2022 British Animation Awards Nominees Announced
It's been a big week for awards news, with the Oscars releasing the nominees and The Crunchyroll Anime Awards revealing their winners. The biannual British Animation Awards (BAA) aren't nearly as well known as The Academy Awards, and they don't have as wide a reach as Crunchyroll's Awards, but for animation fans, and for the British animation industry they're still a big deal.
"Thanks to the advancement of science, this year the BAAs are crossbreeding with online and in-person events," the website explains. "From March 7th until April 10th there will be an exciting range of online content; from talks, interviews and curated film packages to video contributions from new and established animators." Despite the announcement of the end of all COVID measures in England, they remain in force elsewhere in the UK- and many in England will also continue to be cautious. The BAAs will take place on March 10 at London's BFI Southbank, but will also be streamed for those who cannot be there in person. BAA is also working with partner organisations across the country so that there will also be satellite gatherings in Stirling, Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol for people to enjoy the night together. The ceremony will be MC'd by comedian and actor Miles Jupp.'
The UK industry isn't as big as in some countries. But as befitting an award that is named BAA and has a sheep for a logo, the British Animation Awards are a little quirky. Rather than give every winner just an identical trophy, here winners receive unique prize artwork from some of the most talented people in the creative industries. In past years, artworks have been awarded by artists including Nick Park, Michael Dudok de Wit, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Glenn Keane, Bill Plympton and many other artists from around the world. We can't wait to see the new artwork!
Nominees with recognition in multiple categories include Locksmith Animation's debut feature Ron's Gone Wrong, Aardman's Shaun The Sheep The Flight Before Christmas, Spencer Susser's Save Ralph and Joanna Quinn's Oscar-nominated Affairs Of The Art.
Best Design
Best Use of Sound
Andy Coyle
Ed Foster
Adrian Rhodes
Jason Heath
Best Factual
Spencer Susser
Osbert Parker
Best Voice Performance
Joanna Quinn
Andy Coyle
Best Under-Graduate Film
Milda Kargaudaite
Hanna Lea Wyttenbach
Lucy Gatenby
Céline Ufenast
Miles Jezuita
Writers Award
Greg McLeod
Joanna Quinn
Jean- Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith, Octavio E Rodriguez
Edward Foster
Steve Cox
Best Post-Graduate Film
Renee Zhan
Lina Kalcheva
Inari Sirola
Lamb Award
Nominated by One6th
Nominated by Cloth Cat
Nominated by Blue Zoo Animation
Nominated by Blue-Zoo Animation
Nominated by Illuminated Films
Best Children’s Pre-School Series
Grant Orchard, Sander Jones
Jez Hall, Chris Drew
Greg Mcleod
Chris Capstick
Jeroen Jaspaert and Matt Tea
Best Children’s Series
George Sawyer
Chris Capstick
Andy Coyle
Cutting Edge
Jamie Jay Johnson, Asa Movshovitz
Best Music Video
Ged Haney
Harrison Fleming
Emlyn Davies, Josh Hicks
Jessica Patterson
Neil Pymer
Wildcard
Osbert Parker
Ross Butter
Cameron Carr
Baz Sells
Beatriz Antunes
Best Immersive Animation
Ben Steer
Grant Berry, Dane Winn
James A Castillo
Best Original Music
Music by: Michael Keeney and Kris Stronge, Directed by: Gráinne Mc Guinness
Composer: Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
Composer: Ben Please and Beth Porter
Music Composer: Mike MacLennan
Theme music: Jeremy Warmsley
Score Composed by: Hannah Charman
Best Animation In Commercial
Neeraja Raj
Peter Szewczyk
Spencer Susser
Anton Alfimenko
Social Good
Anna Ginsburg, Caitlin McCarthy
Angie Phillips, Phoebe Halstead
Tom Stubbs
Kong Studio
Mark Spokes
Best Longform
Mark Taylor
Jean- Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith, Octavio E Rodriguez
Steve Cox
Best Short Film
Studio Desk, Kathrin Steinbacher, Emily Downe
Neeraja Raj
Spencer Susser
Uri Lotan
Joanna Quinn
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