Press Release from BAA
Thursday 8th April 2010, London: Multi award-winning studio Aardman Animations has scooped up a brace of awards at the eighth British Animation Awards held tonight at the BFI Southbank. The world-renowned studio, home of megastars Wallace and Gromit, picked up the Children’s Choice Award for A Matter of Loaf and Death directed by Nick Park and the Best Children’s Series for Shaun the Sheep.
Hosted by animator-turned-comedienne Caroline Mabey, the bi-annual British Animation Awards honour the finest in British and European animation. Major winners this year include the Oscar nominated The Secret of Kells which landed the Best European Feature Award, Astley Baker Davies who took the Best Preschool Award for Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom and Studio A.K.A who won the Best Animated Special for Lost and Found.
British animator Stephen Irwin was also a double winner, receiving BAAs for his film The Black Dog’s Progress which snapped up Best Short and Best Sound.
Passion Pictures took three awards for New Media Best Commissioned Animation for Harmonix: The Beatles Rock Band - Intro and the Audi Q5:Unboxed ad picked up two gongs taking Best Commercial: Direction and Best Commercial: Craft
The Public Choice Awards are a vital part of the ceremony and are the only awards to be voted for by members of the public. Screenings were held in 27 different venues across the country with the audience voting for their favourites.
The public nominated two films from Partizan as their favourites and the production company waltzed away with two of the three Public Choice awards: Best Music Video for Rex the Dog: Bubbilicious and Best Commercial category for Cadbury Creme Egg Mousetrap.
The final Public Choice category Favourite Short Film was awarded to This Way Up, an amusing film which followed the work of two undertakers.
Other winners on the night included Flogging Molly’s: Float, which landed the Best Music Video prize; Philip Bacon who took the Best Student Film for his National Film & Television School graduation film Yellow Belly End; The Robin title sequence for the Holland Animation Film Festival which hopped away with the BAA for Best Film/TV Graphics: and The Violent Highway which won Best Applied Animation.
“British Animation is bursting with, talent ideas and creativity,” said BAA director Jayne Pilling. “We would like to congratulate the winners and all those who were nominated for making the judging so incredibly difficult!”
In place of a statuette, all the winners of this year’s BAAs took home a unique artwork created specially for the occasion by a range of leading international and UK animation artists. In recognition of the awards’ acronym, the artworks had to feature one or more sheep, with the option for a visual reference to the UK and/or animation.
The British Animation Awards are the only ceremony in Britain to recognise all forms of animation and rewards the work of students and established animators, feature and short films, new media and graphics, children’s and adult television series and specials, music videos and commercials.
A DVD the Best of the British Animation Awards Vol VIII is available on sale from the British Animation Awards website.
Full List of Winners and Finalists
Best Animated Special
Varmints
Director:Marc Craste, Producer: Sue Goffe, Produced by Studio A.K.A.
Wallace & Gromit: Matter of Loaf & Death
Director:Nick Park, Producer:Steve Pegram, Produced by Aardman Animations.
Lost and Found WINNER
Director: Philip Hunt, Producer:Sue Goffe,
Animation: Lucas Vigroux, Johannes Weiland, Perrine Marais, Fabienne
Produced by Studio A.K.A.
Best European Animated Feature
LASCARS (Round da Way, 2009)
Directors: Albert Pereira-Lazaro & Emmanuel Klotz
Producers: Roch Lener & Philippe Gompel
A Millimages SA Production.
The Secret of Kells (2008) WINNER
Director: Tomm Moore
Co-Director: Nora Twomey
Producers: Didier Bruner, Paul Young & Viviane Vanfleteren
A Les Armateurs/ Vivi Film/ Cartoon Saloon/ France 2 Cinéma co-production.
Panique au village (A Town Called Panic, 2009)
Directors: Vincent Patar & Stephane Aubier
Producers: Philippe Kauffmann, Vincent Tavier & Stephan Roelants
Screenplay: Vincent Patar, Vincent Tavier, Stéphane Aubier, Guillaume Malandin
A La Parti / Melusine Productions / Made In co-production.
Best Preschool Series
Roary the Racing Car: Cici Spectacular
Produced by Chapman Entertainment Ltd for Five in association with Nickelodeon.
My Favourite Bedtime Stories: The Cat & the Rooster
Produced by Blue-Zoo Productions for NickJr.
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom: Big Bad Barry WINNER
Produced by Astley Baker Davies/E1 Kids for Nick Jr.
Best Children’s Series
KNTV Sex: The Act of Sex
Director: Garry J Marshall, Producer: Harry Bell
Produced by Tern Television Productions Ltd. for Channel 4.
Shaun the Sheep: Ewe've Been Framed WINNER
Director: Richard Webber, Series Director: Chris Sadler
Producer: Gareth Owen
Produced by Aardman Animations for BBC & WDR.
Stitch Up Showdown: Bad Boxing
Director: Oli Hyatt & Adam Shaw, Producer:Adam Shaw
Animation: Blue Zoo Productions
Produced by Blue Zoo Productions for Nickelodeon.
