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British Arrows Craft Awards Announce 2013 Winners

Nexus Productions takes Gold for Best Animation for Honda "Hands," at the British Arrows Craft Awards 2013 while MPC wins Gold for Best CGI for Three Mobile “The Pony.” MPC colorist Jean-Clement Soret is presented with the British Arrows Craft Fellowship award.

Earlier this week, on Monday, November 25, the British advertising production community came together at the British Arrows Craft Awards to celebrate the best work of the past year.

According to a report by LBBO.com, Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting director Danny Boyle made a surprise appearance at the start of the evening to present MPC colorist Jean-Clement Soret with the coveted British Arrows Craft Fellowship. Soret also won the Gold Award for Best Colorist for his work on the Vodafone spot “Kiss” from Grey London.

The Best Crafted Commercial Award was given to Southern Comfort’s “Whatever’s Comfortable” from Wieden + Kennedy and Biscuit Filmworks’ Tim Godsall. “Whatever’s Comfortable” also took home Gold for Best Casting and Silver for Best Director.

The other big award of the evening, Gold for Achievement in Production, went to 4creative for “Street Race,” which promoted Channel 4’s broadcast of the Grand National.

Other standout winners for the night included the launch film for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, which won Gold in Production Design, Live Action VFX and a Silver Arrow for VFX. Also taking two Gold awards and a Silver was the heart-stopping St. John’s Ambulance campaign from BBH. MPC took Gold in the VFX and CGI categories for “The Pony” for Three Mobile.

See below for the full list of winners:

Best Achievement in Production
Gold -- Louise Oliver and Shananne Lane for Channel 4
Grand National "street race" made by 4Creative

The British Arrows Craft Fellowship
Jean-Clement Soret

Best Crafted Commercial
Southern Comfort "Whatever’s Comfortable – Beach" made by Biscuit Filmworks for Wieden+Kennedy New York

Best Animation
Gold -- Nexus Productions for Honda "Hands" made by Nexus Productions for Wieden+Kennedy.
Silver -- Alastair Hearsum, Nick Smalley and Duncan Malcolm for TalkTalk "Model Britain" made by Rattling Stick for CHI & Partners

Best Casting
Gold -- Maya Kvetny for Southern Comfort "Whatever’s Comfortable – Beach" made by Biscuit Filmworks for Wieden+Kennedy New York

Best Performance by an Actress
Gold -- Ivy Pratt for The Sun "Big Smile Giveaway" made by Rattling Stick for Grey London

Best Cinematography
Gold -- John Mathieson for Lurpak "Weave Your Magic" made by Outsider for Wieden+Kennedy
Silver -- Alex Barber for Vodafone Red "Kiss" made by Academy for Grey London

Best Costume and Wardrobe
Gold -- Natalie Humphries for John Lewis, Never Knowingly Undersold "The Other Half" made by Rattling Stick for Adam & Eve/DDB
Silver -- Hannah Edwards for Samsung Smart TV "Charge" made by Somesuch & Co for CHI & Partners.

Best Stunts
Gold -- JT Holmes for Pirelli, Scorpion Winter Tyres "Parachute" made by RSA Film /Filmmaster Productions for M&C Saatchi SPA

Best Model Making
Gold -- John Pennicott at Asylum SFX for Channel 4, "Mating Season – Arthur" made by 4Creative

Best Editing
Gold -- Andy McGraw at Stitch for St John Ambulance "Helpless" made by Blink for Bartle Bogle Hegarty
Silver -- Art Jones for Lurpak "Weave Your Magic" made by Outsider for Wieden+Kennedy

Best Production Design
Gold -- David Lee for Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag "Defy" made by Stink Paris for Sid Lee Paris

Best Original Music
Gold -- Peter Raeburn at Soundtree for Audi RS 6 Avant "The Ring" made by Academy for BBH

Best Director
Gold -- James Rouse for Marmite "Heroes" made by Outsider for Adam & eve/DDB
Silver -- Tim Godsall at Adam & Eve/DDB for Southern Comfort "Whatever’s Comfortable – Beach" made by Biscuit Filmworks for Wieden & Kennedy New York

Best Performance By An Actor
Gold -- Anton Saunders for St John Ambulance "Helpless" made by Blink for BBH

Best CGI
Gold -- Jake Mengers, Carsten Keller MPC for Three Mobile "The Pony" made by Blink for Wieden & Kennedy

Best Recorded Voice
Gold -- Peter Capaldi for Anchor Butter "The Life Of Our Kitchen" made by Blink for CHI & Partners

Best Colorist
Gold -- Jean-Clement Soret at MPC for Vodafone Red "Kiss" made by Academy for Grey London

Best Live Action SFX
Gold -- David Lee for Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag "Defy" made by Stink Paris for Sid Lee Paris

Best Use Of Recorded Music
Gold -- Jack Sedgwick at Wave Studios for Three Mobile "The Pony" made by Blink for Wieden & Kennedy
Silver -- Matthew Towell at BBH for St John Ambulance "Helpless" made by Blink for BBH

Best New Director
Gold -- Jonny & Will for Diesel "Get It While You Can" made by Blinkink for Vice

Best Sound Design
Gold -- Sam Ashwell at 750mph for Army "Boots" made by HLA for JWT
Silver -- Anthony Moore at Factory for Honda "Hands" made by Nexus for Wieden & Kennedy

Best VFX
Gold -- Jake Mengers and Carsten Keller at MPC for Three Mobile "The Pony" made by Blink for Wieden & Kennedy
Silver -- Franck Lambertz and Fabian Frank at MPC for Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag "Defy" made by Stink Paris for Wieden+Kennedy

Best Make Up, Hair and Prosthetics
Gold -- Paul Hyett and Candy Alderson for giffgaff "Undead" made by Partizan for Fallon
Silver -- Megaforce and Spob O’Brien for Ikea "One Room Paradise" made by Riff Raff Films for Mother

Source: British Arrows

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.