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The 2008 British Animation Awards were awarded at the ceremony at the National Film Theatre in London last night. Aardman Animation dominated the cremeony scooping four awards including best children's series and children's choice awards for Shaun the Sheep, new media award for The Peculiar Adventures of Hector, and the craft award fro The Pearce Sisters.

Osbert Parker has won best short film at the 2008 British Animation Awards for his film Yours Truly, the follow up film to his BAFTA and Cannes Golden Palm nominated Film Noir. The Oscar winning Peter and the Wolf directed by Suzie Templeton won the best TV special award.

The complete list of winners are:
Best pre-school series

Charlie & Lola: Too Many Big Words - Tiger Aspect for CBeebies
Runners up:

Little Princess: I Want My Snail - The Illuminated Film Company for Channel Five

Pocoyo - GranadaKids/Zinkia Entertainment for CITV

Best children's series
Shaun The Sheep: Still Life - Aardman Animations for CBBC
Runners up:

KNTV Philosophy: Smith - Tern Television Productions Ltd for Channel 4

The Secret Show: Flick The Switch - Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment for CBBC

Best TV special
Peter & The Wolf  - Break Thru Films Ltd for Channel 4
Runners up:

Charlie & Lola: How Many More Minutes Until Christmas? - Tiger Aspect Productions for CBeebies

The Wrong Trainers - BBC Newsround/Arthur Cox/Blue Zoo/Bold Creative/Slinky Pictures/Trunk for BBC

Best film & TV graphics
Fun Facts - Trunk Animation
Runners up:

Sweeney Todd: Title sequence - Th1ng

MTV: 3650 - Picasso Pictures

Best commercial: craft
Sony Bravia: Play-Doh - Passion Pictures for Fallon London
Runners up:

Irn Bru: Phenomenal Xmas - Sherbet Ltd for The Leith Agency

National Lottery: The Big Win - Studio AKA for Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO

Best commercial: direction
Sony Bravia: Play-Doh - directed by Darren Walsh (animation) & FrankBudgen (live action) (Passion Pictures for Fallon London)
Runners up:

Cravendale: Last Glass - directed by Pic Pic Andre (Nexus Productions for Weiden + Kennedy London)

Olay: Lines - directed by Suzanne Deakin (Slinky Pictures for Saatchi, New York)

Best film at the cutting edge
Magnetic Movie - Semi Conductor, an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England
Runners up:

Yours Truly - an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England

Interstellar Stella - AL & AL, an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England

Best music video
Chemical Brothers: Salmon Dance - Factory Films for Virgin Records/EMI UKthrough Framestore CFC
Runners up:

Bell X1: Rocky Took a Lover - Passion Pictures for Island Records

The Puppini Sisters: Boogie Wooogie Bugle Boy - Sherbet for Universal Music

Best short film
Yours Truly - an Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England

Runners up:

The Old, Old, Very Old Man - Spellbound Animation with Moeglich Films

The Pearce Sisters - Aardman Animations

Best student film
t.o.m. - Tom Brown & Daniel Grey, International Film School of Wales
Runners up:

Milk Teeth - Tibor Banoczki, National Film and Television School

Pingpongs - George Gendi, Royal College of Art

Best comedy
Cat Man Do - Tandem
Runners up:

Rocket Science - Nexus Productions

Fonejacker: Talented Mouse - Catnip - Slinky Pictures

Best character voice performance
Robert Lindsay in The Technical Hitch - Independent Production
Runners up:

Peter Capaldi in Haunted Hogmanay - BBC Scotland & Kolik Films

Jane Horrocks in Little Princess: I Want My Snail - The Illuminated Film Company for Five

New media: best commissioned animation
The Peculiar Adventures of Hector - Aardman Animations)
Runners up:

C'Mons: Red Viral - Framestore CFC

Heavenly Sword - Blink Ink

Craft award

The Pearce Sisters - Aardman Animations
Runners up:

Adjustment - Ian Mackinnon, Royal College of Art

Dreams and Desires: Family Ties - Beryl Productions for S4C

Children's choice award
Shaun The Sheep - Aardman Animations for CBBC

Public choice: film
t.o.m. - Tom Brown & Daniel Grey, International Film School of Wales
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties - Joanna Quinn, Beryl Productions for S4C

Public choice: music video
OneEskimo: Hometime - Matt Latchford and Lucy Sullivan, Gravy Media for Little Polar Records

Public choice: commercial
Amnesty Protect the Human: Measles - Sweetworld TV and Lisle Turner, produced by Amnesty International

Published on www.britfilms.com March 14, 2008

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