BAFTA Children’s Awards 2016: Winners
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts last night announced the winners of this year’s British Academy Children’s Awards, which honour the very best in children’s media. The ceremony was hosted by British actor, writer and comedian Doc Brown at the Roundhouse in London.
In demonstration of its enduring worth as a medium for exciting television entertainment (it’s not just for grownups, y’know) animation led the charge when it came to this year’s winners, with the popular Cartoon Network property The Amazing World of Gumball going home with two awards. See the full list of animation wins below:
ANIMATION
- WINNER: THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell
Cartoon Network Studios
Europe/Cartoon Network - NOMINATED: COUNTERFEIT CAT, SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE FARMER’S LLAMAS, STICK MAN
WRITER
- WINNER: THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL
Writing Team
Cartoon Network - NOMINATED: CLANGERS, HETTY FEATHER, HORRIBLE HISTORIES SPECIAL: SENSATIONAL SHAKESPEARE
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: CBEEBIES
- NOMINATED: CARTOON NETWORK, CBBC, TRUETUBE
FEATURE FILM
- WINNER: ZOOTROPOLIS
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer
Walt Disney Animation Studios//Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures - NOMINATED: THE GOOD DINOSAUR, THE JUNGLE BOOK, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
GAME
- WINNER: LEGO DIMENSIONS
Development Team
TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - NOMINATED: LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, RATCHET & CLANK, TEARAWAY UNFOLDED
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: SIXTEEN SOUTH INTERACTIVE
- NOMINATED: BLUE ZOO, FACTORY, KARROT ENTERTAINMENT
INTERACTIVE: ADAPTED
- WINNER: GET WELL SOON HOSPITAL APP
Juliet Tzabar, Anne Brogan, Ranj Singh
Plug in Media & Kindle Entertainment - NOMINATED: CBEEBIES ADVENT CALENDAR AND NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN, PJ MASKS OFFICIAL WEBSITE, STAR WARS ARCADE
INTERNATIONAL
- WINNER: WE BARE BEARS
Daniel Chong, Manny Hernandez, Carrie Wilksen
Cartoon Network Studios/Cartoon Network - NOMINATED: NOWHERE BOYS, PETER RABBIT, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
LEARNING: PRIMARY
- WINNER: I CAN’T GO TO SCHOOL TODAY
Production Team
Mosaic Films for BBC Learning - NOMINATED: AN INTRODUCTION TO EXETER CATHEDRAL, SEARCH IT UP!, SHAKESPEARE IN SHORTS
PRESCHOOL ANIMATION
- WINNER: HEY DUGGEE
Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sue Goffe
Studio AKA/CBeebies - NOMINATED: CLANGERS, GO JETTERS, SARAH & DUCK
SHORT FORM
- WINNER: GOOD AS GOALED
Tom Gran, Martin Woolley
Wildseed Studios/Disney Channels EMEA/Disney XD - NOMINATED: TEE AND MO: COME ON GET UP, CITV SHARE A STORY, DRAW MY LIFE: MO’S BULLYING STORY
Outside of animated projects, other projects that scored themselves a Children’s BAFTA win were as follows: SECRET LIFE OF BOYS (INTERACTIVE: ORIGINAL), HORRIBLE HISTORIES SPECIAL: SENSATIONAL SHAKESPEARE (COMEDY), REFUGEE (DRAMA), SAM & MARK’S BIG FRIDAY WIND-UP (ENTERTAINMENT), THE BOY ON THE BICYCLE (FACTUAL), TEN PIECES II (LEARNING: SECONDARY), NICK JAMES (PERFORMER), TOPSY AND TIM (PRESCHOOL: LIVE-ACTION), IAIN STIRLING (PRESENTER)
Congrats to winners and nominees alike! For more on the 2016 BAFTA awards visit bafta.org