The Black Dog's Progress, Stephen Irwin

April 8th saw the British Animation Awards ceremony take place at BFI Southbank. Notable mentions go to Stephen Irwin whose film The Black Dog’s Progress received two awards, including Best Short Film; Philip Hunt from Studio AKA was awarded Best Animated Special for his film, Lost & Found; The Secret of Kells, directed by Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey, took the European Animated Feature; and Aardman Animations walked away with the awards for the Children’s Choice and Best Children’s Series categories.

The full list of British Animation Awards winners:
Best Student Film: Yellow Belly End directed by Philip Bacon, produced at National Film & Television School
Best Pre-School Series: Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom: Big Bad Barry directed by Neville Astley & Mark Baker, produced by Astley Baker Davies/E1 Kids for Nick Jr
Best Music Video: Flogging Molly: Float directed by Karni & Saul, produced by Rokkit for Sideone Dummy
Best Children’s Series: Shaun the Sheep: Ewe’ve Been Framed directed by Richard Webber, series director Chris Sadler, produced by Aardman Animations for BBC & WDR
Best Film/TV Graphics: Holland Animation Film Festival Title Sequence: Robin directed by Lee Wilson Wolfe & Pete Bishop, produced by The Shop
Applied Animation: The Violent Highway, Animation Director Tony Comley, produced by Sherbet for BBC
Best Sound Track: The Black Dog’s Progress, Music: Sorenious Bonk, produced for Animate Projects
Best Animated Special: Lost & Found, directed by Phillip Hunt, produced by Studio AKA
New Media: Best Commissioned Animation: Harmonix: The Beatles Rock Band Intro, directed by Pete Candeland, produced by Passion Pictures
Best Commercial: Craft: Audi Q5: Unboxed, directed by Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy, produced by Passion Pictures for BBH, London
Children’s Choice: Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf & Death, directed by Nick Park, produced by Aardman Animations
Best Commercial: Director: Audi Q5: Unboxed, directed by Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy, produced by Passion Pictures for BBH, London
Best Short Film: The Black Dog’s Progress, directed by Stephen Irwin, produced for Animate Projects
European Animated Feature: The Secret of Kells, directed by Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey, A Les Armateurs/ Vivi Film/ Cartoon Sal’oon/ France 2 Cinéma Co-Production
Public Choice: Favourite Music Video: Rex the Dog: Bubblicious, directed by Geoffroy de Crecy, produced by Partizan for Cooperative Music
Public Choice: Favourite Advert: Cadburys Creme Egg: Mousetrap, directed by Chris Cairns, produced by Partizan for Publicis, London
Public Choice: Favourite Film: This Way Up, directed by Smith & Foulkes, produced by Nexus Productions