The Ray Harryhausen Awards

The Ray Harryhausen Awards The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Charity no. Submissions from January 1st 2022.

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30/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Seaglass (Director- Cheryl Blake).

https://filmfreeway.com/Seaglass467

'Struggling in the fog of grief, Fern embarks on a journey gradually rediscovering the light that can be found amongst the darkness following bereavement.

With a background in music education and performing as a drummer and flautist, Cheryl turned to animation during the lockdown and quickly discovered a passion for animation.

Gravitating towards stop motion animation, she studied with Aardman Academy before undertaking an MA in Animation at University of Salford, Manchester. Using the year to research the use of different materials in stop motion animation, she became particularly drawn to abstract animation on the multiplane.

Seaglass is her MA short film, taking on the role of Director/Animator.'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง- Joint winners 'Heroic...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง- Joint winners 'Heroic Quest' (Benjamin Holmes) and 'Sandra v/s Vivora' (Lisa Holmes).

Our first joint winners see two fantastic stop-motion films from a brother and sister animation team!

'A mighty Knight is going on a quest to kill a cyclops'

'Sandra, and her trusty sidekick, the hamster Timmy, are faced with the challenge of saving the world from a deadly giant snake'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: The Primevals (Dire...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: The Primevals (Director- David Allen)

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'Deep in the Himalayas, a group of Sherpas subdue and kill a towering humanoid creature. Its remains - including a brain that appears to have undergone some kind of surgery - wind up under the supervision of Dr. Claire Collier (Juliet Mills, BEYOND THE DOOR), who believes it to be one of the legendary Yeti. Joined by her former student Matt Connor (Richard Joseph Paul), a longtime believer in the creatures' existence, big- game hunter Rondo Montana (Leon Russom, THE BIG LEBOWSKI), and others, Dr. Collier leads an expedition into the mountains to track down more of the abominable snowmen. Their trek results in an encounter with a tribe of primitive hominids - which in turn leads to the far more frightening discovery of beings they never could have expected or imagined.

Stop motion FX wizard David (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, PUPPET MASTER) Allen's long-planned passion project was shelved in the 1990's after Allen passed away from cancer. Finally completed in 2023 by Full Moon and former Allen associate Chris Endicott (AVENGERS: ENDGAME), THE PRIMEVALS is the ultimate retro-fantasy adventure, employing a wild array of arresting, 100% hand-rendered, stop-motion special effects and a rich orchestral score from composer Richard Band.

THE PRIMEVALS lives!'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ž: Bridget Applebyhttps://www....
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:

๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ž: Bridget Appleby

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032343/

'Bridget Appleby worked for Cosgrove Hall Films for over 30 years as a
designer and Art Director. Bridgetโ€™s designs for Cosgrove Hall and beyond demonstrate some of the creative ingenuity of the stop motion design process.
Bridget Appleby met founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall whilst working alongside them at Granada Television. When Brian and Mark established their first company Stop Frame Films Bridget joined them, learning about animation on the job.

During her career at Cosgrove Hall Bridget earned herself a BAFTA for directing and art directing a stop motion adaption of The Reluctant Dragon. She designed characters for model animation including The Pied Piper of Hamelin, before becoming Art Director where she was responsible for bringing together the characters, concept and worlds for stop motion animations such as Oakie Doke and Brambly Hedge. Bridget brought Brambly Hedge to life using a
โ€˜decoupageโ€™ method; layering watercolour drawings onto props that retained the authenticity of the original watercolour illustrations from Jill Barklemโ€™s book.

Building cohesive worlds like this is crucial to establishing a series, and a useful tool infor creating marketable childrenโ€™s television. Bridgetโ€™s style can be seen across Cosgrove Hall productions such as Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men for the BBC, Engie Benjy and Fifi and the Flowertots. After working at Cosgrove Hall, Bridget went on to art direct shows such as Cloudbabies, designing everything from the characters, world and props. She continues to work in the industry today.'

The winners of the Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced. ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to The Inventor (Di...
29/06/2024

The winners of the Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to The Inventor (Director- Jim Capobianco)

https://www.theinventorfilm.com

'The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci (Fry) leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: โ€œWhat is the meaning of life?โ€

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced....๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to 'A Bear Named Wo...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced....

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to 'A Bear Named Wojtek' (Director: Iain Gardner)

https://abearnamedwojtek.squarespace.com

'Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK tells the fantastic journey of an orphaned Syrian brown bear who was adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, becoming a beacon of hope and an emblem of their fate.'

4 days to go until the winners of the 2024 Harryhausen Awards are announced!Check in at 5pm on Saturday 29th June as our...
26/06/2024

4 days to go until the winners of the 2024 Harryhausen Awards are announced!

Check in at 5pm on Saturday 29th June as our judges announce their selections in each category. Good luck to this year's entrants!

https://linktr.ee/harryhausenawards

17/06/2024

We are delighted to announce that this year's ceremony for The Ray Harryhausen Awards will take place in collaboration with the Auchterarder Picturehouse on June 29th.

