‘Revolting Rhymes,’ ‘Little Prince,’ ‘Hey Duggee’ Win BAFTA Children’s Awards
Winners of the 2017 British Academy Children’s Awards were announced on Sunday evening in London. The awards have been presented annually since 1996 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
The animation award went to to the production team of the animated special Revolting Rhymes. The project was nominated alongside The Amazing World of Gumball, Shaun the Sheep, and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
On the feature side, The Little Prince won the prize, beating out Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, and Sing. (Kubo and The Two Strings won the award for best animated feature at the BAFTA Film Awards earlier this year.)
Little Prince director Mark Osborne tweeted out some messages after his win:
I was so freakin’ scared up dere! Huge shout out to the crews in PARIS and MONTREAL who labored endlessly on the movie! https://t.co/wUNkud3Jse
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) November 27, 2017
Huge congrats to the entire crew of #TheLittlePrince for an amazing win tonight at the BAFTAS! What an awesome validation for all of the hard work and true heart you all put into the movie!!!! Wow.✨❤️🎊✨ https://t.co/G5gHA7t6n3
— Mark Osborne (@happyproduct) November 26, 2017
Other notables: Blue Zoo Animation Studio was recognized as the best independent production company of the year, and Studio AKA’s Hey Duggee picked up a couple honors for preschool animation and interactive project.
🎉😲 BAFTA WIN!! 😲🎉Amazed, thrilled and honoured to be awarded the @BAFTA for 'Independent Production Company' at last nights children's awards! 🏆 A true testament to the incredible craft, dedication, motivation and teamwork put in by every single person in our studio! 💙 pic.twitter.com/rXInDtaVM2
— Blue-Zoo Animation (@blue_zoo) November 27, 2017
SHINY!!! Well done team!!! #bafta #BAFTAkids #heyduggee #studioaka pic.twitter.com/X6xm60k5Kq
— Anna Kubik (@kubikinspace) November 26, 2017
Below is a list of all the animation-related winners. A full list of Children’s Awards winners, including live-action projects, can be found on the BAFTA website.
ANIMATION
Revolting Rhymes Production Team – Magic Light Pictures/BBC One
FEATURE FILM
The Little Prince
Mark Osborne, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam – ON Animation Studios and Netflix/Netflix
GAME
Pokémon Go Development Team – Niantic/Pokémon
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Blue Zoo Animation Studio
INTERACTIVE
Hey Duggee: We Love Animals
Phil Hoskins, Keith Davidson, Peter Hickman – Scary Beasties Ltd and BBC Worldwide
INTERNATIONAL
Spongebob Squarepants
Stephen Hillenburg, Vincent Waller, Marc Ceccarelli – Nickelodeon/Nicktoons
PRE-SCHOOL – ANIMATION
Hey Duggee
Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones – Studio AKA/CBeebies
SHORT FORM
Share A Story 2016 Production Team – CiTV/CiTV
