The film has a mix of stopmotion, 2d and 3d animation and uses very soft cute felt puppets, so it is very soft on the eye, literally. We first meet him contemplating suicide at the edge of a lake before sliding back through time to witness individual moments when his craving for human flesh has taken over, revealing that. The nominees for best british short animation and best british short film at the bafta awards ceremony dont get much airtime on tv. A stop motion film about an oddball felted character who slips through floors into the past and the deepest.
The ee rising star award, voted for by the public, was presented to john boyega. A man with cannibalistic urges contemplates his life choices in nina gantzs bafta winning stopmotion short film edmond. The film is at once brilliant and incredibly obscure. Inside out wins bafta for best animated film rotoscopers. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Book for the shorts tour edmond winner view trailer manoman view trailer prologue view trailer. The british academy of film and television arts bafta, is a british organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. The documentary style short, created by callum rice has received recognition in the form of the scottish baftas in november and more recently at sundance film festival. We first meet him contemplating suicide at the edge of a lake. Bafta nominations 2016 film award nominations were announced this friday by stephen fry and gugu mbatharaw.
Yet, despite the freakishness, it has a heart, and conveys an unique story in a very creative and artistic way. Britains 69th british academy film awards bafta were held at the royal opera house in london on february 14. Elephant mining poems or odes operator over samuel6. Bafta guru is baftas content hub for career starters packed full of inspirational videos, podcasts and interviews. The winners and nominees for this years bafta film awards. Pixars inside out has won the 69th bafta british academy film television awards for best animated film. Nina gantzs dark and touching animation edmond tells the story of an oddball character whose desire to be close to those. Mar 02, 2015 2015 animation graduation film from the nfts.
Edmond is a freaky short film, with a freaky character and freaky situations. Best british short animation nina gantz emilie jouffroy. Bafta guru is bafta s content hub for career starters packed full of inspirational videos, podcasts and interviews. Best film the big short bridge of spies carol the revenant winner spotlight. Operator won the british short film award, while the bafta for british short animation was presented to edmond. Asff bafta british short film and british short animation. British independent film awards 2015 nominee british independent film award.
Edmond winner acceptance speech, best short animation, ee. Her graduation film zaliger 2010 was screened at the sichuan tv festival, where it was awarded a golden panda. Edmond is a great short film, with a great narrative, an interesting story and a very good digging into the. We felt the characters and sets are so exquisitely rendered so tactile that we want it to just reach into the screen and hug the main character. Foxs the revenant took charge of the marquee categories to take a leading five wins including best film and best actor for leonardo dicaprio at the. Nina gantz builds an odd but emotionally honest world that is quite something to experience. Survival drama the revenant won the best film at the awards gala, and hollywood. Stephen fry hosted the awards from londons royal opera house. Delivered by the national film and television school, this is british humour at its best, not. Nominations for the 69th annual bafta film awards, the british equivalent of the academy awards, were announced today. Edmond 2015 was awarded a british independent film award bifa for best british short and a british academy of film and television arts award bafta for best british short animation. It uses a unique mix of 2d and 3d animation to tell the story of a son struggling to look after his elderly mother, while his more. It is high concept and emotional but it really is a gorgeous tragedy about the allconsuming power of love.
The revenant wins the bafta for outstanding film of 2015. This film takes us deep into a mans memories and his psyche as it contemplates suicide. An exshipyard welder that turns his talents to writing. Nina gantz builds an odd but emotionally honest world that is. Nina gantz and emilie jouffroy accept the bafta for british short animation for edmond. Bafta 2016 winner best short animation sundance film festival 2015 winner jury award for short film animation. Ee rising star voted for by the public bel powley brie. Last but not least is the intricately created edmond.
In preparation for the upcoming ee british academy film awards, l o s t c u l t u r e was invited to a private screening at bafta hq to see the shorts for ourselves. There are no bright moments, no likable or developed characters, and practically every situation that edmond gets himself into. The force awakens, while the bafta for animated film went to inside out, and the bafta for british short animation was presented to edmond. Edmond wins british short animation bafta film awards 2016.
