{"id":5662,"date":"2017-11-28T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:10:10","slug":"triggerfish-wins-first-bafta-from-second-nomination-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/28\/triggerfish-wins-first-bafta-from-second-nomination-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Triggerfish Wins First BAFTA From Second Nomination In Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rhymes\u00a0won Best Animation at the BAFTA Children\u2019s Awards last night, beating off strong competition from The Amazing World of Gumball, Shaun the Sheep and We\u2019re Going On A Bear Hunt.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5317\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RevoltingRhymes.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RevoltingRhymes.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RevoltingRhymes.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Produced by Magic Light Pictures,\u00a0Revolting Rhymes\u00a0was animated at Magic Light\u2019s Berlin studio and Cape Town\u2019s Triggerfish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing honour to win at Britain\u2019s most prestigious awards,\u201d says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest. \u201cWe\u2019re so proud of the team. This was the second year in a row that we\u2019ve been nominated for our work with Magic Light, so winning is further proof that Africa is producing some of the best animation in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revolting Rhymes is also nominated for three European Animation Awards on 8 December 2017 and Best Animation at the International Emmy Kids Awards, which will be presented in April 2018. The two-part special has already won the Cristal for Best TV Production at Annecy in France, the world\u2019s premiere animation festival; Best Animated Short at TIFF Kids; Best Animation at the World Banff Media Festival in Canada; Best Storytelling at Shanghai International Film and TV Festival in China; and the Children\u2019s Jury prize at the Chicago International Children\u2019s Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Jakob Schuh\u00a0(The Gruffalo)\u00a0and\u00a0Jan Lachauer\u00a0(Room on the Broom) and co-directed by Bin Han To, Revolting Rhymes\u00a0is an adaptation of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake\u2019s classic book of surprising fairytales. It\u2019s voiced by a stellar cast that includes Dominic West (The Affair) as The Wolf; Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) as Red Riding Hood; and Gemma Chan (Humans) as Snow White.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Light Pictures\u2019 third collaboration with Triggerfish, The Highway Rat, is coming to BBC One this Christmas. An adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler\u2019s\u00a0bestseller, The Highway Rat is a swashbuckling tale of bandits and biscuits the whole family will enjoy. David Tennant (Doctor Who,\u00a0Broadchurch) leads an impressive cast in the title role.<\/p>\n<p>Stick Man,\u00a0Magic Light Pictures\u2019 previous Donaldson\/Scheffler production animated at Triggerfish, premiered on BBC One on Christmas Day 2015 to record ratings of 9.3 million viewers, with an overall 41 percent audience share, the fourth highest rated programme of the day. The film also won critical praise and a raft of global industry awards including the Annecy Crystal and a BAFTA nomination.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack&#039;s giant beanstalk - Revolting Rhymes: Part 2 Preview - BBC One\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g7zlEFue0rQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revolting Rhymes wins Best\u00a0 Animation at top British awards<\/li>\n<li>Animated at Triggerfish in Cape Town and Magic Light in Berlin<\/li>\n<li>Latest in a string of accolades for \u2018Revolting Rhymes,\u2019 including Best TV Production at Annecy<\/li>\n<li>Revolting Rhymes also nominated for 2018 International Emmy Kids Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhymes\u00a0won Best Animation at the BAFTA Children\u2019s Awards last night, beating off strong competition from The Amazing World of Gumball, Shaun the Sheep and We\u2019re Going On A Bear Hunt. Produced by Magic Light Pictures,\u00a0Revolting Rhymes\u00a0was animated at Magic Light\u2019s Berlin studio and Cape Town\u2019s Triggerfish. \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing honour to win at Britain\u2019s most&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/28\/triggerfish-wins-first-bafta-from-second-nomination-in-two-years\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Triggerfish Wins First BAFTA From Second Nomination In Two Years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[162],"class_list":["post-5662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-bafta","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}