Nominations are out for this year’s EA British Academy Children’s Awards. Set to take place on Sunday, Nov. 30, the event celebrates excellence in film, television, video games and online content geared toward children. The winners will be decided via voting by BAFTA members and industry experts, and kids will have the opportunity to make their voices heard in the BAFTA Kids’ Vote. In addition, the Academy has again partnered with CBBC on ‘Me and My Movie,’ a filmmaking initiative inspiring children to tell their own stories.
Contenders in the Television Animation category are Charlie and Lola ‘Autumn Special’ from Tiger Aspect Prods. (CBeebies), Eliot Kid from Samka & Safari de Ville (CBBC), Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animations (CBBC) and Skunk Fu! From Cake Ent. (CBBC). Well represented in the category, CBBC is also up against CBeebies, Nickelodeon U.K. and Nick Jr. for Channel of the Year.
The Feature Film category is dominated by animated movies. The animated hit Horton Hears A Who from Fox Animation is up against the Disney/Pixar toons Ratatouille and WALL’E, as well as Paramount’s vfx-driven, live-action adaptation of the Neil Gaiman fantasy novel Stardust
More animation-related nominees follow. See the complete list of nominees at www.bafta.org.
ANIMATION
Charlie and Lola Autumn Special
Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor
Tiger Aspect Prods./CBeebies
Eliot Kid
Samuel Kaminka, Didier Julia, Gilles Cazaux
Samka & Safari de Ville/CBBC
Shaun the Sheep
Julie Lockhart, Richard Golezsowski
Aardman Animation/CBBC
Skunk Fu!
Paul Young, Jordan Gaucher, Aidan Harte
Cake Entertainment/CBBC
PRESCHOOL ANIMATION
Charlie and Lola
Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor
Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies
Little Princess
Iain Harvey, Edward Foster
The Illuminated Film Company/Five
Peppa Pig
Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley
Astley Baker Davies Ltd/Rubber Duck Entertainment/Nick Jr./Five
Roary The Racing Car
Owen Ballhatchet, Tim Harper
Chapman Entertainment/Nick Jr./Five
BREAK-THROUGH TALENT
Akin Akinsiku – head of graphics/art director, Nickelodeon
Josh Alward – filmmaker
Eliot Otis Brown-Walters – actor
Brad Kavanagh – Disney Channel talent
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
CBBC
CBEEBIES
Nickelodeon U.K.
Nick Jr.
FEATURE FILM
Horton Hears A Who
Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Twentieth Century Fox/Twentieth Century Fox
Ratatouille
Brad Lewis, Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK
Stardust
Matthew Vaughn, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael Dreyer, Neil Gaiman
Marv Films/Paramount Pictures
WALL’E
Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton
Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures U.K.
INTERNATIONAL
iCarly
Joe Catania, Roger Christiansen, Dan Schneider
Nickelodeon/MTV Networks International
Lazytown
Raymond P. Le Gu’, Magnus Scheving
LazyTown Entertainment EHF/Nick Jr.
Phineas & Ferb
Dan Povenmire, Swampy Marsh
Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney Channel UK
Yo Gabba Gabba
Production Team
The Magic Store/Wildbrain/RDF Kids/Nick Jr.
VIDEO GAME
Guinness World Records: The Videogame
Erin Roberts
TT Games
Lego Batman: The Videogame
Jon Burton
TT Games
Mario Kart Wii
Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo Company Ltd
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Akihiro Hino, Akira Tago
Nintendo Company Ltd
WRITER
Tony Collingwood – The Secret Show
Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment/CBBC
Alison Hume – Summerhill
Tiger Aspect Productions/CBBC
Dave Ingham – Charlie and Lola
Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies
Peter Tabern – Clay
Childsplay Television/CBBC
