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| Location | London, England |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |

The British Animation Film Festival (BAFF) is a one-day animation festival founded in 2012[1][2] that takes place annually in London's West End.[3] The festival aims to highlight the best in British, independent and international animated films.[4][5][6][7][8]
The festival co-ordinator is Jessica Pearce[9] and is one of four festivals hosted by the Film Festival Guild,[10] including the International Film Festival of Wales, the British Independent Film Festival and the British Horror Film Festival.[11] The British Animation Film Festival has taken place annually in London at such venues as the Rich Mix Cinema, Empire, Leicester Square, Roxy Bar & Screen & Close-Up Cinema.
The British Animation Film Festival was also hosted online in 2020[12] and 2021[13] due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The British Animation Film Festival recently took place at the British Museum in May 2023.[14]
Awards (2012-)
The British Animation Film Festival hosts an array of award categories including:
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Animated Short
- Best 2D Animation
- Best 3D Animation
- Best Sound Effects/Design
- Best Music[15]
- Best Music Video
- Best Student Film
- Best TV Episode
- The Lotte Reiniger Award
- The Rising Star Award
- Best Unproduced/New Screenplay
2012 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2012 Film Nominees (35) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| 999.999.999 (10mins, Germany) | |
| Being Bradford Dillman (10mins, UK) | |
| The Jockstrap Raiders (19mins, USA) | Best Film, Best Animation & Best Sound Effects |
| The Wanna-Be Oddie (3mins, Taiwan) | |
| Abiogenesis (4mins, New Zealand) | |
| Much Better Now (6mins, Austria) | |
| Miscast (7mins, Australia) | |
| The Reality Clock (7mins, USA) | |
| Gus (8mins, Australia) | |
| Cumulus (9mins, Mexico) | |
| World's Apart (9mins, USA) | |
| Escape of the Gingerbread Man! (12mins, Denmark, Thailand, USA) | |
| Animalario (17mins, Columbia) | |
| Time of Cherry Blossoms (24mins, Taiwan) | |
| Miss Remarkable and Her Career (30mins, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden) | |
| 8 Second Dance (8mins, USA) | |
| Gillygirl (1min, UK) | |
| Secret Life of Objects: Outhouse (3mins, Australia) | |
| The Box (3mins, Italy) | |
| Peter & The Space Between (4mins, Canada) | |
| Remembering Formby (5mins, UK) | |
| Outside In: Enclave Yourself (5mins, Austria) | |
| Hello Bambi (6mins, USA) | |
| Laika, Space Adventures (8mins, Spain) | Best TV Episode |
| The Lighthouse (8mins, Taiwan, USA) | |
| Eid (8mins, Palestinian Territories, Israel) | |
| All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat) (9mins, UK) | |
| Meet The Ladybugs (26mins, USA) | |
| Kiss (3mins, Norway) | |
| Florette (4mins, UK) | Best Music |
| Brad & Gary (4mins, France, USA) | |
| Love Nest (4mins, UK) | |
| Blind Luck (2mins, Canada) | |
| Polo's Robot (9mins, UK) | |
| Abstraxion: Vampyros Lesbos | Best Music Video |
2013 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2013 Film Nominees (45) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Bird Food (5 mins, Dir. by Richard Keane) | |
| Legacy (5mins, Dir. by Adam Floeck) | Best Graphics |
| Head Over Heels (10mins, Dir. by Timothy Reckart) | Best Concept |
| Manniqueen (3mins, Dir. Yiju Chiang) | |
| The Tortoise (10mins, Dir. by Pedro Lino & Luis Almeida) | |
| Things You'd Better Not Mix Up (2mins, Dir. by Joost Lieuwma) | |
| What a Debacle Freddy Farkle (12mins, Jesse Emmerson) | |
| Hark The Angel Sings (7mins, Dir. by Chao-Tung Huang) | |
| Night Island (7mins, Dir. by Salvador Maldonado) | |