Children’s Choice voted for by pupils of Hazelbury Junior School Edmonton, London
Roary the Racing Car, As previously listed
Shaun the Sheep, As previously listed
A Matter of Loaf and Death, As previously listed WINNER
Best Short Film
The Black Dog's Progress WINNER
Director: Stephen Irwin
Produced for Animate Projects.
Tad's Nest
Director: Petra Freeman
Produced for Animate Projects.
TXT ISLAND
Director: Chris Gavin
Public Choice: Best Short Film
Speechless
Director: Daniel Greaves
Tandem Films
This Way Up WINNER
Director: Smith & Foulkes
Nexus Productions
Simon’s Cat: TV Dinners
Director: Simon Tofield
Tandem Films
Public Choice: Best Music Vide:
Rex the Dog :Bubblicious WINNER
Director: Geoffrey de Crecy
Partizan
Flogging Molly: Float
Directors: Karni + Saul
Rokkit
Coldplay: Strawberry Swing
Directors: Shynola
RSA Films
Public Choice: Best Commercial
Cadbury ‘s Creme Egg: Mousetrap WINNER
Director: Chris Carins
Partizan
Cadbury’s Creme Egg: Pedal Bin
Director: Chris Carins
Partizan
Audi Q5: Unboxed
Director: Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy
Passion Pictures
Best Sound
The Black Dog's Progress WINNER
Music: Sorenious Bonk
Director: Stephen Irwin, Produced for Animate Projects.
Yellow Belly End
Composer: Stuart Earl, Sound Design: Zhe Wu, Director: Philip Bacon
Produced at The National Film & Television School.
Tad's Nest
Music: Sofia Gubaidulina, Sound Design:Pete Howell, Director:Petra Freeman
Produced for Animate Projects.
Best Student Film 2010
Heartstrings
Director: Rhiannon Evans
Produced at the International Film School of Wales
Yellow Belly End WINNER
Director: Philip Bacon
Produced at The National Film & Television School.
Wolves
Director:Rafael Sommerhalder, Producer:Animation Staff, Royal College of Art
Produced at the Royal College of Art .
New Media: Best Commissioned Animation
Harmonix: The Beatles Rock Band – Intro WINNER
Director: Pete Candeland, Producer:Pete Maguire & Debbie Crosscup
Produced by Passion Pictures.
Converse: Pool
Director: George Gendi, Producer:Jonathan Bairstow
Animation: George Gendi & Bishoy Gendi
Produced by Sherbet.
DJ Hero
Director: Marco Puig
Producer: Sarah Hiddlestone, Simon Whalley, Mike Woods & Diarmid Scrimshaw
Sound: Pepper Post, Produced by Framestore in association with Warp Films.
Best Music Video
Tom Fun Orchestra: Bottom of the River
Director: Alasdair + Jock, Producer: Richard Barnett
Produced by Trunk Animation for Company House Records.
Animal Kingdom: Chalk Stars
Director: Thomas Hicks, Animation: Thomas Hicks & Paddy Molloy
Music: Animal Kingdom
An independent production for Warp Records.
Flogging Molly: Float WINNER
Director: Karni & Saul, Music:Flogging Molly
Produced by Rokkit for Sideone Dummy.
Best Commercial Director
Comparethemarket.com: Jingle
Director: Darren Walsh
Produced by Passion Pictures for VCCP.
IOC: All Together Now
Director: Fx & Mat
Produced by Nexus Productions for Cole & Weber United, USA.
Audi Q5: Unboxed WINNER
Director: Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy
Produced by Passion Pictures & 1st Ave Machine for BBH, London.
Best Commercial: Craft
Audi Q5: Unboxed WINNER
Director: Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy
Produced by Passion Pictures & 1st Ave Machine for BBH, London.
Neotel: No Restrictions
Director: Jeremy Holden
Produced by Riverstone Films Johannesburg & Framestore for TBWA/Hunt Lascaris.
Alko: Father & Son
Director: Jonathan Hodgson, Producer: Jonathan Bairstow
Produced by Sherbet for Grey Direct, Helsinki.
Applied Animation
Show Me, Show Me
Animation Director: Siri Melchoir, Producer: Richard Barnett
Produced by Trunk for CBeebies.
War for Resources: Age of Stupid
Animation Director: Jonathan Hodgson, Producer: Jonathan Hodgson & Lizzie Gillett
Produced by Spanner Films.
The Violent Highway WINNER
Animation Director: Tony Comley, Producer: Jonathan Bairstow & Sarah Essam
Sound & Music: Blast Films, Produced by Sherbet for BBC.
Best Film/TV Graphics
Animal Planet
Director: Howard Watkins, Producer: Kenny Reid
Produced by The Discovery Channel/Lipsync Post
Holland Animation Film Festival Title Sequence: Robin WINNER
Director: Lee Wilson Wolfe & Pete Bishop, Producer: Pete Bishop
Produced by The Shop
Five Creative Burst: Love Story
Director: The Plant, Producer: Jonathan Bairstow, Animation: The Plant
Produced by Sherbet