The winners and notable entries for this year's awards will be announced, alongside a conversation with local stop-motion animator Wilma Smith. This date marks Ray Harryhausen's birthday, and will be a wonderful celebration of his legacy and ongoing influence. Reserve your free ticket through the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebration-of-the-ray-harryhausen-awards-rays-104th-birthday-tickets-927151624467

Four days to go until The Harryhausen Awards submission deadline for 2024! Enter your film to The Ray Harryhausen Awards...
27/05/2024

Four days to go until The Harryhausen Awards submission deadline for 2024!

Enter your film to The Ray Harryhausen Awards before the closing date this Friday May 31st! We welcome submissions in the following categories:

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animationโญ๏ธ

See the full details via the link in our bio, or email [email protected]

There are just over two weeks left to submit for The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024! Established in honour of the legendary...
16/05/2024

There are just over two weeks left to submit for The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024! Established in honour of the legendary master of stop-motion animation, we are now accepting submissions for animated films of all types within the following categories before the deadline of May 31st 2024.

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animation (free entry)โญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธHarryhausen Hall of Fame Award โญ๏ธ

www.harryhausenawards.com
filmfreeway.com/harryhausenawards

We look forward to unveiling a redesigned Award trophy in the coming weeks!

Many thanks to Annie Nicholson for sending through these fantastic photos of her well earned certificate from The Ray Ha...
24/04/2024

Many thanks to Annie Nicholson for sending through these fantastic photos of her well earned certificate from The Ray Harryhausen Awards.

Annie's film 'An Interview with a Megalosaurus' was chosen as a notable entry in our inaugural 'Best Student Film Animation Award 2022'. You can view her film in full on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFiFU5LpUEw&t=2s

We are currently accepting entries for our 2024 Awards in the following categories:

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animation (free entry)โญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธHarryhausen Hall of Fame Awardโญ๏ธ

https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions
filmfreeway.com/harryhausenawards

Films can be entered until May 31st 2024- we look forward to seeing your submissions throughout the coming month!

14/03/2024

Established in honour of the legendary master of stop-motion animation, the Harryhausen Awards 2024 are now accepting submissions for animated films of

In 1992, Ray Harryhausen was presented with an Academy Award for his incredible contribution to filmmaking. Now, The Ray...
11/03/2024

In 1992, Ray Harryhausen was presented with an Academy Award for his incredible contribution to filmmaking. Now, The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation present the 2024 Harryhausen Awards in honour of the legendary master of stop-motion animation.

https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions
filmfreeway.com/harryhausenawards

We are currently accepting entries in the following categories:

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animation (free entry)โญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธHarryhausen Hall of Fame Awardโญ๏ธ

Films can be entered until May 31st 2024- we look forward to seeing your submissions throughout the coming weeks!

The judges of The Ray Harryhausen Awards were delighted to present special new award category in last year's winners ann...
28/02/2024

The judges of The Ray Harryhausen Awards were delighted to present special new award category in last year's winners announcement. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ was given to 'Epic Tails' (TAT Studios), a fantastic, family friendly adventure which picks up on the story of an ageing Jason and the Argonauts.

The team at TAT productions were kind enough to take a photograph of their well-earned Harryhausen Award sitting proudly in their studio! For your chance to win in our 2024 awards, check out the links below:

https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions
filmfreeway.com/harryhausenawards

We are currently accepting entries from the following categories:

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animation (free entry)โญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธHarryhausen Hall of Fame Awardโญ๏ธ

Films can be entered until May 31st 2024- we look forward to seeing your submissions throughout the coming weeks and months!

21/02/2024

The prestigious Ray Harryhausen Awards have opened submissions for animated films of all types with reduced entry fees

In 2010, Ray Harryhausen was presented with a special BAFTA award for his incredible lifetime contribution to filmmakin...
20/02/2024

In 2010, Ray Harryhausen was presented with a special BAFTA award for his incredible lifetime contribution to filmmaking. Now, The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation present the The Ray Harryhausen Awards honour of the legendary master of stop-motion animation.

https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions
filmfreeway.com/harryhausenawards

We are currently accepting entries from the following categories:

โญ๏ธBest Feature Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Short Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Student Film Animationโญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธBest Children's Film Animation (free entry)โญ๏ธ
โญ๏ธHarryhausen Hall of Fame Awardโญ๏ธ

Films can be entered until May 31st 2024- we look forward to seeing your submissions throughout the coming weeks and months!

Meet the judging panel for The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024! John Walsh is a trustee of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Fo...
06/02/2024

Meet the judging panel for The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024!

John Walsh is a trustee of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation. He is a double BAFTA nominated filmmaker and best-selling author. After graduating from the London Film School, John founded his own film production company, Walsh Bros Ltd, which became one of the UKโ€™s top 100 production companies. His books include Harryhausen The Lost Movies, and his acclaimed Official Story of the Film series with titles on Flash Gordon: The Story of the Film , Escape From New York: The Story of the Film , Dr. Who & The Daleks The Story of the Films , Conan The Barbarian and ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ .

https://www.johnwalshfilmmaker.com

Submit your film to the Harryhausen Awards before May 31st- winners revealed on what would have been Ray's birthday on June 29th!

https://www.harryhausenawards.com
https://filmfreeway.com/HarryhausenAwards

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