| Ursus (11mins, Dir. by Reinis Petersons) | |
| Colosse (3mins, Dir. by Yves Geleyn) | |
| Junk (7mins, Dir. by Kirk Hendry) | |
| I Am Tom Moody (7mins, Dir. by Ainslie Henderson) | |
| High Above The Sky (3mins, Dir. by Kim Noce & Shaun Clark) | |
| The Lost Town of Switez (20mins, Dir. by Kamil Polak) | Best Music |
| Double Trouble (2mins, Dir. by Simon Tofield) | Best Animation |
| Dead All Along (2mins, Dir. by Giles Timms) | |
| Goat and Arron (6mins, Dir. by Gabe Askew) | |
| Over You (4mins, Dir. by Volker Schlecht & Alexandra Kardinar) | |
| Sleight of Hand (10mins, Dir. by Michael Cusack) | |
| Reflexion (4mins, Dir. by Yoshimichi Tamura) | |
| Broken Wing (7mins, Dir. by Amos Sussigan) | |
| Transmission (5mins, Dir. by Jared Weiss) | |
| Macropolis (7mins, Dir. by Joel Simon) | |
| The Last Belle (20mins, Dir. by Neil Boyle) | |
| The Sinister Cellar (3mins, Dir. by Philip Vallentin) | |
| Hu's Game (7mins, Dir. by Shaun Kim) | |
| Fuga (15mins, Dir. by Juan Antonio Espigares) | |
| Fatal Vittles (4mins, Dir. by Devin Bell) | |
| The Collector's Gift (9mins, Dir. by Ryan Kravetz) | |
| Attack of The 50ft Hero (3mins, Dir. by Sierra Lewis & Trent Correy) | |
| Something Left, Something Taken (10mins, Dir. by Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata) | |
| Jamon (8mins, Dir. by Iria Lopez) | |
| Yoghurt Pants (1min, Dir. by Sheldon Lieberman) | |
| Snap (7mins, Dir. by Tom Murphy) | |
| Humboldt (12mins, Dir. by Nicolas Cortes) | |
| The Little Bird and the Leaf (4mins, Dir. by Lena Von Doehren) | |
| Mau Wau (9mins, Dir. by Michael Zamjatnins) | |
| All That Glisters (8mins, Dir. by Claire Lamond) | |
| Ransom (2mins, Dir. by Dustin Rees) | |
| Bendito Machine (10mins, Dir. by Jossie Malis) | |
| Discovery (3mins, Dir. by Julie Dunn) | |
| Feral (13mins, Dir. by Daniel Sousa) | |
| It is what it is (7mins, Dir. by Pepijn Schroeijers) | |
| Bertie Crisp (9mins, Dir. by Francesca Adams) | |
| The Ganders (Unproduced script written by Chris Kyle) | Best Animated Unproduced Script |
2014 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2014 Film Nominees (40) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Milkyboy (20mins, Dir. by Arnold Arre) | |
| Night of The Loving Dead (9mins, Dir. by Anna Humphries) | |
| Driven (4mins, Dir. by Michael Zachary Huber) | |
| The Rose of Turaida (4mins, Dir. by Ryan Grobins) | |
| The Umbrella Factory (4mins, Dir. by Lexie Findarle Trivundza & Nick Trivundza) | |
| Monkey Rag (4mins, Dir. by Joanna Davidovich) | |
| Amulet (3mins, Dir. by Tavvon Reynolds) | |
| Puggums (3mins, Dir. by Shane Simpson & Montaque Ruffin) | |
| Food For Thought (3mins, Dir. by Morr Meroz) | |
| An Evening With Jack The Ripper (2mins, Dir. by Lexie Findarle Trivundza & Nick Trivundza) | |
| Bless You (2mins, Dir. by Philip Watts) | |
| Slzzpwalker (2mins, Dir. by Eunju Hyun) | |
| Guns of Icarus: Prologue (7mins) | |
| L'Art Des Thanatier (14mins, Dir. by David Le Bozek) | |
| Angels & Ghosts (10mins, Dir. by Sara Kenney) | |
| Sausage (7mins, Dir. by Robert Grieves) | |
| Macrostructure (6mins, Dir. by Eric Schockmel) | |
| The Girl Who Loved Fairy-Tales (4mins, Dir. by Cejen Cernic) | |
| Leviathan Ages (4mins, Dir. by Jon Yeo) | |
| Spacebound (3mins, Dir. by Ellen Su & Kyle Moy) | |
| Still I Breathe (3mins, Dir. by Zach Lydon & Sang Lee) | |
| Marcel (3mins, Dir. by Eric Cunha & Seung Sung) | |
| The Wild Wild Test (3mins, Dir. by Jeff Bryson) | |
| Illusion (2mins, Dir. by Vanessa Lee & Yoon Sun Bae) | |
| Eternity (2mins, Dir. by Byunghoon Han) | |
| Ramus (2mins, Dir. by Chris Devito & Danica Parry) | |
| The Gold Sparrow (13mins, Dir. by Daniel Stessen) | |
| Rail (11mins, Dir. by Jack Tilley) | |
| The Missing Scarf (7mins, Dir. by Eoin Duffy) | |
