Mar 8, 2014

"Gumball", "Room on the Broom" and "Peppa Pig" won the British Animation Award

The winners of the tenth British Animation Awards were announced at a ceremony on Friday evening at the BFI Southbank in London. Amongst the big winners were The Amazing World of Gumball, which succeeded in netting two prizes; and Room on the Broom, which had previously been nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA and tonight succeeded in winning the Best Long Form award ahead of the high-profile films The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and The Snowman and the Snowdog.

A complete list of winners is below; nominees can be viewed here:

Best Long FormRoom on the Broom(Max Lang & Jan Lachauer)

Best Pre-School SeriesPeppa Pig: “Mr Bull in a China Shop”(Philip Hall & Joris van Hulzen)

Best Children's SeriesAmazing World of Gumball: “The Apology”(Ben Bocquelet & Mic Graves)

Best Mixed Media Children'sBaby Jake: “Popping Peas”(Maddy Darrall & Rafa Canales)

Best Music Video Atoms for Peace: “Before Your Very Eyes”(Andrew Thomas Huang)

Best Commissioned Animation RSPB:Vote for Nature(Morgan Powell & Neil Kidney/Seed Animation)

Best 3D Commercial Talk Talk: “Model Britain”(Daniel Kleinman)

Best Film/TV Graphics BBC Olympics: “Stadium UK”(Pete Candeland)

Best Short FilmMarilyn Myller(Mikey Please)

Best Student FilmThe Day I Killed my Best Friend(Antonio J Busto Algarin)

Best Motion GraphicsApocalypse Rhyme(Oliver Harrison)

Children's ChoiceThe Amazing World of Gumball

Public Choice: Favourite Commercial WWF: “We Don't Farm Like This” (againstallodds) and Talk Talk: “Model Britain” (Daniel Kleinman) – tie

Public Choice: Favorite FilmCar Park (Ant Blades) and Buy Buy Baby (Gervais Merryweather) – tie

Best Voice Performance Morwenna Banks in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom: “Nanny's Magic Test”