonance with the kind of life that we have had to live over the last 18 months, where old certainties are gone, and families have to make quite big decisions about where they live or how they live or how they work, may change quite profoundly. So, all of those things came into my mind as i was working on this. The Hand Of God was another autobiographical tale from a top director creating Oscars Heat at telluride. It is a coming of Age Story from the Academy Award winning italian director, paolo sorrentino, set in 19805 naples. It touches on the tragic death of the directors parents. For the Film Maker it marks a new chapter in his career, in terms of intimate storytelling. I was tired, after 20 years, to make all these movies in the same way. It was starting to become less fun for me to make movies. So i decided to change completely the way to make a movie, and facing a different style, facing different kind of stories, yes, it was a different movie, because it was about me, and so the involvement was different. Although Awards Season has taken flight, it is doing so in the midst of a pandemic. At least one Telluride Film held a mirror to our covid 19 times. He is in critical condition, man. A quarantine drama, the same storm, featuring several well known actors, told us a series of life under lockdown, vignettes that appeared on a zoom like layout. All of the actors were taught by the Director Peter hedges to work remotely, to shoot themselves. Why i wanted to get involved was the challenge of it, the risk of it, the audacity that peter had, going lets try and make some Story Telling of what we have all experienced, but lets do it in a way that has been the only way we could do at that time because we couldnt meet Each Other. So what peter did say was, im going to send you the equipment, we have got the director of photography here, we have got costume here, we have got make up, talking to Each Other on the zoom thing, and then the fellow actors, and then you go, ok, letsjust do it. Lets see this experiment. What is so interesting about the film is we were making it while all of this was happening. I do think for some people it is too soon. And to revisit. Although i have to tell you i have had three people after the movie come up and say i didnt want to see this movie. I thought i wasnt ready for it. I had no idea that it would be so cathartic and so healing for me. Being in telluride was a very positive experience, not only did it demonstrate that this Award Season is going to be packed with some great cinema, it also proved to me that a well curated in person Film Festival can function and indeed flourish in pandemic times. Although telluride does play a role in the early Oscars Race it is really the Venice Film Festival that gets the ball rolling with more spectacle. This year it opened one day before telluride. Emma jones was there for Talking Movies looking for those venice movies that had Oscars Heat. Venice enjoy this American Dream again with The Return Of Hollywood Stars after a year and a half of a nightmare for the film industry. The Red Carpet was crammed with famous faces and the competition with Award Season hopefuls. One of them was the Palm Dor winning directorJane Campion� s the power of the dog, which was filmed in campion� s native New Zealand as the pandemic raged. Benedict cumberbatch is herfirst male protagonist playing bill, Rancheria Viciously believes his brothers new wife, rose, played by kirsten dunst. I was terrified of meeting jane. She was coming with all of the respect i have for her iconic Work And Presence in cinema so i didnt know, her and ijust completely fell for her, and she has this portfolio of what she, you imagine the Delicacy And Rawness of it was really unexpected. The Venice Lido always makes a beautiful setting for hollywood to launch its Award Season hopefuls and this year the festival has bagged some heavyweight hitters that have been delayed since the pandemic. Demi villeneuve� s dean, the latest adaptation of A 19605 Popular Novel Groans under the weight of its Dune Famous Cast and a huge budget of 165 million. The truth does not matter. The last duel, directed by ridley scott, was delayed for months during the pandemic. It is co written by Matt Damon and ben affleck, who also star an historical tale of a married woman who accuses a knight played by Adam Driver of raping her. For its director the Venice Premiere was a vital moment for the movie. The most important festival. From our point of view, we, to sell an intelligent, extremely well acted and well made film, to the audience that we need to go for, we need some approval of the best critics, to say, to give the nod, and therefore that helps me in the process of marketing. Other Oscar Hopefuls include Kristen Stuart as Princess Diana struggling with her Mental Health, as she spends christmas with the british royal family. Jackie was also oscar nominated for its portrayal of jackie kennedy. I think you have the wrong idea about me. The Card Counter directed by paul schrader, the writer of raging Bull And Taxi driver is the story of a gambler and former soldier haunted by experiences in iraq. Its leading actor, oscar isaac, is being tipped for awards nominations. As venice has launched best icture winners in the shape of water to nomad land, the Festival Director says that he would have turned down this Years Invitation to attend. Lucky because we are at the opening of the new season, and everybody is willing to come back, to start again promoting them, to travel abroad, to make the promotion, so, it was not difficult to convince everybody to come to the festival. But celebration of cinema rather than the hope of awards is still a driving force. Mona lisa and the blood moon, which is in the competition is directed by and Iranian American director and stars Kate Hudson as a stripper who befriends a girl with super powers. At The End of the day we do it because when