The HBO fantasy drama was presented the BAFTA Special Award, in addition to wins in two categories.
Company’s Montréal team created nearly 300 shots for the sequel to the sci-fi classic.
Pixar feature wins BAFTA Award for best animated film; Roger Deakins wins fourth BAFTA for Cinematography for ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ which also wins for special visual effects.
Mocap setup was brought to Pinewood to record Lupita Nyong’o’s scene in the Oscar-nominated ‘Star Wars’ film.
2018 edition set for Nov. 19-25, with submissions open through June 24.
British Academy also picks five VFX nominees and nominates three homegrown candidates for the British Short Animation category.
Adaptation of animated classic to play exclusive one-week engagement in New York and Los Angeles.
Blue Zoo Animation earns Independent Production Company honor, while ‘Hey Duggee’ wins preschool animation category.
Awards for best in children’s media will be presented Nov. 26 in London.
Ex-Coolabi exec will head up Manchester-based studio’s efforts to develop and produce its own intellectual property.
Sequel to 2014 hit has the popular bear character on the trail of a mystery.
BAFTA’s choices of nine top films from four countries is part of the organization’s international expansion and marked inclusion efforts.
Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory,’ LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ and Disney’s ‘Moana’ and ‘Zootropolis’ (‘Zootopia’) receive nominations for best animated feature; British short animation nominees are ‘The Alan Dimension,’ ‘A Love Story’ and ‘Tough.’
2016 awards season delivers Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy recognition for three-year-old visual effects studio.
YGD Mentor Award is awarded to Cambridge Regional College’s Michael Warburton, the creator of educational commercial games development studio Rizing Games.
Winners to be revealed at a ceremony on Saturday, July 23; ‘Media Molecule’ to receive BAFTA YGD Hero Award.
London-based independent VFX studio is awarded third consecutive British Academy Television Craft Award for BBC drama ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.’
BAFTA-nominated directors create a series of animated shorts aimed at an audience of 12-18 year-olds to help build awareness and tackle relationship abuse in all its forms.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 17; previous recipients include ‘The Bigger Picture’ director Daisy Jacobs, ‘Edmond’ director of photography Ian Forbes, and ‘Manoman’ director of photography Steven Ferguson.
Independent visual effects studio co-founder wins an Academy Award for Alex Garland’s ‘Ex-Machina’ alongside Double Negative VFX team members Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris and Mark Ardington.
Three-day festival for aspiring creatives in games, television and film runs Saturday, April 30 through Monday, May 2 at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in London.
The award for Special Visual Effects went to ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ while the BAFTA for Animated Film went to ‘Inside Out,’ and the BAFTA for British Short Animation was presented to ‘Edmond.’
Entries open for 10-18 year-olds as well as nominations for new mentorship award.
Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,’ Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Minions’ and Aardman Animations’ ‘Shaun The Sheep Movie’ nominated for outstanding animated film; VFX nominees include ‘Ant-Man,’ ‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ The Martian’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’
‘Paddington’ fights off stiff competition from ‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ to triumph in the feature film category.
