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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 4.7 - OCTOBER 1999

Awards

King Of The Hill And Spawn Win Emmies. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the Emmy in the category for outstanding animated programs up to an hour in length to Fox's King Of The Hill ("And They Call It Bobby Love"). In winning its first Emmy in this category, King Of The Hill beat out fellow Fox toons The Simpsons, Futurama and The PJs as well as Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls. HBO's Todd McFarlane's Spawn took the honor for outstanding animated program over an hour. UPN's Dilbert won the award for main title design. The Emmy for outstanding individual achievement in animation went to Ashley Potter, background artist on Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales: Leaving London, (Nun's Priest's Tales); Les Mills, color direction on Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales: Leaving London, (Wife Of Bath's Tale); and Joanna Quinn, production designer and animator on Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales: Leaving London, (Wife Of Bath's Tale). The Emmy for outstanding voice-over performance went to Ja'net DuBois, who plays Mrs. Avery, for Fox's The PJs. The trophies were handed out Saturday, August 28 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.

Wolfman Wins At Edinburgh. At the 53rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, which ran August 15-29, The 10th Post Office McLaren Award for the Best British Animation was won by Tim Hope for The Wolfman. The award is named in honor of the great Scottish experimental animator, Norman McLaren. The competition was judged by a panel of six previous winners of the McLaren Award, including Ged Haney, Phil Mulloy, Tim Webb and Sue MacLoughlin. Animation Director Bob Godfrey accepted the award and a check on behalf of the winner from the Chair of the Panel, David Anderson. Other films in competition were Channel Four's Beelines by Rachel Bevan Baker, Nightlife from Edinburgh College of Art Post-Grad Anwyn Beier, Pleasures Of War by Ruth Lingford and an outstanding selection of films from the National Film & Television School, Royal College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Bob Godfrey was in Edinburgh promoting The Many Deaths Of Norman Spittal, a series of 150 short animated gags about a guy who is put to death in various bizarre and ingenious ways by assorted weirdoes. You can check them out at www.jbanx.com.

Fantoche 99 Announces Winners. The Fantoche International Animation Festival, which was held August 31-September 5 in Baden/Zurich, Switzerland, has announced its award winners. The jury, which was comprised of Linda Simensky (USA), Pierre Hébert (Canada), Michail Aldashin (Russia), Franziska Oliver (CH) and Frédéric Maire (CH), awarded the following prizes:

First Prize `Best Film'
Major's Nose by Michail Lisowoi

Second Prize `High Risk'
Grace by Lorelei Pepi

Third Prize `Encouragement-Prize'
Peaches by Chamaine Choo

Honorable mentions
La Bouche Cousue by Jean-Luc Gréco & Catherine Buffat
The Cake by Daniel Suljic

The Fantoche audiences also voted for their favorite film by ballot. The winner was:
The Cake by Daniel Suljic


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