| For The Remainder (6mins, Dir. by Omer Ben David) | |
| Mister Super Juice (4mins, Dir. by Mike Wellins) | |
| Stardust (4mins, Dir. by Mischa Rozema) | |
| Baxter (3mins, Dir. by Ty Coyle) | |
| The Neighbours (3mins, Dir. by John Peavoy) | |
| The Box - XXX (3mins, Dir. by Dadomani Studio) | |
| Stranded (2mins, Dir. by Vicky Penzes & Donia Liecht) | |
| Charlie & Yip (2mins, Dir. by Alexander Williams) | Best Animation |
| Rain Maker (2mins, Dir. by Martinez Adalynn) | |
| 1893 (2mins, Dir. by Ryan Chong) | |
| Nine (8mins, Dir. by Chawalit Kaewmanee & Wanichaya Phraejunya) | |
| The Last Iceberg (Unproduced screenplay written by Anne Ousby) | Best New Screenplay |
2015 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2015 Film Nominees (27) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Stolen Shoes (2mins, Dir. by Noriko Ishibe) | |
| The Brothers Brimm (5mins, Dir. by Matt Killian) | |
| Goodnight Sun (3mins, Dir. by Edward Yoon) | |
| My Big Brother (2mins, Dir. by Jason Rayner) | |
| Shark Attached (2mins, Dir. by Ashley Farlow) | |
| The Legend of the Flying Tomato (5mins, Dir. by Sharon Huang, Michael Yates & Aurry Tan) | |
| Religatio (3mins, Dir. by Jaime Giraldo) | |
| Heart of the Tree (4mins, Dir. by Jake Teale) | |
| The Scapegoat (16mins, Dir. by Claire Powell) | |
| Rain (13mins, Dir. by Rahab Elewaly) | Best Music |
| Bertie (1mins, Dir. by Debbie Friend) | |
| Thundercluck: Chicken of Thor (3mins, Dir. by Paul Tillery) | |
| The Life-Giver (7mins, Dir. by Angela De Vito) | |
| Nowhere Line (15mins, Dir. by Lukas Schrank) | |
| Around The World In 80 Days (5mins, Dir. by Nick & Lexie Trivundza) | |
| Isaac and Quincy (13mins, Dir. by Liam Tate & Jamie Stanton) | Best Sound |
| Little Bird (12mins, Dir. by SangHo Lee) | |
| Tall Tales Part 2 (2mins, Dir. by Jon Turner) | |
| Birthday (2mins, Dir. by Nick Tustin) | |
| Bookends (3mins, Dir. by Tucker Prisco) | |
| Nexus (2mins, Dir. by Briana Franceschini & Ho Kwan Au) | |
| Bo Saris - The Addict (4mins, Dir. by Tim Fox) | Best Animation |
| A Tale of Momentum & Inertia (1mins, Dir. by Kameron Gates) | |
| The Present (4mins, Dir. by Jacob Frey) | |
| Totem (2mins, Dir. by Caleb Wood) | |
| Missing Dad (5mins, Dir. by Robert Wagstaff) | |
| The Scapegoat (Dir. by Claire Powell) | Best Short |
| Hooked (Unproduced screenplay by Timothy Benson) | Best New Screenplay |
2016 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2016 Film Nominees (48) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Mikumentary Remix (12mins, Dir. by Tara Knight) | |
| The Mega Plush - Episode 1 (4mins, Dir. by Matt Burniston) | |
| The Marshalls (3mins, Dir. by Adeena Grubb) | |
| Rabbit Blood (5mins, Dir. by Yagmur Altan) | |
| Si Lunchai (9mins, Dir. by Hannes Rall) | |
| Bloom (2mins, Dir. by Daniel Højlund) | |
| Trolled (4mins, Dir. by Tao Kai Yuan) | |
| The Journey (2mins, Dir. by Puthima Wongdeeprasith) | |
| A Fat Little Lady (4mins, Dir. by Alla Churikova) | |
| The Big, The Bad, and The Bunny (13mins, Dir. by Rahab Elewaly) | |
| Kill It 4 The Kids (3mins, Dir. by Christopher Ullens de Schooten) | |
| The Valley Below (9mins, Dir. by Joel Hofmann) | |
| Immersion (5mins, Dir. by Ambra Arioli, Francesca Falasca & Alice Gaffo) | |
| PAWO (8mins, Dir. by Antje Heyn) | |
| One Minute for Katrina (1min, Dir. by Serafima Serafimova & Max Halley) | |
| Taichi Mice: Entrance Exam (7mins, Dir. by Boqing Tang) | |
| Hoppi Tales - Mysterious Letter (7mins, Dir. by Ferenc Rofusz) | |
| Zoe (2mins, Dir. by ChiHyun Lee) | |
| On Flying Water (2mins, Dir. by Dominique Monfery) | |
| Boy, Bear, and Robot (6mins, Dir. by Joe Loftus) | |
| Still (5mins, Dir. by Yin Liu) | |
| The Hole (2mins, Dir. by Bart Wasem) | |
