British Animation Awards – 2016 winners announced!
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
Teeth – INTERVIEW
(Dir. Tom Brown/Daniel Gray, Holbrooks)
Best Documentary
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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
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 Movie – INTERVIEW
(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 Do – INTERVIEW
(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