Featuring one of the best soundtracks youre likely to hear in short film and more puppet privates than you ever imagined or wished youd experience, simon cartwrights baftanominated, sundance short manoman submerges its viewers in a world of masculinity as its protagonist embarks on a testosteronefuelled rampage after a session of primal therapy. This page lists the winners and nominees for the bafta award for best british short. Bafta 195 piccadilly situated in the heart of londons west end, bafta 195 piccadilly is the home of bafta worldwide, as well as an awardwinning venue for hire that offers outstanding hospitality and a suite of flexible event spaces, which can be crafted to suit any occasion. Croatian editor nina rac edits bafta award winning film. The ee british academy film awards returns on sunday 14 february to reward the best work of any nationality seen on british cinema screens during the preceding year. Huge achievement for croatian film editor nina rac in london over the weekend zagrebborn rac was the editor animation short edmond, which won a. The bafta for best british animated short was presented to. Edmond is a stopmotion animation about a man who has suffered with a lifelong affliction.
The stars were out in force in london last night for this years ee bafta film awards. In 2016, the british short film and british short animation categories will celebrate innovative short fiction and nonfiction films and animation from a selection of todays leading creatives. Dutch director nina gantzs baftawinning short edmond is an extremely dark but absurdly comic examination of one mans alienating quirk of showing affection by literally attempting to consume the object of his love. British short animation edmond winner manoman prologue. Edmond wins british short animation bafta film awards 2016 duration. Feb 14, 2016 brooklyn is the first winner at the 2016 bafta awards, taking the outstanding british film prize. Feb 14, 2016 operator won the bafta for british short film, and edmond received the award for british animated short. Operator won the bafta for british short film, and edmond received the award for british animated short. Feb 18, 2016 a closer look at the 2016 bafta shorts. Edmond by nina gantz short films watch the best short. Enter challenges, watch videos, and take part in our annual vote to decide the best film, tv show and game of the year. Baftas destination for youngsters to come and discover the magical worlds of film, television and games.
Huge achievement for croatian film editor nina rac in london over the weekend zagrebborn rac was the editor animation short edmond, which won a bafta in the british animated short category at. Nina gantz creates intense, immersive films that embrace the home made with one arm and the. The dutch directors graduate film from the national film and television school has won numerous awards including a bafta and a short film jury award at this years sundance. Brooklyn is the first winner at the 2016 bafta awards, taking the outstanding british film prize. A man with cannibalistic urges contemplates his life choices in nina gantzs bafta winning stopmotion short film. Edmond won the bafta short animation award in 2016, which is both surprising and completely not. The nominations for the ee british academy film awards in 2016 have been announced and the winners are predicted by steve taylorbryant. The award for special visual effects went to star wars. You can watch the announcement on the following video, and check out the full list of nominees and their respective tomatomater scores on the list below. Edmond wins at the 18th british independent film awards. Nina gantzs dark and touching animation edmond tells the story of an oddball character whose desire to be close to those around him reaches.
The bigger picture by daisy jacobs 2014 uk 7m the bigger picture won the bafta for best short animation, and was nominated for an academy award and the palm dor at cannes see omnibus for the only film to have ever won all three awards. This page lists the winners and nominees for the bafta award for best british short animation for each year since 1990 when the award was introduced. This page lists the winners and nominees for the bafta award for best short film for each year. The bafta for film not in the english language was presented to argentinian film wild tales. We were there on the red carpet, and you can see our coverage at the end of the link above. Notably this year nfts graduate nina gantz won the award for best british short film for edmond. Watch the best bafta winning short animations, including a love story by anushka naanayakkara, the bigger picture by daisy jacobs, and edmond by nina gantz. Animation at sundance and the bafta for best british short animation, nina gantzs national film and television school short edmond has been released online for internet viewers to see what festivalgoers worldwide have been raving about. Busho, budapest international short film festival 2016 winner busho award. Of course we have to thank so many people for this short film. Edmond winner acceptance speech, best short animation, ee british academy film awards in 2016. A celebratory reflection of writer, robert fullerton.
Nina gantzs dark and touching animation edmond tells the story of an oddball character whose desire to be close to those around him reaches cannibalistic extreme. Foxs the revenant took charge of the marquee categories to take a leading five wins including best film and best actor for leonardo dicaprio at the bafta film awards tonight at the royal opera. Film bafta award nominations announced the dreamcage. Following a hugely successful festival tour, which saw it win the short film jury award. Bafta and the independent cinema office ico will be showcasing its shorts 2016 programme on the 26th of february in cinemas across the uk and overseas. The dutch directors graduate film from the national film and television school has won numerous awards including a bafta and a short film jury award at this years sundance film festival.
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