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British Animation Awards – 2016 Finalists Announced!

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One of UK animation’s landmark events, the bi-annual British Animation Awards has today announced the nominations for it’s twentieth anniversary awards. The industry event will take place at London’s BFI Southbank on March 10th, 2016.

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BAA Director, Jayne Pilling says:

“We are incredibly excited to be putting on this wonderful celebration of British animation in the 20th year since the British Animation Awards began.  We’ve had some fantastic winners over the years but the calibre of this year’s finalists prove that the animation industry is in better health than ever!”

The awards themselves are a real display of the industry literally rewarding itself with award winners taking away fabulous unique works of art from some of the animation’s favourite artists and respected names. Artists contributing BAAs this year include: Oscar-winning animators Nick Park and Daniel Greaves and award-winning author and illustrator David Melling.

The full list of finalists are as follows. Click on the links for interviews or listen to Skwigly podcasts and see videos below.

Best Long Form Animation

Stick Man
Directors Jeroen Jaspaert & Daniel Snaddon
Producers Michael Rose & Martin Pope
Produced by Magic Light Pictures

 

Children of the Holocaust
Director Zane Whittingham Animation Ryan Jones, Oana Nechifor & Laura Tattersfield
Producer Kath Shackleton
Produced by Fettle Animation for BBC Learning

 

Shaun the Sheep: The Movie
Directors/Script Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Producers Julie Lockhart & Paul Kewley
Produced by Aardman Animations for Studio Canal

Best Voice

Rastamouse: Discovery Day
Voice William Vanderpuye as Zoomer, Professor, Brandston, Rubba (Twin), Spike Cheez, FATS, Bagga-T and Signora G.
Director Derek Mogford
Producers Eugenio Perez & Gregory Boardman
Produced by Three Stones Media/The Rastamouse Company for CBeebies

Stick Man
Voice Martin Freeman as Stick Man
Director: Jeroen Jaspaert & Daniel Snaddon
Producers Michael Rose & Martin Pope
Produced by Magic Light Pictures

Puffin Rock: Night Lights
Producers Paul Young, John McDaid, Nora Twomey & Laura Campbell
Produced by Dog Ears Ltd for Nick Jr.

Best Children’s Series and Children’s Choice Award

Scream Street: Resus Rocks
Director Geoff Walker Animation
Producer Phil Chalk
Produced by Coolabi Productions & Factory, in association with ZDF Enterprises for CBBC Co-funded by the European Union

 

The Amazing World of Gumball: The Shell
Directors Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet
Producer Sarah Fell Animation
Produced by Turner Broadcasting for Cartoon Network

 

Rastamouse: School of Rock Director Derek Mogford
Producers Eugenio Perez & Gregory Boardman
Produced by Three Stones Media/The Rastamouse Company for CBeebies

Best Pre-School Series

HEY DUGGEE: The Omelette Badge
Director Grant Orchard
Producer Janine Voong
Produced by Studio AKA for CBeebies

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Clangers: I am the Eggbot
Directors: Mole Hill and Chris Tichborne
Series Producer Dan Maddicott
Produced by Coolabi Productions Ltd & Factory for CBeebies

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Lily’s Driftwood Bay: Goodbye Seabird
Directors Colin Williams & Darren Vandenburg
Producer: Colin Williams
Produced by Sixteen South for Nick Jr.

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Best Music Video

Amaro & Walden’s Joyride
Director Tim McCourt & Max Taylor
Producers Electric Theatre Collective
Produced by The Line in collaboration with Hugo Chegwin & Fred Berry

 

James: Moving On
Directed and produced by Ainslie Henderson
Produced by An Independent Production for BMG

 

Benjamin Scheuer: Cookie-tin Banjo
Directed and produced by Peter Baynton
Produced by Radish Pictures for Escapist Records

Best Commissioned Animation: Promotional

HIAS: For The Refugees
Directors Moth Collective
Producer Sovev Media
Produced by Moth Collective for HIAS

What Do You See?
Director Sally Arthur
Producer Melissa Blackburn
Produced by Unchosen for Unchosen

Forest 500
Directors Moth Collective
Producer Moth Collective
Produced by Moth Collective for the Global Canopy Programme

Best Commissioned Animation: Documentary

Hiroshima
Director Angus McKeown
Producer Lewis James (BBC)
Produced by Made in Colour for CBBC/BBC Newsround

 

Modern Love: A Kiss
Director Moth Collective
Producer Nicholas van der Kolk
Produced by Moth Collective for The New York Times

 

Animated Minds: Stories of Postnatal Depression
Series Directed and produced by George Sander-Jackson
Produced by Mosaic Films for Wellcome Trust & Maudsley Charity

Best Short Film

Teeth
Directors Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Produced by Holbrooks Films

 

Dead Air
Director Robert Bradbrook
Producer Casey Herbert
Produced by Bright Cold Day Films & Bradbrook Films with support from the Arts Foundation

 

Let’s Play Nomad X
Directed and produced by Kristian Andrews
Produced by Kristian Andrews Production

Best Animation in a Commercial

Sainsbury’s: Mog Christmas Calamity
Director James Rouse (Outsider)
Senior Producer Heather Kinal (Framestore) & Benji Howell (Outsider)
Produced by Outsider & Framestore for AMV BBDO

Anchor: Little Elephant
Directors Kyra & Constantin
Producer Matt Saxton
Produced by Passion Picture for Creature London

Mariposa: Family
Director nextdoor (Jack Cunningham)
Producer Jo Bierton
Produced by Nexus Productions for Barber Osgerby

Best Film/TV Graphics

Food Network: Criminal Baking
Director Andrew Kelleher
Producer David Anderson
Produced by Dog & Rabbit for Food Network

The Power of Privacy
Directors: Callum Cooper & Matthias Hoegg
Producer Carrie Budge
Produced by Carrie Budge for The Guardian

Hiroshima: Bun’s Story
Director Angus McKeown
Producer Lewis James (BBC)
Produced by Made in Colour for CBBC/BBC Newsround

Best Use of Sound

Stick Man
Sound Designer & Mixer Adrian Rhodes Music René Aubry
Directors Jeroen Jaspaert & Daniel Snaddon
Producers Michael Rose & Martin Pope
Produced by Magic Light Pictures

 

Dead Air
Sound Barnaby Templer, Fonic
Director Robert Bradbrook
Producer Casey Herbert
Produced by Bright Cold Day Films & Bradbrook Films with support from the Arts Foundation

 

Sarah & Duck: Paisley Sea
Music Tanera Dawkins
Audio Effects & Mix Ben Hood at Platform Post
Director: Tim O’Sullivan
Producer Jamie Badminton
Produced by Karrot Entertainment for CBeebies & BBC Worldwide

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Best Student Film: Undergraduate

Coupling
Director Cat Hayes
Produced at Staffordshire University

 

Pollock
Director Henry Dunbar Animation
Produced at University of the Creative Arts, Farnham

 

Man Up You
Director Katie Lenton
Produced at University of the Creative Arts, Farnham

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Best Student Film: Postgraduate

The Bigger Picture
Director Daisy Jacobs
Produced at the National Film & Television School

 

Small People with Hats
Director Sarina Nihei
Produced at the Royal College of Art

 

Mr Madila
Director Rory Waudby-Tolley
Produced at the Royal College of Art

 

Congratulations to all finalists! The British Animation Awards take place at the BFI Southbank on the 10th March 2016. For more information, and to check at previous winners and awards head on over to the BAA website here

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