The talent behind some of Britain’s best animation over the past year, including
The Adventures of Paddington,
The Snail and the Whale,
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon were celebrated at the British Animation Awards 2020 this week!
Held at London’s BFI Southbank, the BAAs was hosted by comedian and actor Miles Jupp (
Rev,
Bad Move) who kicked off a ceremony dedicated to recognising all forms of animation and honour the achievements of the British animation scene from the past two years.
Top awards went to Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. for its pre-school series,
The Adventures of Paddington, Sally Hawkins for her work on the animated adaptation of the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler book,
The Snail and the Whale, and to David Arnold for Best Original Music for
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Hawkins scooped up the award for Best Voice Performance for her portrayal of Snail in
Snail and the Whale, Magic Light Pictures’ festive animation about a mollusc on an epic adventure.
Meanwhile there were three major awards for acclaimed studio Aardman Animations, which picked up the prestigious award for Best Long Form Animation for its hugely successful madcap caper
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon (directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan), the Children’s Choice Award for an episode from its CBBC series Shaun
The Sheep: Squirreled Away (directed by Carmen Bromfield-Mason), and Best Music Video for Coldplay’s “Daddy” (directed by Asa Lucanda).
Staying in the children’s TV categories, Adam Shaw and Chris Drew picked up the Best Children’s Pre-School Series award for their charming Nick Jr. series
The Adventures of Paddington – which features the voice of Ben Wishaw as Paddington and a theme song written and performed by Gary Barlow.
Erstwhile awards and audience favourite
The Amazing Adventures of Gumball added another two BAAs to its collection picking up Best Use of Sound and the Writers Award for Richard Overall, Mic Graves and Tony Hull.
Meanwhile, the Best Children’s Series was awarded to Gutsy Animations’ Sky One series
Moominvalley (directed by Steve Box), which was praised by the judges for its “undeniable beauty” and “top-notch vocal performances”.
The Best Original Music Award went to multi award-winning duo David Arnold and Don Black for Lupus Films’
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Some of the leading British animation courses were represented in both Best Undergraduate and Best Postgraduate Student film categories including nominees from Falmouth University School of Film and Television, University of Creative Arts in Farnham, Arts University Bournemouth and the Royal College of Arts London.
The winner of the all-female nominated Best Undergraduate Student Film category was Megan Earls from UCA, Farnham for
Border/Line and the victor of the Best Postgraduate Student Film was Alex Widdowson, also from RCA, for his film Music and Clowns.
In other categories: The Best Short Film was awarded to Jonathan Hodgson for
Roughhouse, which the judges described as a “masterful piece of short form storytelling”. The Best Animation in a Commercial award went to Thomas Harnett O’Meara and Matthew Day for their charming take on
The Wind in the Willows for The Wildlife Trusts; The Best Film or TV Graphic, Motion Design was awarded to Second Home Studios for its “varied and imaginative idents” for DaVinci Learning.
The Best Commissioned Animation was picked up by Moth Studio for the “beautifully delicate animation” in
Conception: Catie & Jen; The Best Immersive Category was won by Marshmallow Laser Feast for
We Live in an Ocean of Air, which was praised for “inspiring us to think about nature in a different way”.
Finally, in a new category for 2020, the Best Social Good Award rewarded Danny Capozzi for his animation for United for Global Mental Health – New Mindset.
BAA Director, Helen Brunsdon, said: “This is my first year at the helm of the BAAs and I was blown away by the quality of the entries this year. The BAAs are a brilliant way to showcase the incredible talent we have here in the UK and help cement Britain’s position as one of the leading countries in the world for animation.”
Held every two years, the British Animation Awards (BAAs) reward the very best new and established British animators across a variety of categories including short films, animated graphics for film and television, children’s series, music videos and commercials.
The awards themselves (the BAAs) are unique artworks, featuring sheep, created especially for the occasion by a range of leading international and UK animation artists: a measure of the world-wide respect felt for British animation.
From
Kidscreen:
CN & Aardman top British Animation Awards
Moominvalley won the award for Best Children’s Series, and Paddington picked up the Best Preschool trophy.
Bristol-based prodco Aardman brought home five British Animation Awards at last night’s ceremony held at London’s BFI Southbank.
