"It’s an amazing honour to win at Britain’s most prestigious awards," says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest. "We’re so proud of the team. This was the second year in a row that we’ve 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."
Revolting Rhymes has also been nominated for three
European Animation Awards, which will be presented on Friday, 8 December and
Best Animation at the
International Emmy Kids Awards, which will be presented in April 2018.
Revolting Rhymes trailer – Part 1
The two-part special has already won a
Cristal for
Best TV Production at Annecy in France;
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’s Jury Prize at the
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.
Directed by Jakob Schuh (
The Gruffalo) and Jan Lachauer (
Room on the Broom) and co-directed by Bin Han To,
Revolting Rhymes is an adaptation of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake’s book of fairytales. It’s voiced by a 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.
Magic Light Pictures’ third collaboration with Triggerfish,
The Highway Rat, is coming to BBC One in December. The film is an adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s bestselling children's book. David Tennant (
Doctor Who,
Broadchurch) is a part of the cast in the title role.
Stick Man, Magic Light Pictures’ previous Donaldson/Scheffler production animated at Triggerfish, premiered on BBC One on 25 December 2015 to record ratings of 9.3 million viewers, with an overall 41% audience share, the fourth highest rated programme of the day. The film also won global industry awards, including the
Annecy Crystal and a
BAFTA nomination.
Revolting Rhymes trailer – Part 2
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