Magic Light Pictures’ animated special ‘The Snail and the Whale’ garners two awards in the Animation and Director categories; the annual event is a celebration of UK and international content for children and young people spanning film, games, and television.
BAFTA announced the winners of this year's BAFTA Children & Young People Awards, a celebration of UK and international content for children and young people spanning film, games, and television. Presenting the awards were a host of stars and content creators, including Alishea Cambell-Drummond; Joseph Coelho; Dani Harmer; Jason Isaacs; Molly Rainford; Ben Shires; Inel Tomlinson; Amir Wilson, and BAFTA Young Presenter competition winners, Maryam, and Jeriah. The ceremony took place at the Old Billingsgate in London.
Here are the winners:
ANIMATION
The Snail and The Whale: Production Team - Magic Light Pictures/BBC One
CONTENT FOR CHANGE
El Deafo - Gilly Fogg, Cece Bell, Will McRobb - Lighthouse Studios in association with Apple/Apple TV+
DIRECTOR
The Snail and the Whale – directors Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon - Magic Light Pictures/ BBC One
FEATURE FILM
Wolfwalkers - Will Collins, Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart - Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions in association with Apple/Apple TV+
GAME
Sackboy: A Big Adventure - Development Team – Sumo Sheffield/ Sony Interactive Entertainment
INTERNATIONAL
Bluey - Joe Brumm, Charlie Aspinwall, Sam Moor - Ludo Studio/BBC Studios Kids & Family, Disney
NON-SCRIPTED
FYI Ukraine Invasion Special - Production Team - Fresh Start Media/Sky Kids
PERFORMER
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth - Chris O’Dowd - Studio AKA/Apple TV+
PRE-SCHOOL – ANIMATION
Hey Duggee - Grant Orchard, Sander Jones, Janine Voong - Studio AKA, BBC Studios Kids & Family/CBeebies
PRE-SCHOOL – LIVE ACTION
Lovely Little Farm - Production Team - Darrall Macqueen Ltd/Apple TV+
PRESENTER
CBeebies Presentation - George Webster – BBC/CBeebies
SCRIPTED
Dodger - Rhys Thomas, Lucy Montgomery, Mark Freeland - Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group/CBBC
WRITER
The Amazing World of Gumball - Joe Markham, Mic Graves, Tony Hull - Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe/Cartoon Network
YOUNG PERFORMER
JoJo & Gran Gran - Taiya Samuel - BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions/CBeebies
Last weekend, BAFTA hosted its first-ever Children and Young People’s Festival at its London headquarters. The event, open to the public, was a celebration of content for younger audiences and a showcase of BAFTA’s outreach work and initiatives, underscoring the organization’s mission to nurture and inspire tomorrow’s budding creatives, filmmakers, and talent.
Source: BAFTA
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
