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My hangover is now receding so it’s a good time, I think, to reflect on last nights awards. There was a lot of positive energy around the event, especially noticable for an industry that is going through a lot at the moment and having to adapt to changing conditions, less commissioning and a lot of competition from overseas.

Getting together to look at the best work produced over the last couple of years has a reaffirming effect, and for the UK animation industry, it’s a collective reminder that actually, we are quite good at this!

The quality of all the finalists was exceptionally high, and naturally I’m going to plug two Skillset related winners - first Osbert Parker, who won Best Short Film for Yours Truly who we helped attend the Toronto Film Lab last year, and second T.O.M. a student film from the International Film School of Wales (a Skillset accredited animation course no less) picked up best Student Film and shared the Public Choice Award with Joanna Quinn.

I’m personally really pleased that this film picked up both BAA’s, it’s an office favourite at Skillset and was definitely the star of our showcase event last year, its won a big pile of other awards as well and shows that there is talent coming through UK universities that will have a massive impact on the industry.

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