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‘Revolting Rhymes,’ ‘Little Prince,’ ‘Hey Duggee’ Win BAFTA Children’s Awards

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Winners of the 2017 British Academy Children’s Awards were announced on Sunday evening in London. The awards have been presented annually since 1996 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

The animation award went to to the production team of the animated special Revolting Rhymes. The project was nominated alongside The Amazing World of Gumball, Shaun the Sheep, and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

On the feature side, The Little Prince won the prize, beating out Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, and Sing. (Kubo and The Two Strings won the award for best animated feature at the BAFTA Film Awards earlier this year.)

Little Prince director Mark Osborne tweeted out some messages after his win:

Other notables: Blue Zoo Animation Studio was recognized as the best independent production company of the year, and Studio AKA’s Hey Duggee picked up a couple honors for preschool animation and interactive project.

Below is a list of all the animation-related winners. A full list of Children’s Awards winners, including live-action projects, can be found on the BAFTA website.

ANIMATION

Revolting Rhymes Production Team – Magic Light Pictures/BBC One


FEATURE FILM


The Little Prince
Mark Osborne, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam – ON Animation Studios and Netflix/Netflix


GAME


Pokémon Go Development Team – Niantic/Pokémon


INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR


Blue Zoo Animation Studio


INTERACTIVE

Hey Duggee: We Love Animals
Phil Hoskins, Keith Davidson, Peter Hickman – Scary Beasties Ltd and BBC Worldwide


INTERNATIONAL

Spongebob Squarepants
Stephen Hillenburg, Vincent Waller, Marc Ceccarelli – Nickelodeon/Nicktoons

PRE-SCHOOL – ANIMATION

Hey Duggee
Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones – Studio AKA/CBeebies


SHORT FORM

Share A Story 2016 Production Team – CiTV/CiTV

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