{"id":8269,"date":"2018-03-16T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:25:56","slug":"british-animation-award-winners-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"British Animation Award Winners Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Amazing World of Gumball <\/em>and <em>Hey Duggee<\/em> are among the winners of the 2018 British Animation Awards (BAAs).<\/p>\n<p>Teresa Gallagher picked up the award for best voice performance for her portrayal of Nicole in <em>The Amazing World of Gumball: The Choices<\/em>. <em>The Amazing World of Gumball <\/em>also took home the prize in the best children\u2019s series category with &#8220;The Copycats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<em>The Amazing World of Gumball<\/em> was selected as the favorite by young animation fans for the children\u2019s choice award. Studio A.K.A. won best preschool series for<em> Hey Duggee: The Tadpole Badge<\/em>. The award for best long-form animation went to Magic Light Pictures\u2019 adaptation of Roald Dahl\u2019s book <em>Revolting Rhymes<\/em>. The honor for best short film was awarded to Will Anderson\u2019s <em>Have Heart<\/em>. Meanwhile, Passion Animation Studios\u2019 <em>James Wellbeloved: Mega City<\/em> won best animation in a commercial.<\/p>\n<p>In the student achievement category, <em>A Love Story,<\/em> directed by Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, was the victor. The award for best student film was won by Diyala Muir for <em>The Day After the Party<\/em>. The best commissioned animation was awarded to <em>Breast Cancer Awareness:<\/em> <em>Check<\/em> <em>&#8216;Em<\/em>, directed by Neil Kidney and Morgan Powell for Seed Animation. The prize for best film and TV graphics went to Dog &amp; Rabbit for the <em>Travel Channel Little Journeys: Hiker<\/em>. Best sound went to David Pringle for <em>Neck and Neck<\/em>, directed by Shaun Clark. A Productions\u2019 <em>The Totems: Family Song<\/em> won best short-form original content, while the best expanded animation award was won by <em>My Name Is Peter Stillman <\/em>from Fifty Nine Productions. The writers award went to Ciaran Murtagh and Andrew Barnett Jones for <em>Counterfeit Cat: Sardonians of the Galaxy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>BAA Director Jayne Pilling said, \u201cOnce again the standard of entries for the British Animation Awards has been incredibly high and gave the various category judging panels a real headache. It\u2019s great to see such an eclectic mix of animations winning, which showcases the amazing depth of creativity and innovation in the British animation industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amazing World of Gumball and Hey Duggee are among the winners of the 2018 British Animation Awards (BAAs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1542,1543,1544],"class_list":["post-8269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-british-animation-awards","tag-hey-duggee","tag-the-amazing-world-of-gumball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>British Animation Award Winners Unveiled - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British Animation Award Winners Unveiled - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Amazing World of Gumball and Hey Duggee are among the winners of the 2018 British Animation Awards (BAAs).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-16T14:25:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/AmazingWorldofGumball-BAAwinner-318.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"340\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/\",\"name\":\"British Animation Award Winners Unveiled - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-16T14:25:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-16T14:25:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/03\/16\/british-animation-award-winners-unveiled\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"British Animation Award Winners Unveiled\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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