Nominees have been announced for the 10th Annual British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards. Presented in assocation with Time Warner, the kudo fest will be held on Sunday, Nov. 27, at the London Hilton. Winners will be announced online at www.bafta.org after the ceremony.
In the Animation category, the nominees are A Grizzly New Year’s Tale: The Crystal Eye (Grizzly TV/CiTV), The Cramp Twins (Telemagination/Cartoon Network/Cartoon Network U.K./BBC), The Little Reindeer (Millimages U.K./CiTV) and The Tale Of Jack Frost (Jack Frost Prods./Zoo Films/CBBC). In addition, scribe Jamie Rix is up for the Original Writer award for his work on A Grizzly New Year’s Tale.
Competing for recognition in Preschool Animation arena are The Koala Brothers (Famous Flying Films/Spellbound Entertainment/CBBC), Meg & Mog (Absolutely Productions/CiTV), Peppa Pig (Astley, Baker, Davies/Nickelodeon U.K.) and Pingu (HOT Animation for HIT Ent./CBBC).
On the International front, top contenders include the animated series Atomic Betty (Breakthrough Animation/CiTV), Jakers! The Adventures Of Piggley Winks, (Mike Young Prods. for Entara/CBBC) and Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends (Absolute Pictures/Nelvana/Five), along with Black Hole High (Fireworks/Jetix).
Up for the distinction of Feature Film of the year are director Brad Bird’s The Incredibles (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios/Buena Vista International), Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express (Warner Bros International U.K.), Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros Pictures International UK/ Warner Bros Pictures International U.K.) and Bibo Bergeron’s, Vicky Jenson’s and Rob Letterman’s Shark Tale (DreamWorks/UIP).
Feature films competing for the BAFTA Kids’ Vote are; Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles, Fox Animation’s Robots, 20th Century Fox’s The Fantastic Four and Star Wars Episode III–Revenge Of The Sith, DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar and Shark Tale, Paramount’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events and Warner Bros.’ The Polar Express, Batman Begins and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
A special award will be give to The Junior Television Workshop at the event. A full list of nominations and other information regarding the 10th Annual British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards are available at www.bafta.org.
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