you sit there and it all sort of comes to life, you are collectively watching something together. Its magic. And i think festivals, especially this festival to me, just like, this is my third time, i love it much. You feel the love at venice. When it came to venices own awards, happening, french, about an illegal abortion one good line, and the film from maggie gyllenhaal, won best screenplay. It is an unusual film, my film. It is a risky film. And for them to validate it means so much to me. I am completely over the moon. Penelope cruz took Best Actress for another collaboration with pedro almodovar, and Jane Campion won the Best Director for the power of the dog. As in previous years this event will probably determine the films that critics will reward in the months to come. Back in colorado at the telluride Film Festival we found that documentaries this year featured prominently in the line up, there are more than usual, and flee was creating a lot of Oscars Heat. This unusual portrait of an afghan refugee who Fled Kabul in 1996 relies on animation, Pop Music and archive footage. The main character is a real person and it is a pseudonym to protect his identity. Flee� S Copenhagen based director has known him personally as a close friend for a long time. There is a mess right now in afghanistan. It is important to get some perspective on it. And this happened 25 years ago, and with this story, we can see what it does to a Human Being to be On The Run, to flee, and how you can learn, and move on, so if anything i hope my film give some perspective on what is going on right now. His journey from Afghanistan To Denmark Via Moscow is told in sometimes harrowing detail. It is upsetting but moving and inspiring. The director was keen to use animation. Because it is a story about trauma and memories, with the animation allows us to be more expressive and show things in a way that feels more true to the emotion, than being realistic. Flee, which premiered at the sundance Film Festival injanuary really impressed those who saw it at the telluride Film Festival, particularly its use of animation. There were some moments that were playful in terms of animation and some moments that were really serious in terms of the animation, some moments that had these layers of disturbing textures, especially in the sort of refugee travels on the water, and the fear of drowning was visible, the entire screen became kind of a texture of water, which i think was only really possible through animations. Flee arrives at North American Film Festivals after Television News have been saturating the world with images of lives in distress in kabul in contemporary times. How do you think in a way because of what is happening in afghanistan, and lots of people kind of fleeing the country, it gives the Film Topical Relevance here at telluride . I think it is hugely relevant. It is chock full of relevance, and you are re contextualised. In the conflict, you are immediately thinking of the people that are either left behind or are finding new lives in europe and the us. Flee also has a gay theme. The subject is gay, closeted in afghanistan it was an issue he had to struggle with and it is a key part of the film. The gay story is a mirror on his Refugee Story because in his youth and his family, he had to flee his sexuality, so in a way he has always been On The Run and in his youth it was from his sexuality and afterwards it was from his past, from his story that he couldnt tell, so there is two stories really go Hand In hand. The directorsjewish ancestors had to flee russia more than 100 years ago to escape persecution, so he says that the story was especially important to him. Now, his film, already a prize winner, looks set to at least get nominated for some of the biggest accolades the North American Movie Community can bestow. Welcome to toronto where its Film Festival got under way last week. Normally, it is a bustling Showcase Overflowing with movie riches, but this year because of covid 19 it was somewhat more subdued. It was a combination of both in person and virtual events. Altogether, some 130 features were shown at the festival, and it opens with the dear Evan Hansen, an adaptation of the hit broadway musical. It is everywhere. The film is a coming of Age Story and has a depressed, and anxious high School Student played by ben platt, who was in the original broadway musical. It was nice to go in with lots of knowledge of a character from my performance on stage as the foundation and i had my own struggles much like every other Human Being on the planet, thinking about my own Mental Health and i try to make him as human and as connected to me as i could, without playing myself. Toronto endured a tough lockdown, one of the longest in north america, for the staff of the festival, getting their annual extravaganza off the Ground Hasnt been easy. For the artistic director cameron bailey, dear Evan Hansen was a perfect choice for the opening night film. We were going through hard times, we had a bad Third Wave in canada. As we were watching the films we were looking for something that offered hope, that offered some inspiration, but that wasnt simply light, and dear Evan Hansen looks at some serious subjects about the life of a young man going through some personal issues, some Mental Health issues, dealing with social isolation, as so many of us were, but it is a musical. It has gorgeous songs. It is ultimately very uplifting. And that combination of being serious and yet inspiring and uplifting was i think exactly the right tone for opening. Those attending the festival found it a little different from normal pre covid times. In 2019 there was a lot more people, a lot more excitement. It was easier to get tickets. It is a nice layout, youre not as scrunched, youre not waiting in line. The princess of Wales Theatre hosted the World Premiere at one of the talked about films, the eyes of Tammy