In nuce: The jurors of the British Animation Awards (BAA for short) have announced this year’s finalists.
More information about the British Animation Awards: The BAA honours a select few animated films that the judges feel represent the best films in a range of categories. The awards ceremony will be held at the British Film Institute Southbank (BFI Southbank) on 10 March. Linked to the ceremony in London are four other venues linked to the venue, namely Stirling, Salford, Cardiff and Bristol. This year’s BAAs will be presented by comedian and actor Miles Jupp.
Interview with Bomper Studios in DP 04 : 2021: One of the nominees is Emlyn Davies. He is the founder and Executive Creative Director of the British Bomper Studio. In DP 04 : 2021 , we spoke to Emlyn about the psychedelic music video Chasing Birds, which he realised for Bomper Studio together with his colleague and art director Josh Hicks. Emlyn and Josh have now been nominated for the same music video at the BAAs in the “Best Music Video” category. The entire interview Dancing in the Desert is available to you free of charge. We think you should read it and get down with the Foo Fighters.
Click further: All further information about the British Animation Awards can be found at britishanimationawards.com.
Who are the finalists? Below are the finalists in the 14 categories.
Best Narrator
- Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
- Ricky Gervais (After Life) for Save Ralph
- Ben Whishaw (No Time to Die) for The Adventures of Paddington
- Bella Ramsay (Game of Thrones) for Hilda: The Fifty Year Night
- Menna Trussler (Little Britain) for Affairs of the Art
- Bel Powley (The Morning Show) for Moominvalley
Best Long Form
- Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
- Sesame Street’s The Monster at the End of the Story
- Ron’s Gone Wrong
Best Children’s Series
- The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Sky Kids Original
- Milo – Channel 5 Milkshake
- Hilda: The Deerfox – Netflix
Best animated advert
- The Girl Who Built a Rocket for WaterAid UK
- Breath of Nature for Airwick
- Save Ralph for the Humane Society International
- Moto GP Returns for MotoGP
Best Music Video
- Rocket Freudental – The Chair Circle (Ged Haney)
- Mama Jerk and the Ladyfinger – Mountain (Harrison Fleming)
- Foo Fighters – Chasing Birds (Emlyn Davies, Josh Hicks)
- Christy Moore – The Voyage (Jessica Patterson)
- Jamie Cullum – Age of Anxiety (Neil Pymer)
Best animated series for pre-school children
- Hey Duggee
- The Adventures of Paddington
- Circle Square
- Milo
- Pip and Posy
Best Short Film
- FlattenTheCurve#1 – Studio Desk, Kathrin Steinbacher, Emily Downe
- Meow or Never – Neeraja Raj
- Save Ralph – Spencer Susser
- Black Slide – Uri Lotan
- Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn
Best film by Bachelor graduates
- To be a Goat – Milda Kargaudaite
- True Colours – Hanna Lea Wyttenbach
- Case closed – Lucy Gatenby
- @Scroll Alice – Céline Ufenast
- Suburb – Miles Jezuita
Best film by Master graduates
- Black Hole! – Renee Zhan
- Other Half – Lina Kalcheva
- Eating In the Dark – Inari Sirola
Nominees in the social purpose category
- Typically – Anna Ginsburg, Caitlin McCarthy
- Diabetes Symptoms – Angie Phillips, Phoebe Halstead
- Up River – a Shadventure on the River Severn – Tom Stubbs
- You Being You – Kong Studio
- Sinking Feeling – Mark Spokes
Best Original Music
- Sol – Gráinne Mc Guinness
- I Am Odd – Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
- Robin Robin – Dan Ojari, Mikey Please
- Edgar’s Christmas – Mike MacLennan
- Love Monster – Super Sound Day – Theme by Jeremy Warmsley; music composed by Esther Joy Lane and Hannah Charman
Nominees in the screenplay category
- Myles McLeod for Circle Square – Pizza Mystery – Greg McLeod
- Les Mills for Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn
- Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith for Ron’s Gone Wrong – Jean- Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith, Octavio E Rodriguez
- Madeleine Brettingham for The Rubbish World of Dave Spud – Twinfestation – Edward Foster
- Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow for Shaun the Sheep – The Flight Before Christmas – Steve Cox
Nominees in the “Cutting Edge” category (for the first time this year)
- Save Ralph – Spencer Susser
- Sub-Surface – Alex Robinson
- Dead Pixels S2 – Jamie Jay Johnson, Asa Movshovitz
Nominees in the “Wildcard Award” category (for the first time this year)
- Timeline – Osbert Parker
- Boris Johnson Eats A Pot Noodle In The Bath – Ross Butter
- Strange – Cameron Carr
- Squib – When All of This is Over – Baz Sells
- Hench Girl Summer – Beatriz Antunes
