Inaugural Children's Emmys, "Witcher" wins TV Craft BAFTA, ITFS Trickstar Nominees and more

April 27 2022

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the dates, venues and career awards for the Daytime, Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle, News & Documentary and Children's & Family Emmy Award 2022 ceremonies. previously announced career awards in Sports, Technology and Engineering, but had postponed the presentation of those awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All NATAS events are expected to be in person again this year after virtual ceremonies in 2020 and 2021.

The first edition of the Children's & Family Emmy Awards (theemmys.tv/childrens-family-emmy-awards) will be held on Sunday 11 December at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. The first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for children's and family television is Le Var Burton. The longtime literacy advocate and host of Reading Rainbow, who taught a generation the joys of reading, has won more than 20 Emmy Awards. Burton currently hosts his podcast, LeVar Burton Reads, and has a YouTube series, This Is My Story, which highlights racism in America.

Those who want to stay on the cutting edge can also mark their calendars for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards in Technology and Engineering on Monday, April 25 at Wynn Encore, Las Vegas. Receiving the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award in Television Technology will be tech entrepreneur Yvette Kanouff.

Image from the featurette "The Witcher: Becoming Nivellen" (Netflix)

The BAFTAs announced the winners of the British Academy Television Craft Awards 2022 on Sunday, celebrating the best behind-the-scenes talent of 2021. The ceremony was led by Mel Giedroyc and featured guest presenters including Ade Adepitan, Aisling Bea, Mary Beard, Olivia Colman, Natalie Emmanuel, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Tony Robinson and Harry Trevaldwyn. The crime drama Landscapers and the musical comedy We Are Lady Parts scored the most wins with three each.

The award for visual, visual and graphic effects went to Netflix's fantasy adaptation The Witcher, specifically the first episode of S2 "A Grain of Truth," which sees Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Ciri (Freya Allan) break the line. toxic relationship between the cursed beast -man Nivellen (Kristofer Hivju from Game of Thrones) and a bloodthirsty Bruxa (Agnes Born). The award went to Dadi Einarsson, Gavin Round, Aleksandar Pejic, Oliver Cubbage, Stefano Pepin and Jet Omoshebi, representing the teams of Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image and Pioneer Stillking Images.

Earth at Night in Color (Apple TV +), Intergalactic (Sky One) and Black Holes: Heart of Darkness (BBC Two) were also nominated. The Witcher also won for Make Up & Hair Design (Barrie Gower and Sarah Gower). See the full list of winners at bafta.org. Check out Cinesite's work on the three terrifying Basilisks for The Witcher S2 ending here.

The 29th Stuttgart International Animated Film Festival (ITFS) has announced the nominees for the Trickstar Professional Awards, which will be presented in a gala on the evening of Wednesday 4 May during the celebration of German animation (3-8 May, itfs.de / en).

The Trickstar Business Award rewards companies and animation projects with an innovative and revolutionary business model. The € 7.500 prize is sponsored by the Verband Region Stuttgart. The candidates for 2022 are: ArtMinute interactive museum series (Die Asta Experience, Zentropa Prod.), AR Colored installation (Noire) (Novaya), VR Yullbe GO experience (Mack NeXT, KG). The projects will be presented on May 7 in the PRO ONLINE section.

The German Animation Screenplay Award for an animated film awards a prize of € 2.500, sponsored by Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart (AMCRS). The award for the German screenplay with the greatest international market potential (€ 1.500) is sponsored by Pink Parrot Media. Nominees are Bird of the Year (Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein), Dino Mite (Armin Prediger, Andreas Völlinger), Little Miss Santa (Jasmina Kallay), Mr. Wiggles (André Heeger) and The (mostly) Marvelous Murray ( Christian Kaps). ).

The Animated Games Award Germany 2022 for the best and most innovative animation-based computer game from Germany comes with a cash prize of € 5.000, sponsored by MFG Medien-und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg. The nominees are: A Juggler's Tale (kaleidoscube / Mixtvision Mediengesellschaft), Minute of Islands (Studio Fizbin / Mixtvision Mediengesellschaft), Dorfromantik (Toukana Interactive), OMNO (Studio Inkyfox UG) and Lacuna (DigiTales Interactive / Assemble Entertainment).

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The SIFF closed his Sunday 48th Seattle International Film Festival, announcing the winners of the Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards 2022. The awards were presented at a ceremony and brunch held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Seattle on April 24. The 11-day festival, which started on April 14, screened 263 films, including 28 world premieres (15 feature films / 13 short films). Animated winners included:

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Jury Statement: “… A powerfully raw and tender short film that skillfully and compassionately explores complex family dynamics by artfully combining a range of animation techniques and live action”.
Marcel the shell with the shoes | Dean Fleischer Camp (USA) | golden Space needle - Best film First place and Best director Third place
Battery Daddy | Seung-bae Jeon (South Korea) | Golden Space Needle - Second place for best short film

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THEAdvanced Imaging Society announced the winners of the 12th Annual Entertainment Technology Lumiere Awards. The organization recognized nine distinct technical achievements that propelled the entertainment industry forward with impact through innovation at an AMD-sponsored brunch at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. The 2022 winners are:

AMD - AMD EPYC
Brompton Technology - SX40 Tessera LED processor
Cinionic - Barco Series 4 SP4K-55 laser cinema projector
HP - HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition
Prysm Stages / Lux Machina / NEP Virtual Studios - Advanced VFX LED volume in the camera
Qualcomm Technologies - Snapdragon Spaces
Tencent Media Labs - Holographic live streaming
V Nova Limited - Compression of the V-Nova point cloud
Weta FX - Weta FX Face Fabrication System

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