Faye, starring jessica chastain, a performance that is all but guaranteed to bring her an oscar nomination, the portrait of the late us televangelist who with her husband Jim Baker co founded a christian tv programme, the ptl club, in the 19705, is me5merising. Jim baker was convicted on counts of fraud in connection with their ministry activities and sent to jail. To many americans, Tammy Faye baker, loved by herfollowers, stayed in the public consciousness as a figure of ridicule. This film takes her seriously. That was my goal. It came from first watching the documentary, i watched it about ten years ago, and i was shocked with how little i actually knew about tammy and how full of Compassion And Love she was. And i didnt know much about her beyond the Drama And Media sensationalism, so it was really important for me to kind of right that wrong, not only for her family, her legacy, but also for the lgbtq audiences that she wrapped her arms around in a time when the conservative evangelical community was turning their backs on them. How much work was involved for you every day when shooting the film in transforming yourself to play the part, because you really do become Tammy Faye baker in the most wondrou5 way. It was a lot of prep. For ten years, in the back of my head i knew that i was going to play her. I knew that it was a huge pardon the pun, leap of faith, for me because there are so many aspects of her, the way that her voice is, the preaching, the singing, the silliness, she presents herself to the world very differently than i do, so i was always afraid of it. So much so that towards The End, when it became real, i almost tried to sabotage it. Five, four, three. The Performance Ofjessica Chastain is much better than the film itself, which is a disappointment. It is a story told too much in broad strokes. It lacks originality. The Bakers Appeal was to the christian right as it was a growing force. The film misses the opportunity to help us understand the rise of that movement that went on to have such a powerful impact on modern american political life. Toronto was packed with good films. A favourite of mine being the power of the dog a great study of power in relationships and repressed lives, but because of being hampered by covid 19, it was not an Award Season where toronto could capture the limelight. That distinction belongs to venice and telluride. That brings the special Awards Season look ahead edition of Talking Movies to a close. You can reach us online. 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 toronto, it is goodbye as we leave you with a clip from becoming led zeppelin documentary portrait, which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. I tried to do all those things the best i can no matter how i try ifind my way. Hello there. Many of you will of had a dry start to the weekend, theres some sunshine around. The best of it arguably across eastern areas of the country. And a lovely end of the day captured by a Weather Watcher sue in west yorkshire. Where we see those outbreaks of Rain Start to form, heavy showers crossing the midlands, some of those downpours been captured by our Weather Watcher. Look at this one, a Downpour Crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by Weather Watcherjack. Right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across Northern England and scotland. Slowly we are starting to see the Rain Ease off across westernmost areas of Northern Ireland. So here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. But otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. The rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. Where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. But there will be a few areas that Pick Up is much as 30 or a0 mm. There is a risk of seeing some localised Surface Water Flooding across the east. Many western areas actually, the weather will improve through Sunday Afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. Taking a look at the week ahead, its not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. However, later in the week low pressure is going to be moving in and thats going to be bringing more of an autumnal feel to things as it turns wet and increasingly windy as well. Mondays charts and into tuesday shows this ridge of high Pressure Building in ahead of the next atlantic system. And not completely dry, i mean, there will be one or two spots of Rain In East Anglia and south east england, a few showers in the northwest. But predominantly monday is a dry day with some sunshine. Temperatures, high teens to low 205. Probably feeling just a little bit fresher than it has been over the recent days but not cold. On into tuesdays forecast, a few Mist And Fog patches to start the day. The winds really start to Pick Up for Northern Ireland and West Scotland where there could be age a few showers. But again, its a mainly dry day with some sunny spells. Perhaps a bit of cloud developing across england and wales to the afternoon. Top temperatures about 21 celsius was up but heading deeper into the week, low pressure is set to move in off the atlantic. This bringing rain to all areas and increasingly strong winds. Well have some autumnal gales later in the week. This is bbc news, im mark lobel. Our top stories. The rift deepens between france and key western allies over a cancelled Submarine Contract the french Foreign Minister says relations with australia and the us are in crisis. Translation there has been lying, duplicity a major breach | of trust and contempt, this will not do. Things are not going well between us. Us officials move thousands of migrants away from a texas Border Town after a rapid influx, mostly from haiti. As america admits a Drone Strike killed ten afghan civilians by mistake, relatives say the us Apology Isnt enough. This was americas last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. And what a legacy