Bristol’s Aardman Animation were named independent production company of the year at the Children’s BAFTAs yesterday, while Tiger Aspect’s Charlie and Lola won the best Pre-School Animation category; the show is based on Lauren Child’s popular (and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning) children’s books and had previously tasted success at the prestigious Annecy awards in the summer. O’Hare Entertainment’s The Secret Show edged out Aardman’s Annecy-winning Shaun the Sheep to bag the main Animation category award and also picked up a gong in the Interactive category. Surprisingly Harry Potter lost out at the ceremony, being beat in the new video game category by Sony’s Buzz Junior Jungle Party and also losing out in the Feature Film category to the all-singing, all-dancing CGI penguin flick Happy Feet and by The Simpsons Movie in the Kid’s Vote, where, as the name suggests, kids get to vote for their own favourite film of the year. Personally I thought the Simpsons Movie will make my Biggest Disappointment of the Year list since I was so looking forward to it only to feel let down by the mediocre nature of it, but each to their own.
Mon, Nov 26, 2007
Art and animation, Awards, Film, TV and radio