| Unfriended (10mins, Dir. by Josh Weisbrod) | |
| Pokey Pokey (7mins, Dir. by Junjie "Jake" Zhang) | |
| Escargore (5mins, Dir. by Oliver Hilbert) | |
| Milan 25 (4mins, Dir. by Nina Pfeifenberger) | |
| Nuts at the Museum (5mins, Dir. by Tom Jumpoth Ruayjaroensup) | |
| Hey Deer! (6mins, Dir. by Örs Bárczy) | |
| Do Right (4mins, Dir. by Patrick Blake) | |
| Obsolescence (3mins, Dir. by Andrea Cristini) | |
| Exit (9mins, Dir. by Davide Pellino) | |
| I Could Eat A Horse (4mins, Dir. by Jake Hovell) | |
| By The Name of Boston (2mins, Dir. by Grant Kolton) | |
| MOOM (14 mins, Dir. by Ken Swezey) | |
| Level On (3mins, Dir. by Mu-Ti Huang) | |
| Life Inside "Islamic State" (17mins, Dir. by Scott Coello) | |
| Fruit (7mins, Dir. by Gerhard Funk) | |
| Michi (4mins, Dir. by Kaho Yoshida) | |
| Shift (5mins, Dir. by Cecilia Pugliese & Yijun Liu) | |
| In A Good Way (5mins, Dir. by Yi-Ju Tsai) | |
| Alex & Sylvia (9mins, Dir. by Christian Lachel) | |
| Kensho (4mins, Dir. by Aaron Paradox) | |
| Accidents, Bludners, & Calamaties (5mins, Dir. by James Cunningham) | |
| Stripy (3mins, Dir. by Babak Nekooei & Behnoud Nekooei) | |
| Viva Lucha (4mins, Dir. by JD Gardner & Anne Fong) | |
| Taking The Plunge (7mins, Dir. by Thaddaeus Andreades, Nicholas Manfredi, Elizabeth Ku-Herrero & Marie Raoult) | |
| The Ballad of the Homeless (9mins, Dir. by Monica Manganelli) | |
| The Forest Paper (4mins, Dir. by Sipparpad Krongraksa) |
2017 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2017 Film Nominees (43) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| If The Cuckoo Don't Crow (2mins, Dir. by Steve Kirby) | Best Animated Short |
| Quitting Time (9mins, Dir. by Robert Dollase) | |
| Porcelain (4mins, Dir. by Milan Gessner) | |
| The Moment (2mins, Dir. by Karis Seungyoun Oh) | |
| To Build a Fire (13mins, Dir. by Fx Goby) | |
| Johanne (4mins, Dir. by Anna-Ester Volozh) | Joint Best Music |
| Equipoise (3mins, Dir. by Gung-Kai Koo) | |
| Leonor's Lullaby (5mins, Dir. by Quentin Paquignon) | |
| For Ray (4mins, Dir. by Heidi Stokes) | |
| Forest of Berries (4mins, Dir. by Alanna Nikol) | |
| First Snow (14mins, Dir. by Lenka Ivančíková) | Joint Best Animated Feature |
| Ztripes (10mins, Dir. by Amalie Næsby) | Joint Best Sound |
| Iktsuarpok (7mins, Dir. by Rachael Lloyd) | |
| Adija (4mins, Dir. by Apollonia Thomaier) | |
| Trial & Error (6mins, Dir. by Antje Heyn) | |
| Blood Bank Burgler (3mins, Dir. by Hung Ching Chen) | |
| The Moon is Essentially Gray (5mins, Dir. by Hannah Roman) | |
| Bzzz (4mins, Dir. by Anna Cetti & Güicho Núñez) | |
| Shine (2mins, Dir. by Seth Olson) | |
| Plastic Flowers (4mins, Dir. by Claudia Ilea) | |
| Inside Job (2mins, Dir. by Qi Deng) | |
| A Little Grey (5mins, Dir. by Simon Hewitt & Steve Smith) | |
| Zeds Dead "Too Young" (ft. Rivers Cuomo, Pusha T) (3mins, Dir. by Christopher Ullens de Schooten) | |
| Once Upon a Line (7mins, Dir. by Alicja Jasina) | |
| Mr. Violet (3mins, Dir. by Mohammadhosein Azampour & Abbas Jalali Yekta) | |
| The Song of Wandering Aengus (4mins, Dir. by Matthew Lawes) | |
| Lion Dance (6mins, Dir. by Tim Pattinson & Zheng Kang) | |
| Strike Vector EX Trailer (2mins, Dir. by Stephane Montel) | |
| Whale Heart (8mins, Dir. by Robert Allen) | |
| BAMF (4mins, Dir. by Francisco Diaz, Daniel Scheg & Carmine Lamorte) | |
| Good Dog (4mins, Dir. by Tim Cant) | |
| Invisible Barriers (2mins, Dir. by Mustashrik Mahbub) | |
| Unmasked (5mins, Dir. by Alice Gavish & Christina Faraj) | |
| Under the Apple Tree (18mins, Dir. by Erik van Schaaik) | Joint Best Animated Feature |
| Tubby (2mins, Dir. by Yige "Richard" Dai) | |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel (3mins, Dir. by Irwin Miller) | |
| Rainfall (8mins, Dir. by Efehan Elbi) | Joint Best Sound |
| Schirkoa (14mins, Dir. by Ishan Shukla) | |
| Wind Up (4mins, Dir. by Stephen Moverley) | |
| Planemah (7mins, Dir. by Jakob Schmidt) | |
| Again (5mins, Dir. by Chang Gao) | |
| Space Beers: The Prologue (3mins, Dir. by Davor Bujakovic & Junaid Chundrigar) | |
| Perched (11mins, Dir. by Liam Harris) | Joint Best Music |
| Puppy Love (Unproduced screenplay written by Vijay Varman) | Joint Best Unproduced Screenplay |
| The Boy and The Landmine (Unproduced screenplay by Harris Fieldman |
2018 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2018 Film Nominees (30) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Scope (7mins, Dir. by Rachael Olga Lloyd) | |
| Watching (4mins, Dir. by Yuanyuan Huang) | |
| KCLOC (3mins, Dir. by Ninaad Kulkarni) | |
| GIF ME THAT FOOD (2mins, Dir. by Emi Tse) | |
| The Mud (6mins, Dir. by Brandon Lake) | |
| Augenblicke (4mins, Dir. by Kiana Naghshineh) | Best Animated Film |
| Weeds (3mins, Dir. by Kevin Hudson) | |
| Miss Hong (7mins, Dir. by Jong Ki Jeon) | |
| Contact (7mins, Dir. by Katy Wang) | |
| A Drawing (6mins, Dir. by Brad Condie) | |
| Framed (7mins, Dir. by Marco Jemolo) | |
| Not The Same River. Not The Same Man. (4mins, Dir. by Michelle Brand) | |
| Outside (5mins, Dir. by Laura Norris) | |
| Twice Upon a Time (14mins, Dir. by Vojin Vasovic) | |
| Sand (5mins, Dir. by Arjan Brentjes) | |
| Seen Again (10mins, Dir. by Peter Murphey) | |
| Late Afternoon (9mins, Dir. by Louise Bagnall) | |
| Weeds (3mins, Dir. by Kevin Hudson) | Best Animation |
| Lefú (5mins, Dir. by Ihab Al- Azaam, Mario Bertsch, Till Sander-Titgemeyer & York von Sydow) | |
| Broken Dreams (3mins, Dir. by Nick Cinelli) | |
| The Tale of The Upside Down Mermaid (7mins, Dir. by Sam Baum) | |
| White Lilacs (6mins, Dir. by Alex Bernas) | |
| Nana (5mins, Dir. by Ali Kellner) | |
| Sunny and Gerd in Spring Cleaning (6mins, Dir. by DaCosta Bayley) | |
| Vows (5mins, Dir. by Mark McKinsey) | |
| Drawing in Time: Desert Filmscape (4mins, Dir. by Clare Dallimore) | |
| Blue Light (4mins, Dir. by Harriet Francis Croucher) | Best Music |
| Prychynna: The Story of Love (21mins, Dir. by Andrii Shcherbak) | |
| Dr. Mantis (3mins, Dir. by Brandon Mikolaski) | |
| The Box (12mins, Dir. by Dusan Kastelic) | Best Sound |
| KnightBear (Unproduced screenplay written by Zayne Black) | Best Unproduced Screenplay |
| The Enquiring Flies (Unproduced screenplay written by Steven Laflamme) | Best Unproduced Screenplay Special Commendations |
| The 3 Rocket Racers (Unproduced screenplay written by Philip Dumas) |
2019 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2019 Film Nominees (39) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Home Sweet Home (2mins, Dir. by Maria Robertson & Harry Pearson of Escape Studios) | Best Student Film |
| In an Empty Wood (3mins, Dir. by Chia-Hsin Lee) | |
| Phildel: The Deep (5mins, Dir. by Youri Dekker) | Best Music Video |
| Flying Octopus (3mins, Dir. by Aoífe Doyle & Stefan Grambart) | |
| Cumulus (9mins, Dir. by Ioan Holland) | Best Music |
| Flaneur (4mins, Dir. by Holly Warburton) | |
| They Hunt (13mins, Dir. by Rhys Byfield) | |
| The Trolls of Iceland (6mins, Dir. by Molly Hellman) | |
| Pete the Peacock (3mins, Dir. by Amanda Low) | |
| Moment of Clarity (3mins, Dir. by Aditya Tawde) | |
| Hole (6mins, Dir. by G. Goletski) | |
| The Juggler (11mins, Dir. by Skirmanta Jakaite) | |
| Substance (5mins, Dir. by Jamaal Bradley) | |
| Ripple Home (1min, Dir. by Laura Reedy) | |
| Chin Up (5mins, Dir. by Joanne Salmon) | |
| Encounter (2mins, Dir. by Howard Wimshurst) | |
| Lemon & Elderflower (3mins, Dir. by Ilenia Cotardo) | |
| Making a Meal of It (4mins, Dir. by Sean Jones, Cheryl Parker, Maria-Larisa Covaciu & Sean Jones) | |
| Things You Can Do with Extendable Arms (2mins, Dir. by Luca Paulli) | |
| Into the Shadow (3mins, Dir. by Sidney Deng) | |
| Measure by Measure (3mins, Dir. by Sam Brandon) | |
| Woodie Smalls - Too Soft (4mins, Dir. by Bert Van den Broeck) | |
| The Penguin Who Couldn't Swim (6mins, Dir. by Tom Rourke) | Best Animated Short |
| Three Sketches (8mins, Dir. by Adam Butcher) | Best Animation |
| The Wrong Rock (13mins, Dir. by Michael Cawood) | |
| Stitch (4mins, Dir. by Siobhán Smith) | |
| Dum Dum (De De Bom) (2mins, Dir. by Benjamin Hall & Robin Hall) | |
| Emilio: A Short, Short Film (1min, Dir. by Ahmad Tarek) | |
| Subway Commute (10mins, Dir. by Redic Hsu) | |
| L'Homme et le Poisson (4mins, Dir. by Lewis Leon) | |
| Body Echo (3mins, Dir. by Ali Aschman) | Best Sound Design |
| Space Probe Force: Gravity Push (3mins, Dir. by Tom Weber & Ilija Brunck) | |
| Where I was Born (4mins, Dir. by Jungmin Cha) | |
| Expend (4mins, Dir. by Bismark Fernandes) | |
| The Boy and the Landmine (3mins, Dir. by Harris Feldman & Aaron Feldman) | |
| Billie (4mins, Dir. by Maki Yoshikura) | |
| The Need to be Alone (4mins, Dir. by Tom Fisher & Catherine Prowse) | |
| Big Toast (4mins, Dir. by Sacha Beeley) | |
| Dunks (2mins, Dir. by Matt Ley) | |
| The Serpent (Unproduced screenplay written by Sarah F. Clarke) | Best Unproduced Screenplay |
2020 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2020 Film Nominees (37) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| StarDog and TurboCat (85mins, Dir. by Ben Smith) | |
| To Your Last Death (92mins, Dir. by Jason Axinn) | |
| Blieschow (10mins, Dir. by Christoph Sarow) | Best Animation |
| Bluebeard (2mins, Dir. by Alexander Gilfillan) | |
| Butterfly (10mins, Dir. by Noel Clarke) | |
| Code (4mins, Dir. by Xinyue Song) | |
| Cows Come Home (1min, Dir. by Joe Sutherland) | |
| Creepy Pasta Salad (11mins, Dir. by Lauren Orme) | |
| Crossover (3mins, Dir. by Taylor Marvin) | |
| Eva Kor - The Healing Power of Forgiveness (8mins, Dir. by Anna Humphries) | The Lotte Reiniger Award |
| Friends (2mins, Dir. by Emma Brennan & Sandra Ye) | |
| Furnace of the Birds (3mins, Dir. by Arsen Arzumanyan) | |
| He can’t live without cosmos (16mins, Dir. by Konstantin Bronzit) | |
| Her Boat (9mins, Dir. by Yingzhong Hu) | Best Student Animation |
| HERE WE ARE: Notes For Living on Planet Earth (36mins, Dir. by Philip Hunt) | |
| How to make sushi (2mins, Dir. by Jonathan Lindgren) | Best Sound Design |
| In Passing (4mins, Dir. by Esther Cheung) | |
| Johnny And The Devil (5mins, Dir. by Matty Jorissen) | |
| Kerbal Space Program 2 (3mins, Dir. by Richard Enriquez) | |
| Master Moley By Royal Invitation (30mins, Dir. by Leon Joosen) | |
| Misguided (2mins, Dir. by Sanghyun Kim) | |
| Missing Cat (12mins, Dir. by Simon Tofield) | |
| Nowt Queer As Folk (3mins, Dir. by Claudia Melton) | |
| Nox Insomnia (8mins, Dir. by Guy Charnaux) | Best Animated Short |
| Osirika - Black Champagne (5mins, Dir. by Jeremiah Williams) | Best Music Video |
| Plunge (5mins, Dir. by David James Holloway & Samuel Lawrence) | |
| Prickly Jam (6mins, Dir. by James Cunningham) | |
| Rain (5mins, Dir. by Piotr Milczarek) | |
| Streets of Fury (5mins, Dir. by Aidan McAteer) | |
| Tacit Blue (9mins, Dir. by Wenkai Duan) | |
| The Dogs I've Met Throughout My Life (2mins, Dir. by Inez Skilling) | |
| The Tiger Who Came to Tea (24mins, Dir. by Robin Shaw) | |
| The White Moon (9mins, Dir. by Cloud Yang) | |
| The Witch & the Baby (5mins, Dir. by Evgenia Golubeva) | The Rising Star Award |
| Top 3 (45mins, Dir. by Sofie Edvardsson) | |
| Umbrella (8mins, Dir. by Helena Hilario & Mario Pece) | |
| What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Job Like This (2mins, Dir. by Sarah Wishart) | |
| A Japanese Legend (Unproduced screenplay written by Adriana Jungbluth) | ScriptUp Select (Best Unproduced Screenplay) |
2021 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2021 Film Nominees (40) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Strike (101mins, Dir. by Trevor Hardy) | |
| A Viral Spiral (4mins, Dir. by Steve Cutts) | |
| BENCH (2mins, Dir. by Rich Webber) | |
| Between Hunters and Foxes (4mins, Dir. by Ben Sinclair) | |
| Bubble (3mins, Dir. by Morgan Powell) | |
| De Berde (2mins, Dir. by Star Bazancir) | |
| Elevator Alone (4mins, Dir. by Anastasia Papadopoulou) | |
| Feeling Lonely (3mins, Dir. by Julian Vargas) | Best Music Video |
| Gekou (2mins, Dir. by Ajisa Asai) | |
| Ghost Dogs (11mins, Dir. by Joe Cappa) | |
| Girl and Robot (12mins, Dir. by Joe Loftus) | |
| Heart of the Nation (3mins, Dir. by Tribambuka) | |
| My Particular Case (4mins, Dir. by Chico Jofilsan) | |
| Just for the Record (7mins, Dir. by Vojin Vasovic) | |
| Kapaemahu (8mins, Dir. by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe WIlson) | Best Music |
| Lampedusa - Christophe Maé (4mins, Dir. by Anthony Ferré) | |
| Mogu and Perol (9mins, Dir. by Tsuneo Goda) | |
| Mountain (5mins, Dir. by Harrison Fleming) | |
| MY BABUSHKA SMOKES A PIPE (3mins, Dir. by Ivan Pavlov) | |
| Nanakorobi (Seven Falls) (7mins, Dir. by Gaby Breiter) | |
| Not for money, not for love, not for nothing (14mins, John Robert Lee) | |
| Orders (30mins, Dir. by Aleix Pitarch) | |
| Red. The Color Within (5mins, Dir. by William Javier La Portilla) | |
| Snow Shelter (16mins, Dir. by Robertas Nevecka) | Best Animation |
| Stop It (3mins, Dir. by Lingxi Zhang & Tom Chegaray) | |
| Super Science Friends - Episode 1 "The Phantom Premise" (16mins, Dir. by Brett Jubinville) | |
| Tenant (6mins, Dir. by Sarah Benson) | Best Student Animation |
| THE ADVENTURES OF GLORIA SCOTT - Murder in the Cathedral (16mins, Dir. by Matija Pisacic & Tvrtko Raspolic) | |
| The Cat (13mins, Dir. by Mary Apick) | |
| The Christmas Letter (26mins, Dir. by Kealan O Rourke) | |
| The Dead Hands of Dublin (8mins, Dir. by Leo Crowley) | Best Sound Design |
| The One Who Crossed the Sea (11mins, Dir. by Jonas Riemer) | The Lotte Reiniger Award |
| The Organized Life (2mins, Dir. by Patrick Yu Wang & Nguyet Nghi Duong) | |
| The Peculiar Crime of Oddball Mr Jay (11mins, Dir. by Bruno Caetano) | |
| The Red Pen (11mins, Dir. by Raffaele Gabrielli) | The Rising Star Award |
| The Weather is Lovely (14mins, Dir. by Chun-Chien Lien) | |
| Visual ASMR (1min, Onesal Studio) | |
| Wade (11mins, Dir. by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi) | Best Animated Short |
| Washing Machine (5mins, Dir. by Alexandra Májová) | |
| What Will You Do Now, John? (9mins, Dir. by Pooja Pottenkulam) | |
| It's a wondoughful life (Unproduced screenplay written by Jana Forkel) | Best Unproduced Screenplay |
2022 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2022 Film Nominees (19) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| A Different Drum (3mins, Dir. by Ali Sofi) | |
| Abandoned (5mins, Dir. by Emilia Schneider) | |
| Allotment (3mins, Dir. by Karla Engstöm) | |
| Barking Orders (2mins, Dir. by Alex Tullo) | |
| DING (Thing) (5mins, Dir. by Malte Stein) | |
| Earlybird (3mins, Dir. by Daniel Fitzgerald) | Best 3D Animation |
| Farah - Fountain of Youth (3mins, Dir. by Robotina) | |
| HAV (3mins, Dir. by Eleanor Szydlowska) | |
| Hedera (4mins, Dir. by Fêt-Nat Bailly) | |
| Melancolia (4mins, Dir. by Alina Popescu) | |
| Moondivers (6mins, Dir. by Dave Neal) | Best Music Video |
| Roots (5mins, Dir. by Ryan Gathorne) | The Lotte Reiniger Award |
| Spellbound (3mins, Dir. by Amelia Parker) | |
| Stalker (2mins, Dir. by Ginny Jones) | |
