The British Academy Children’s Awards in 2017 have been announced yesterday and “The Little Prince” won Feature Film! Director Mark Osborne took the stage to accept the award. You can watch his acceptance speech after the jump. The movie previously won the French César Award (French equivalent of the Academy Awards) for Best Animated Film. Congratulations to the cast and crew!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners for tonight’s annual British Academy Children’s Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Doc Brown at the Roundhouse, London, and presenters included Peter Andre, Matt Baker, Angellica Bell, Hugh Dennis, Rochelle Humes, Pixie Lott, Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely.
In other categories, SpongeBob SquarePants triumphed in International, Netflix’s The Little Prince won for Feature Film, and History Bombs: Online History Resources won for Learning.
Feature Film
Winner – THE LITTLE PRINCE Mark Osborne, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam – ON Animation Studios and Netflix/Netflix
It may have taken 28 years but The Little Prince was well worth the wait ? #BAFTAKids pic.twitter.com/mA3Kd34N3b
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) November 26, 2017