BAFTA Nominations Announced: Animated Feature, Short, and VFX Nominees

Nominations for the 69th annual BAFTA Film Awards, the British equivalent of the Academy Awards, were announced today. Unlike the Oscars, the BAFTAs only nominate three films in the feature animation category. This year’s picks: Inside Out, Minions, and Shaun the Sheep Movie.

Inside Out’s screenplay by Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve was nominated in the original screenplay category, alongside Bridge of Spies, Ex Machina, The Hateful Eight, and Spotlight.

In the short film category, which only recognizes British-produced films, Prologue, by animation legend Richard Williams, goes up against two stop motion films produced at the National Film and Television School: Nina Gantz’s Edmond and Simon Cartwright’s Manoman.

All the animation categories, including vfx, are listed below. The British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, February 14, in London.

Animated Film

• Inside Out dir. Pete Docter
• Minions dir. Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
• Shaun the Sheep Movie dir. Mark Burton, Richard Starzak

British Short Animation

• Edmond dir. Nina Gantz
• Manoman dir. Simon Cartwright
• Prologue dir. Richard Williams

Special Visual Effects

• Ant-Man
  Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
• Ex Machina
  Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
• The Martian
  Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan