Sunday night in London the BAFTAs were awarded, and it deserves reposting here on Red Balloon. Go here for a full list of nominees and winners. Among highlights: Coraline, which I finally saw last week during Henry Selick's New York publicity tour, won best film; The Penguins of Madagascar beat Phineas and Ferb for best international (i.e. non-British) television programme; Nick Jr. (UK?) beat both CBeebies and the CBBC for channel of the year; Bookaboo, which I wish were here in the States ever since seeing puppet models over a year ago, won best preschool live action; Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom won best preschool animation and proco Astley Baker Davies won best independent production company of the year (my family used to be Astleys until about two-hundred years ago); Kindle Entertainment got a few wins such as Helen Blakeman best writer for Dustbin Baby and the Big and Small website for best interactive (those two are seen above). Makes me anxious for The Shiver Sisters and whatever else is coming out of that studio.
It's all more than enough to make me long for a crepe at Westminster Bridge (though good old New York will have to do for now). Congratulations to all the winners. Consumers (parents) on both sides of the Atlantic would be well advised to check out all the nominees they can--there's a ton of stuff here I was unaware of that just looks fantastic.
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