Posts Tagged ‘Awards’

Babies and BAFTA for 4mations’ Mother of Many

Written by madevi 26th February 2010, 12:02pm

Posted in: Announcements, Channel 4, Commissions

Mother of Many

With the Oscars just round the corner, award season is in full swing. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for Cartoon Saloon’s The Secret of Kells, which wowed us at Annecy last year.

Closer to home, we were delighted with 4mations director Emma Lazenby’s BAFTA success last week with ‘Mother of Many’.  Beating stiff competition, her team at Arthur Cox took home the Best Short Animation award for their rich tale of childbirth combining painting on glass, hand drawn and Flash animation with After Effects. And to top it off, producer Sally Arthur gave birth two days later to a baby boy. Many congratulations to both!

Don’t miss the charming interview with a slightly bewildered Emma on the BAFTA website - you’ll even discover the unusual place where she intends to keep her trophy!

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BAA, British Animation Awards 2010

Written by andy 16th September 2009, 1:09pm

Posted in: Announcements, Festivals

British Animation Awards

It’s BAA time again! The British Animation Awards are ready to help spread the word about all that’s new and splendid and wonderful in British Animation. The awards cover everything from student work to commercials, children’s entertainment to experimental art films, music videos and more.

BAA 2010 Entry Forms will be posted online very soon. So keep an eye out.
www.britishanimationawards.com

Dates for your diary:
Student Film: October 30th 2009
All other categories: November 30th 2009

Short-listed entrants will be informed in December 2009 and finalists in late January 2010.

Join the mailing list to keep up:
info@britishanimationawards.com

And don’t miss your chance to enter!

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Edinburgh International Film Festival winners

Written by madevi 29th June 2009, 6:06am

Posted in: Festivals

aisling

Making way for the summer Fringe hordes of donkeys and weirdos on stilts, Edinburgh International Film Festival is over for another year.

Congratulations to The Secret of Kells for adding the Standard Life Audience Award to their growing list of distinctions, and to Director Laurie Hill’s Photograph of Jesus for winning the McLaren Award for New British Animation!

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Annecy winners announced: blue legs and joint winners

Written by madevi 14th June 2009, 6:06pm

Posted in: Channel 4, Festivals

© Melodrama Pictures, Gaumont

Mary and Max © Melodrama Pictures, Gaumont

The cheese has been eaten, the pedalos reeled in, the paper planes recycled… Annecy has wrapped up for another year and can return to its tranquil, peaceful life by the lake.

Winners were announced yesterday, with Coraline and Mary and Max jointly winning best feature film. The buzz around L’Homme à la Gordini (The Man in the Blue Gordini) had been growing on our last day at the Festival and it was rewarded with both Best First Film and the Junior Jury prize. Brendan and the Secret of Kells won the audience award for feature film; watch out for our interview with its director Tomm Moore this week.

© Prima Linea Productions

L'Homme à la Gordini © Prima Linea Productions

The UK came away with 4 awards, including best TV Special for Studio AKA’s Lost and Found, adapted from Oliver Jeffers’ charming tale, which screened on Channel 4 last Christmas.

This week we’ll be sorting through our Annecy reviews, photos and impressions as well as catching some more screenings at Edinburgh International Film Festival. You can visit the Festival’s site for a full list of winners.

Who were your Annecy winners? Tell us in the comments box!

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