| Stay (5mins, Dir. by Yu Sun) | |
| Stones (7mins, Dir. by Joseph Brett) | |
| Summer Years (4mins, Dir. by Camilla Chasin) | |
| True Colours (3mins, Dir. by Hanna Lea Wyttenbach) | |
| Why Do Butchers Close So Early? (4mins, Dir. by Inez Skilling) | Best 2D Animation |
| In or Out (Unproduced screenplay written by Nicky Denovan) | Best Unproduced Screenplay |
2023 BAFF Official Selection & Award Winners
| 2023 Film Nominees (20) | Award Wins |
|---|---|
| Hugging (1min, Dir. by Adam Wells) | |
| Ashta (5mins, Dir. by Ryan Bechara) | |
| Hermit (2mins, Dir. by Sarah Benson) | |
| Ashnikko - Worms (3mins, Dir. by Raman Djafari) | Best Music Video |
| Interbeing (4mins, Dir. by Ben Sinclair) | |
| The Secret Diary of a High-Rise (3mins, Dir. by Stephen James Ong) | |
| Still Here (6mins, Dir. by Guido Ekker) | |
| The Beatles Vs The Stones (3mins, Dir. by Andrew Kelleher) | |
| Dead Horse (4mins, Dir. by Rudy Helen Taylor) | |
| The Smile (15mins, Dir. by Erik van Schaaik) | |
| Sweethearts (3mins, Dir. by Jessica West) | Best Student Animation |
| Beltane (5mins, Dir. by Helena Houghton) | |
| A Dog Under Bridge (13mins, Dir. by Tang Rehoo) | |
| Institution (7mins, Dir. by Cole Morris) | The Lotte Reiniger Award |
| The Bridge (4mins, Dir. by Bernardo dePaulo Romero) | |
| The Skatebook (5mins, Dir. by Sofia Negri) | |
| Bonnes Feuilles 1984 (4mins, Dir. by Arthur Navet) | Best 2D Animation |
| Curiosa (10mins, Dir. by Tessa Moult-Milewska) | Best 3D Animation |
| Offerlamm (6mins, Dir. by Tova Persson) | |
| Meet Cute (3mins, Dir. by Shawn Patrick Tilling) | |
| An Inner Truth (Unproduced screenplay written by Temi Diaz) | |
| Bear Song (Unproduced screenplay written by Peter Michael Kershaw) | |
| Bonds, Funds and Two Smoking Trowels (Unproduced screenplay written by Athanasia Batziou) | |
| Five Orcs (Unproduced screenplay written by Kevin Ryan) | Best Unproduced Screenplay |
| Zaheera and the Jinn (Unproduced screenplay written by Victoria Dook) |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | Our Story". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ↑ Kiani, Tamkeen (8 September 2022). "Wales International Film Festival". National Today. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | British Animation Film Festival". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ↑ Official site Retrieved 12 March 2019
- ↑ "Vietnamese girl wins 53 int'l awards for 3D animated short film". VietNamNet News. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "Coast cartoonist's work seen at world film fests". Coast Reporter. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Mary (24 June 2019). "'Substance': Black animator Jamaal Bradley speaks". San Francisco Bay View. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Stojan, Jon (18 July 2023). "Bringing technology and art together: the 3D animations of Shawn Patrick Tilling". Digital Journal. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ↑ BAFF at Film Freeway Retrieved 15 March 2019
- ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | Home". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | International Film Festival of Wales". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ "BAFF 2020". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "BAFF 2021". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "BAFF 2023". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ "Film composer wins prestigious award". Times Series. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
External links
- Official site Retrieved 12 March 2019
- BAFF at Film Freeway Retrieved 15 March 2019
- British Animation Film Festival on IMDb
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- Film Festival Guild on Instagram
