Awards News: 'Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio' Wins At BAFTAs, VES Awards
This past weekend the great and the good of the world of film, from Britain and beyond assembled in London for the BAFTA Film Awards. Held annually by the British Academy Of Film and Television Arts, they are one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the world.
This year's BAFTA for Best Animated Film went to Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. The stop-motion film overcame competition from Turning Red, Puss in Boots The Last Wish and Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.
This is only the seventh time that a non-Disney or Pixar film has won since it was established in 2006. It is only the second stop-motion film to win the award (following Kubo and The Two Strings.
The Mexican maestro- who co-directed the film with Mark Gustafson- used his victory speech to celebrate animation as a medium. He thanked BAFTA for allowing his film to be nominated in categories animation is not normally recognised in - it was nominated in best score and production design, although it won neither.
"Animation is not a genre for kids, it is a medium for art, it's a medium for film," he said, " I just think animation should stay in the conversation." And we could not agree more.
The Best British Animated Short Film was awarded to The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse, beating out competition from Middle Watch and Your Mountain Is Waiting. The short (which is also nominated for an Oscar) is based on the best-selling book by Charlie Mackesy, who co-directed with Peter Baynton. It was co-produced by Apple TV+ and the BBC and was broadcast on BBC One last Christmas.Animation should stay in the conversation! 👏 @RealGDT pic.twitter.com/fjjzkpW5Gq
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2023
Best Visual Effects went to James Cameron's Avatar The Way Of Water.
The BAFTA is only the latest honour in what has been a very successful awards season for Pinocchio. The film has won 54 awards to date out of 133 nominations.
Last week the Visual Effects Society held their annual VES Awards. Pinnochio was the leading animated film, picking up three more awards. The biggest film overall was Avatar The Way Of Water which won nine awards. The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power was the leading TV series, winning three awards.
Walter Garcia
Joe Letteri
Eric Saindon
JD Schwalm
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Thirteen Lives
Thomas Horton
Denis Baudin
Brian Cox
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jeffrey Schaper
Cameron Carson
Emma Gorbey
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Udûn
Ron Ames
Nigel Sumner
Dean Clarke
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
Five Days at Memorial; Day Two
Danny McNair
Matt Whelan
Goran Pavles
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Last of Us Part I
Evan Wells
Eben Cook
Mary Jane Whiting
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
Frito-Lay; Push It
Sophie Harrison
Ben Cronin
Martino Madeddu
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT
ABBA Voyage
Edward Randolph
Stephen Aplin
Ian Comley
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Way of Water; Kiri
Rebecca Louise Leybourne
Guillaume Francois
Jung Rock Hwang
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Pinocchio
Richard Pickersgill
Brian Leif Hansen
Kim Slate
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Umbrella Academy; Pogo
Hannah Dockerty
Olivier Beierlein
Miae Kang
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Way of Water; The Reef
Joe W. Churchill
Justin Stockton
Alex Nowotny
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; In the Stomach of a Sea Monster
Anjum Sakharkar
Javier Gonzalez Alonso
Quinn Carvalho
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Adar; Númenor City
Nico Delbecq
Dan Letarte
Julien Gauthier
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT
Avatar: The Way of Water
Dan Cox
Eric Reynolds
AJ Briones
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
Avatar: The Way of Water; The Sea Dragon
Stephan Skorepa
Ian Baker
Guillaume Francois
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Way of Water; Water Simulations
David Moraton
Nicolas James Illingworth
David Caeiro Cebrian
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Michael Losure
Kiem Ching Ong
Jinguang Huang
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Udûn; Water and Magma
Aron Bonar
Branko Grujcic
Laurent Kermel
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
Avatar: The Way of Water; Water Integration
Francois Sugny
Florian Schroeder
Jean Matthews
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE
Love, Death and Robots; Night of the Mini Dead
José Maximiano
Renaud Tissandié
Nacere Guerouaf
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL
Ladbrokes; Rocky
Theajo Dharan
Georgina Ford
Jonathan Westley
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
Avatar: The Way of Water; Current Machine and Wave Pool
Richard Schwalm
Nick Rand
Robert Spurlock
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT (AWARD SPONSORED BY AUTODESK)
A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea
Max Pollmann
Lukas Löffler
Till Sander-Titgemeyer
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Avatar: The Way of Water; Water Toolset
Steve Lesser
Sven Joel Wretborn
Douglas McHale
