British Animation Awards 2022 announced the names of the finalists. The award ceremony will be held on 10 March in London at the BFI Southbank (NFT1). The organisers are working with friends and partner organisations to encourage people to get together in Stirling, Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol to view the London event.
Comedian Miles Jupp will be the presenter for the ceremony.
Each of the 2022 BAA winners will receive an original artwork produced by some of the finest artists and animators working in the creative industries.
The finalists are as follows:
Best Design
Ron’s Gone Wrong- Aurélien Predal, Nathan Crowley, Till Nowak
Jingle Jangle – A Christmas Journey- Ian Spendloff
Raised by Wolves- Steve Small
Circle Square – Junglehouse- Greg McLeod
Best Children’s Pre-School Series:
Hey Duggee-Grant Orchard, Sander Jones
The Adventures of Paddington- Jez Hall, Chris Drew
Circle Square-Greg Mcleod
Milo- Chris Capstick
Pip and Posy- Jeroen Jaspaert and Matt Tea
Best Children’s Series
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates- George Sawyer
Milo- Chris Capstick
Hilda,The Deerfox- Andy Coyle
Best Short Film
FlattenTheCurve#1- Studio Desk, Kathrin Steinbacher, Emily Downe
Meow or Never- Neeraja Raj
Save Ralph- Spencer Susser
Black Slide– Uri Lotan
Affairs of the Art- Joanna Quinn
Best Longform
Sesame Street’s ,The Monster At The End of the Story- Mark Taylor
Ron’s Gone Wrong- Jean- Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith, Octavio E Rodriguez
Shaun the Sheep ,The Flight Before Christmas- Steve Cox
Best Animation In Commercial
The Girl Who Built a Rocket- Neeraja Raj
Airwick,Breath of Nature- Peter Szewczyk
Save Ralph- Spencer Susser
Moto GP Returns- Anton Alfimenko
Writers Award
Myles McLeod for Circle Square,Pizza Mystery– Greg McLeod
Les Mills for Affairs of the Art- Joanna Quinn
Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith for Ron’s Gone Wrong- Jean- Philippe Vine, Sarah Smith, Octavio E Rodriguez
Madeleine Brettingham for The Rubbish World of Dave Spud,Twinfestation- Edward Foster
Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow for Shaun the Sheep-The Flight Before Christmas- Steve Cox
Cutting Edge Award: (new to 2022 BAAs)
Save Ralph – Spencer Susser
Sub-Surface – Alex Robinson
Dead Pixels S2 – Jamie Jay Johnson, Asa Movshovitz
Wildcard Award: (new to 2022 BAAs)
Timeline – Osbert Parker
Boris Johnson Eats A Pot Noodle In The Bath – Ross Butter
Strange – Cameron Carr
Squib – When All of This is Over – Baz Sells
Hench Girl Summer – Beatriz Antunes
Best Post Graduate Film
O Black Hole!- Renee Zhan
Other Half- Lina Kalcheva
Eating In The Dark- Inari Sirola
Best Under-Graduate Film
To be a Goat- Milda Kargaudaite
True Colours- Hanna Lea Wyttenbach
Case closed- Lucy Gatenby
@Scroll Alice- Céline Ufenast
Suburb- Miles Jezuita
Best Original Music
Sol- Gráinne Mc Guinness
I Am Odd- Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
Robin Robin- Dan Ojari, Mikey Please
Edgar’s Christmas- Mike MacLennan
Love Monster – Super Sound Day- Theme music: Jeremy Warmsley, Score Composed by: Esther Joy Lane, Score Composed by: Hannah Charman
Best Immersive Animation
Peace of Mind-Ben Steer
The Beast-Grant Berry, Dane Winn
Madrid Noir-James A Castillo
Social Good
Typically-Anna Ginsburg, Caitlin McCarthy
Diabetes Symptoms-Angie Phillips, Phoebe Halstead
Up River,a Shadventure on the River Severn- Tom Stubbs
You Being You-Kong Studio
Sinking Feeling-Mark Spokes
Best Voice Performance
Save Ralph-Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais- Spencer Susser
Affairs of the Art -Menna Trussler-Joanna Quinn
The Adventures of Paddington-Ben Whishaw- Jez Hall, Chris Drew
Hilda-Bella Ramsay- Andy Coyle
Moominvalley-Bel Powley- Steve Box
Best Use of Sound
Elliot from Earth-Wednesday pt2- Mic Graves, Tony Hull, Rhys Byfield, Mikey Please
Hilda-The Deerfox- Andy Coyle
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud-Burning Wheels- Ed Foster
Zog and the Flying Doctors- Adrian Rhodes
Pip And Posy-Swapsies- Jason Heath
Best Music Video
Rocket Freudental-Der Stuhlkreis- Ged Haney
Mama Jerk and the Ladyfinger-Mountain- Harrison Fleming
Foo Fighters-Chasing Birds- Emlyn Davies, Josh Hicks
Christy Moore-The Voyage- Jessica Patterson
Jamie Cullum-Age of Anxiety- Neil Pymer
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