Aardman picked up the Best Longform trophy for A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon; Best Music Video for Coldplay’s Daddy, which it produced; Best Social Good award for New Mindset; Children’s Choice for Shaun the Sheep—Squirreled Away; and the new Lamb Award for rigger and armatures employee Roxannah (Roxi) Linklater, which is supposed to bridge the gap between current student and best-in-class awards by recognizing rising stars.
Meanwhile, Cartoon Network also had a big night, winning the Writers Award and Best Use of Sound for The Amazing World of Gumball. It took home a third trophy for Best Original Short Form Content for A Whale’s Tale, which it produced for Hope Works.
But it was TK-bsaed Gusty Animation’s that managed to take home Best Children’s Series for Moominvalley, while The Adventures of Paddington (pictured) produced by Studio Canal and Heyday Films won Best Children’s Preschool.
The full list of winters is below:
Best Longform
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Dir: Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Produced by Aardman Animations
Best Voice Performance
Sally Hawkins as The Snail- The Snail and the Whale – Dir: Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon, Produced by Magic Light Pictures
Best Children’s Series sponsored by Sue Terry Voices
Moominvalley – Dir: Steve Box, Produced by Gutsy Animations
Best Children’s Preschool sponsored by Brown Bag Films
The Adventures of Paddington – Dir: Adam Shaw, Chris Drew Produced by Studio Canal, Heyday Films
Best Music Video
Coldplay – Daddy – Dir: Asa Lucander, Produced by Aardman
Writers Award
The Amazing World Of GUMBALL: The Agent – Dir: Mic Graves, Produced by Great Marlborough Productions Limited for Cartoon Network
Best Post Graduate Student Film
Music and Clowns -Dir: Alex Widdowson (RCA)
Best Original Short Form Content
A Whale’s Tale – Dir: Giovanna Utichi, Robin Celebi, Produced by Cartoon Network for Hope Works
Best Original Music
The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Composer David Arnold, lyrics Don Black, Director Robin Shaw, Produced by Lupus Films
Best Social Good
New Mindset – Dir: Danny Capozzi, Produced by Aardman
Best Commissioned Animation
Conception: Catie & Jen- Dir: Moth Studio, Produced by Moth Studios for the New York Times
Best Film or TV Graphics/Motion Design
Da Vinci Learning – Dir Chris Randall, Producer Second Home Studios
Best Under-Graduate Student Film Sponsored by Blue Zoo
Border/Line – Dir: Megan Earls (UCA)
Best Short Film
Roughhouse – Dir: Jonathan Hodgson, Papy3d Productions, Hodgson Films, ARTE France
Children’s Choice
Shaun The Sheep- Squirreled Away – Dir: Carmen Bromfield Mason, Produced by Aardman
Best Use of Sound
The Amazing World of Gumball – The Future, Dir: Mic Graves, Produced by Great Marlborough Pictures Limited for Cartoon Network
Public Choice Award for Best Music Video
The Beatles – Glass Onion by Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney
Public Choice Award for Best Short Film
Grandad was a Romantic – by Maryam Mohajer
Lamb Award Sponsored by Disney
Roxannah (Roxi) Linklater- rigger and armatures, Aardman
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From
britishanimationawards.com:
BAA-G IT UP NOW!
The British Animation Awards team were over the moon when Chris Garbutt of Pinky Malinky fame kindly agreed to design the first-ever BAA delegate bag for 2020. The bag also features The Cartoon Museum in London who are one of the BAAs esteemed sponsors this year.
For those not familiar – Chris, along with Rikke Asbjoern created Pinky Malinky. Pinky Malinky is a wacky American children’s series for Nickelodeon and Netflix that first aired in 2019 featuring no ordinary boy Pinky who just happens to be a hot dog! It’s a fast-paced hilarious rollercoaster of a show.
Chris graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1998 with a First Class BA Honours degree in Graphic Arts and Illustration. Soon after completing his degree, Chris left West Yorkshire to peddle his wares in London, Paris and then the USA. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Chris works in the animation industry for TV, Features and Commercials, enjoying various roles from creating, executive producing, show running, producing, writing, directing and art directing, to storyboarding, character design and background design. Projects have included The Amazing World of Gumball, Gorillaz, The Fairly Odd Parents, Mr Bean, Robotboy, and Stressed Eric.
He and Rikke are currently producing a brand new animated project that they created at Netflix Animation Studios.
Thanks Chris for ensuring nobody goes home empty-handed.
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