Bristol-based Aardman Animations collected four top awards at the 2008 British Animation Awards (BAA). Oscar winner Peter and the Wolf from Suzie Templeton was also recognized at Thursday night’s ceremony, which honored the British animation industry’s most talented and creative figures. Host Joe Pasquale presided over the event at the BFI in London.
Aardman took the coveted Craft Award for The Pearce Sisters, a short film by Luis Cook, which also won this year’s BAFTA for short-form animation. The studio was also recognized with Best Children’s Series and the Children’s Choice Award for Shaun the Sheep, and won the New Media: Best Commissioned Animation award for The Peculiar Adventures of Hector, by Sally Arthur and Sarah Cox.
Peter and the Wolf ran off with the award for Best TV Special, while Animate Projects took two awards; Best Short Film for Yours Truly by Osbert Parker and Best Film at the Cutting Edge for Magnetic Movie by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt. Darren Walsh and Frank Budgen dominated the commercials categories, claiming Best Commercial: Craft and Best Commercial: Direction for their work on the Sony Bravia: Play Doh spot produced by Passion Pictures.
Best Preschool Series went to Charlie and Lola: Too Many Big Words, directed by Kitty Taylor and produced by Tiger Aspect for CBeebies. Cat Man Do by Simon Tofield and Tandem Films nabbed Best Comedy, and Best Student Film was awarded to t.o.m., created by University of Wales students Tom Brown and Daniel Gray, which was also the Public Choice winner in the film category.
2008 British Animation Award Winners
Best Pre-School Series (sponsored by HIT Entertainment)
Charlie & Lola: Too Many Big Words
Director: Kitty Taylor
Runners up:
Little Princess: I Want My Snail
Director: Edward Foster
Produced by The Illuminated Film Company for Five
Pocoyo
Director: David Cantolla & Guillermo Garcia
Produced by Granada Kids / Zinkia Entertainment for CITV
Best Children’s Series (sponsored by Cartoon Network)
Shaun The Sheep: Still Life
Director: Richard Goleszowski
Produced by Aardman Animations for CBBC
Runners up:
KNTV Philosophy: Smith
Director: Garry J Marshall
Produced by Tern Television Productions Ltd for Channel 4
The Secret Show: Flick The Switch
Director: Tony Collingwood
Produced by Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for CBBC
Best TV Special (sponsored by Animation Art Gallery )
Peter & The Wolf
Director: Suzie Templeton
Produced by Break Thru Films Ltd for Channel 4
Runners Up:
Charlie & Lola: How Many More Minutes Until Christmas?
Director: Kitty Taylor
Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for CBeebies
The Wrong Trainers
Directors: Kez Margrie, Matthew Walker/Arthur Cox, Helen Arnsten/Blue Zoo, Martin Orton, Greg Villalobos/Bold Creative, Leigh Hodgkinson/Slinky Pictures & Trunk
Produced by BBC Newsround/Arthur Cox/Blue Zoo/Bold Creative/Slinky Pictures/Trunk for BBC
Best Film & TV Graphics
Fun Facts
Director: Steve Smith
Produced by Trunk Animation
Runners up:
Sweeney Todd: Title sequence
Director: Richard Morrison
Produced by Th1ng
MTV: 3650
Director: Ubik
Produced by Picasso Pictures
Best Commercial: Craft
Sony Bravia: Play-Doh
Directors: Darren Walsh (Animation) & Frank Budgen (Live Action)
Produced by Passion Pictures for Fallon London
Runners up:
IRN BRU: Phenomenal Xmas
Director: Robin Shaw
Produced by Sherbet Ltd for The Leith Agency
National Lottery: The Big Win
Director: Marc Craste
Produced by Studio AKA for Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO Ltd
Best Commercial: Direction (sponsored by Blue Zoo)
Sony Bravia: Play-Doh
Directors: Darren Walsh (Animation) & Frank Budgen (Live Action)
Produced by Passion Pictures for Fallon London
Runners up:
Cravendale: Last Glass
Directors: Pic Pic Andre
Produced by Nexus Productions for Weiden + Kennedy London
Olay: Lines
Director: Suzanne Deakin
Produced by Slinky Pictures for Saatchi, New York
Best Film at the Cutting Edge (sponsored by the UK Film Council)
Magnetic Movie
Directors: Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt (Semi Conductor)
Produced by Semi Conductor, an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England
Runners up:
Yours Truly
Director: Osbert Parker
An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England
Interstellar Stella
Directors: AL & AL
Produced by AL & AL, an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England
Best Music Video
Chemical Brothers: Salmon Dance
Director: Dom & Nic
Produced by Factory Films for Virgin Records/EMI UK through Framestore CFC
Runners up:
Bell x1: Rocky Took a Lover
Director: SSSR
Produced by Passion Pictures for Island Records
The Puppini Sisters: Boogie Wooogie Bugle Boy
Director: Laurie J Proud
Produced by Sherbet for Universal Music
Best Short Film (sponsored by Cosgrove Hall)
Yours Truly
Director: Osbert Parker
An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England
Runners up:
The Old, Old, Very Old Man
Director: Elizabeth Hobbs
Produced by Spellbound Animation with Moeglich Films
The Pearce Sisters
Director: Luis Cook
Produced by Aardman Animations
Best Student Film (sponsored by Aardman Animations)
t.o.m.
Directors: Tom Brown & Daniel Grey
Produced at the International Film School of Wales
Runners up:
Milk Teeth
Director: Tibor Banoczki
Produced at the National Film and Television School
Pingpongs
Director: George Gendi
Produced at The Royal College of Art
Best Comedy (sponsored by AstleyBakerDavies)
Cat Man Do
Director: Simon Tofield
Produced by Tandem
Runners up:
Rocket Science
Director: Sam Morrison
Produced by Nexus Productions
Fonejacker: Talented Mouse ‘ Catnip
Director: Leigh Hodgkinson
Produced by Slinky Pictures
Best Character Voice Performance (sponsored by the Sound Company)
Robert Lindsay in The Technical Hitch
Director: Jon Dunleavy
An Independent Production
Runners up:
Peter Capaldi in Haunted Hogmanay
Director: Neil Jack
Produced by BBC Scotland & Kolik Films
Jane Horrocks in Little Princess: I Want My Snail
Director: Edward Foster
Produced by The Illuminated Film Company for Five.
New Media: Best Commissioned Animation (sponsored by Th1ng)
The Peculiar Adventures of Hector
Directors: Sally Arthur & Sarah Cox
Produced by Aardman Animations
Runners up:
C’Mons: Red Viral
Directors: Dom + Nick
Produced by Framestore CFC
Heavenly Sword
Director: Ben Hibbon
Produced by Blink Ink
Craft Award (sponsored by Tandem Films)
The Pearce Sisters
Director: Luis Cook
Produced by Aardman Animations
Runners up:
Adjustment
Director: Ian Mackinnon
Produced at the Royal College of Art
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties
Director: Joanna Quinn
Produced by Beryl Productions for S4C
Children’s Choice Award
Shaun The Sheep
Director: Richard Goleszowski
Produced by Aardman Animations for CBBC
Public Choice: Film
t.o.m.
Directors: Tom Brown & Daniel Grey
Produced at the International Film School of Wales
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties
Director: Joanna Quinn
Produced by Beryl Productions for S4C
Public Choice: Music Video
OneEskimo: Hometime
Directors: Matt Latchford and Lucy Sullivan
Produced by Gravy Media for Little Polar Records
Public Chocie: Commercial
Amnesty Protect the Human: Measles
Directors: Sweetworld TV and Lisle Turner
Produced by Amnesty International
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