British Animation Awards Nominations Announced
This coming weekend sees the Annie Awards, the Hollywood animation industry's major awards ceremony. Also coming up are the biannual British Animation Awards, the UK's equivalent. This year's ceremony will take place on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at NFT1, BFI Southbank, London. This year's nominations were revealed on February 14.
The major nominees with multiple nominations include Kensuke's Kingdom, Cartoon Saloon's Puffin Rock And The New Friends (an Irish/Northern Irish co-production, hence it's eligible), The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse, Lloyd Of The Flies, Dead End: Paranormal Park and Mog's Christmas. Kensuke's Kingdom, adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo and directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry leads all categories with four nominations.
Aardman's Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget is the highest profile nominee in the Best Feature Film, which also features Kensuke's Kingdom, Puffin Rock And The New Friends, A Cat Called Dom and The Amazing Maurice.
An Audience Award will also be announced on the night. The winning film will have received the most votes from audiences at 14 screenings throughout the UK held at animation universities and other organizations.
Uniquely, the BAA does not give winners trophies, but instead gifts them a unique piece of original art. This year, the artwork will all be created by British animation director Derek Hayes.
Best Design
Directors: Piotr Szczepanowicz, Mikolaj Pilchowski
Art Directors: Alicja Gapińska, Natalia Garbaciak
Head Creative: Ian Spendloff
Lead Designer: David Lochhead
Director: Jeremy Purcell
Art Director: Design Team
Best Use of Sound
Directors: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
Sound Designer: Will Cohen
Directors: Daniel Snaddon, Samantha Cutler
Sound Designer: Adrian Rhodes
Director: Chris Tichborne
Sound: Tom Angell
Best Factual Award
Director: Miranda Peyton Jones
Director: Mary Martins
Director: Simon Ball
Director: Jordan Antonowicz-Behnan
Best Voice Performance
Director: Robin Shaw
Key Cast: Adjoa Andoh, Zawe Ashton, Amelie Law, Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Charlie Higson, Miriam Margolyes, Teddy Skelton, Maggie Steed
Directors: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann
Key Cast: Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Ariyon Bakare, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville, Rob Brydon, Julie Atherton
Directors: Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy
Key Cast: Jude Coward Nicoll, Tom Hollander, Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne
Best Undergraduate Film
Directors: Diana Blázquez Martín, Katherine Galley
Director: Yunxin Zou
Director: Sena Miyazaki
Best Postgraduate Film
Director: Leto Stojanovic Meade
Director: Mai Vu
Director: Tanya J Scott
Director: Ross Stringer
Writer’s Award
Directors: Matthew Walker, Jane Davies
Writers: Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh
Directors: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
Writer: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Director: Edward Foster
Writer: Edward Foster
Director: Liz Whitaker
Writer: Hamish Steele
Lamb Award
Nominating studio: Blue Zoo
Nominating studio: Skylark Films/Big Squid Ink Ltd.
Nominating studio: Blue Zoo
Best Children’s Pre-School Series
Directors: Grant Orchard, Sander Jones
Director: Lucy Izzard
Directors: Piotr Szczepanowicz, Mikolaj Pilchowski
Directors: Adam Shaw, Chris Drew
Best Children’s Series
Director: Chris Randall
Director: Chris Tichborne
Director: Edward Foster
Directors: Matthew Walker, Jane Davies
Children’s Choice
Director: Liz Whitaker
Director: Dominic Minns
Directors: Eva Lee Wallberg, Christian Boving-Andersen
Director: Ben Steer
Cutting Edge
Director: Emma Calder
Director: Alec Smith
Directors: Bram Ttwheam, Finbar Hawkins
Director: Antoine Perez
Best Music Video
Director: Flora Caulton
Directors: Peter Beatty, Joseph Boyle
Directors: Deathbyromy & Adult Swim
Wildcard
Director: Andrew Kelleher
Director: Jon Dunleavy
Director: Trevor Hardy
Best Original Music
Director: Robin Shaw
Music: David Arnold
Director: Chris Randall
Music: Beth Porter and Ben Please
Directors: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
Music: Stuart Hancock
Best Animation in a Commercial
Director: Steve Small
Director: JuanPe Arroyo
Director: Golden Wolf
Social Good Award
Director: againstallodds
Directors: Zan Barberton, Joseph Clark
Director: Gerald Conn
Best International Animated Series
Directors: Adam Parton, Peter Merryman
Director: Chris Capstick
Directors: Rachel Larsen, Chris Tichborne
Director: David Osborne
Best Long Form Animation
Director: Iain Gardner
Directors: Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy
Directors: Stephen McNally, Elliot Dear
Director: Robin Shaw
Best Feature Film
Director: Sam Fell
Directors: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
Directors: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
Director: Jeremy Purcell
Directors: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann
Best Short Film
Director: Tom CJ Brown
Director: Elizabeth Hobbs
Director: Harry Plowden
