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British Animation Awards – 2016 winners announced!

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Last night saw the 2016 British Animation Awards take place, twenty years after the prestigious event began. The biennial ceremony took place at London’s BFI Southbank presented by voiceover artists Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson, awarding the best of this year’s nominees some of the industry’s most coveted, artist-created prizes. Check out the winners and learn more about how some of the productions came together from recent Skwigly coverage below:


Best Short Film

TeethINTERVIEW
(Dir. Tom Brown/Daniel Gray, Holbrooks)


Best Documentary

Animated Minds: Stories of Postnatal Depression INTERVIEW
(Dir. George Sander-Jackson, Mosaic Films)


Best Promo

HIAS: For The Refugee
(Dir. Moth Collective, HIAS)


Best Music Video

James: Moving On
(Dir. Ainslie Henderson, BMG)


Best Commercial Animation

Anchor: Little Elephant
(Dir. Kyra & Constantin, Passion Pictures)


Best Graphics

The Power of Privacy
(Dir. Callum Cooper/Matthias Hoegg)


Best Pre-School Series

Lily’s Driftwood Bay: Goodbye Seabird
(Dir. Colin Williams/Darren Vandenburg, Nick Jr.)


Best Children’s Series

The Amazing World of Gumball INTERVIEW
(Dir. Mic Graves/Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network)


Best Sound

Stick Man
Adrian Rhodes (Sound)
René Aubry (Music)
Martin Freeman (Voice)
(Dir. Jeroen Jaspaert/Daniel Snaddon, Magic Light)


Best Undergrad Film

manup
Man Up

(Dir. Katie Lenton, UCA Farnham)


Best Postgrad Film

Small People with Hats
(Dir. Sarina Nihei, RCA)


Best Long Form Animation

Shaun the Sheep: The MovieINTERVIEW
(Dir. Mark Burton/Richard Starzak, Aardman)


Children’s Choice Award

The Amazing World of Gumball: The Shell
(Dir. Mic Graves/Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network)


Public Choice Awards: Music Video

Benjamin Scheuer: Weather the Storm
(Dir. Peter Baynton)


Public Choice Award: Short Film

Mend and Make DoINTERVIEW
(Dir. Bexie Bush, NFTS)

Bluebarry
(Dir. Markus Vad Flaaten, Kingston)

To see some of the exclusive and bespoke prizes the fortunate winners went home with check out our awards roundup. To learn more about the awards visit britishanimationawards.com

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