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.