BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1984 |
| Currently held by | Wander to Wonder (2023) |
The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation is a special prize given out each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). BAFTA is a well-known organization in the UK. They host big award shows for movies, TV shows, and video games. This specific award celebrates the best short animated films made in Britain.
The lists below show the films that have won this award. The winners are always shown in bold text with a gold background. Other films listed were also nominated for the award that year.
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History of the Award
The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation has changed a bit over the years.
Award Name Changes
When the award first started, it was called Best Short Animation. Later, it was known as Best Short Animation Film. Since 2014, its official name has been Best British Short Animation.
Number of Nominees
The number of films nominated for this award has also changed. In the beginning, it was common to have four nominated films. This happened for about ten years. More recently, usually three films are nominated each year. The most nominations ever was in 1997, when six films were chosen.
Award Winners and Nominees
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Here are some of the amazing animated short films that have won or been nominated for this BAFTA award over the years.
Winners from the 1980s
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
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| Best Short Animation | ||
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(43rd) |
A Grand Day Out | Nick Park |
| Creature Comforts | Sara Mullock, Nick Park | |
| Egoli | Karen Kelly | |
| War Story | Peter Lord, Sara Mullock | |
Winners from the 1990s
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
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(44th) |
Toxic | Andrew McEwan |
| Deadsy | David Anderson | |
| The Death Of Stalinism In Bohemia | Jan Švankmajer | |
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(47th) |
The Wrong Trousers | Chris Moll, Nick Park |
| Bob's Birthday | David Fine, Alison Snowden | |
| Britannia | David Parker, Joanna Quinn | |
| I Pagliacci | Ken Lidster | |
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(49th) |
A Close Shave | Carla Shelly, Michael Rose, Nick Park |
| Achilles | Glenn Holberton, Barry Purves | |
| Gogs Ogof | Deiniol Morris, Michael Mort | |
| The Tickler Talks | Steven Harding-Hill |
Winners from the 2000s
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
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(54th) |
Father and Daughter | Claire Jennings, Willem Thijssen, Michaël Dudok de Wit |
| Cloud Cover | Lisbeth Svärling | |
| Lounge Act | Teun Hilte, Gareth Love | |
| Six Of One | Phil Davies, Tim Webb | |
| Best Short Animation Film | ||
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(59th) |
Fallen Art | Jarek Sawko, Piotr Sikora, Tomasz Bagiński |
| Film Noir | Osbert Parker | |
| Kamiya's Correspondence | Sumito Sakakibara | |
| The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello | Anthony Lucas, Julia Lucas, Mark Shirrefs | |
| Rabbit | Run Wrake | |
| Best Short Animation | ||
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(62nd) |
A Matter of Loaf and Death | Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker |
| Codswallop | Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod | |
| Varmints | Sue Goffe, Marc Craste | |
Winners from the 2010s
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
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(64th) |
The Eagleman Stag | Michael Please |
| Matter Fisher | David Prosser | |
| Thursday | Matthias Hoegg | |
| Best British Short Animation | ||
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(67th) |
Sleeping With The Fishes | Yousif Al-Khalifa, James Walker, Sarah Woolner |
| I Am Tom Moody | Ainslie Henderson | |
| Everything I Can See From Here | Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor | |
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(70th) |
A Love Story | Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King |
| The Alan Dimension | Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh | |
| Tough | Jennifer Zheng | |
Winners from the 2020s
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
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(74th) |
The Owl and the Pussycat | Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf |
| The Fire Next Time | Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe | |
| The Song of a Lost Boy | Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein | |
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(76th) |
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller and Hannah Minghella |
| Middle Watch | John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden and Giles Healy | |
| Your Mountain Is Waiting | Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim and Harriet Gillian | |
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(78th) |
Wander to Wonder | Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright and Maarten Swart |
| Adiós | José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou and Bernardo Angeletti | |
| Mog's Chirstmas | Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA al mejor cortometraje animado para niños
