One year later , Yates attended the 56th BAFTA Awards with a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Short Film for the fourteen-minute production , '' Rank '' , which expressed the social elements of racism , friendship and adolescence through the story of a street gang that cross Glasgow to witness the arrival of a group of Somali refugees . Yates said that even though '' The Way We Live Now '' was " a very big production " and " enormous fun to do " , '' Rank '' was an opportunity to " shake all that off " and " get back to his roots " . Of the casting , Yates said that he " wanted to use non-actors to tell the story , to create a reality ... the kids we cast in Glasgow had never done a film before . " The film was noted for its gritty style and cinematography , with a review from '' Eye For Film '' stating that " such intelligent use of camera and cast lifts Yates out of the pool of promising young directors into the front line of genuine hopefuls . This work demands respect . " The 2003 six-part thriller '' State of Play '' was Yates 's next achievement . Yates collected the TV Spielfilm Award at the Cologne Conference in Germany and won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement . The serial was recognised by various award ceremonies , receiving the Peabody Award for Broadcasting Excellence and being presented with two British Academy Television Craft Awards . The quality of the serial sparked Hollywood film bosses to consider adapting it into a film , with producer Andrew Hauptman declaring that " it 's a blistering political thriller and we want to make an equally blistering movie . " '' State of Play '' is regarded by critics from '' The Guardian '' and '' The Times '' as one of the best British television dramas of the 2000s
56th BAFTA Awards
56th British Academy Film Awards
David Yates