Categories include Best Animation in a Commercial, Best New Director: Commercials, Best Film/TV Graphics, Best Long Form Animation, Best Voice Performance, Best Use of Sound, Best Music Video, Best Short Film, Best Children’s Pre School Series, Best Children’s Series and Best Student Film.
LONDON – Celebrating their 20 year anniversary, The British Animation Awards (BAA), the only ceremony in the UK to reward a diverse range of animation, has announced the nomination categories for its 2016 awards.
The BAA is asking the nation’s animators to step forward and enter their work for awards in the following categories: Best Animation in a Commercial, Best New Director: Commercials, Best Film/TV Graphics, Best Long Form Animation, Best Voice Performance, Best Use of Sound, Best Music Video, Best Short Film, Best Children’s Pre School Series, Best Children’s Series and Best Student Film.
The animation-loving public will have a chance to reward their favorite work in the Public Choice Awards for Favorite Short Film and Music Video. The very youngest viewers will also have their say in the Children’s Choice Award, where a panel of young children will choose from the finalists in the children’s categories.
BAA Director, Jayne Pilling commented, “It’s 20 years since the British Animation Awards began and this is the first awards ceremony to take place since the industry reaped the benefit of the changes to the tax-break arrangements. With the animation industry in rude health, there has never been a better time to celebrate this wonderful, thriving, creative force and we hope to make this the best awards ceremony yet.”
The BAA’s are the only awards to recognize all forms of animation and reward the work of both new and established animators for short films, animated graphics for film and television, children’s series, music videos and commercials.
The prestigious biennial BAA ceremony will be held at London’s BFI Southbank on March 10th, 2016, attended by the great and the good of British Animation. Previous winners across 20 creative, groundbreaking years for the industry include such illustrious names as Tim Burton, Nick Park, Simon’s Cat creator Simon Tofield, Harry Potter and the Gorillaz.
Applicants can obtain more information on participating in the competition here. The closing date for entries is 30th November, 2015.
Source: The British Animation Awards
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.
