The best of the fourth series of 2DTV is being released today on DVD.
21st December 2004 - 2DTV series 5 compilation show details
A compilation of the best bits of the new series of 2DTV will be broadcast on 23rd December 2004 on ITV1 at 11.00pm.
16th December 2004 - First feature film made with CelAction2D released in cinemas!
Cirkeline og verdens mindste superhelt, an 80 minute feature film directed by Jannik Hastrup, has been released in Denmark.
8th December 2004 - I Am Not An Animal nominated for Comedy prize
I Am Not An Animal by Baby Cow Animation has been nominated in the Best Comedy category of the 2005 Broadcast awards, to be held in January.
7th December 2004 - Circuit Marine nominated for Swiss prize
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez has been nominated in the Animation section of the Swiss Film Prize, which will be awarded in January 2005.
6th December 2004 - Two CelAction2D films at Nuits Magiques
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Poteline by Chloé Miller are competing at the Festival Des Nuits Magiques in Bègles, France.
3rd December 2004 - Poteline in competition at Animadrid
Poteline by Chloé Miller is competing in the International Short Films section of Animadrid 2004, which starts today.
2nd December 2004 - Poteline in competition at Cinemascotte
Poteline by Chloé Miller is competing in the Animation section of Cinemascotte 2004, in Tournus, France.
1st December 2004 - First independent CelAction2D course is complete
Astley Baker Davies ran a CelAction2D training course last week from their London studio. Peppa Pig animation director Joris Van Hulzen taught 7 students from a variety of animation backgrounds. Let us know if you are interested in future courses and we will keep your details on file.
29th November 2004 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! sweeps BAFTAS
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! by Collingwood O'Hare has won the Best Pre-school Animation and Best Original Writing awards at the 2004 Children's BAFTAs.
26th November 2004 - Final Solution wins at Espinho
Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy won the Prize Of the Town Espinho and the Prize for Best in Category at Cinanima 2004 in Espinho, Portugal.
25th November 2004 - CelAction2D films at I Castelli Animati
Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy is in the International Competition at the I Castelli Animati film festival 2004. Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Winter Days featuring Mark Baker will also be shown.
24th November 2004 - Final Solution wins at Horror and Fantasy Festival
Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy shares the Jury Prize of the 15th San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2004.
22nd November 2004 - W.O.W. wins EDI award!
Swamp's W.O.W. has won the EDI Clips & Trailers "L'Or pour l'ensemble de la production" award.
5th November 2004 - 2DTV begins fifth series
A brand new series of 2DTV, the topical animated sketch show, will be broadcast from 8th November 2004 on ITV1 at 11.00pm. It will run for 6 half-hour episodes.
4th November 2004 - CelAction2D film in competition at Espinho
Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy is in competition at Cinanima 2004 in Espinho, Portugal.
3rd November 2004 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! gets prize at Chicago Children's Film Festival 2004
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! - "The Traveller" by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment got 2nd Prize in the Children's Jury - Animated Television Production at the Chicago Children's Film Festival.
1st November 2004 - New 2DTV DVD available
The best of the fourth series of 2DTV is being released today on DVD.
29th October 2004 - CelAction2D shows nominated for 3 BAFTAS
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! by Collingwood O'Hare and Peppa Pig by Astley Baker Davies have been nominated in the Pre-school category of the children's BAFTAs. This is a milestone because all the 2D productions in this category have been made using our software. In addition, Tony Collingwood has been nominated for Best Writer for Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! too.
26th October 2004 - Circuit Marine in competition at Winterthur
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez is competing for Best Swiss Film at the Winterthur Film Festival 2004.
25th October 2004 - W.O.W. nominated for EDI award
Swamp's W.O.W., the animated segment of Switzerland's Punkt.ch, has been nominated for an EDI award.
22nd October 2004 - Three CelAction2D films at Chicago Children's Film Festival 2004
Two Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! shorts by Collingwood O'Hare (The Special Thing and The Traveller) and Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez are being shown at the Chicago Children's Film Festival.
14th October 2004 - Three CelAction2D films at HAFF 2004
Love Is Strange and Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy and Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez are in competition at the Holland Animation Film Festival 2004 in Utrecht.
12th October 2004 - CelAction2D films at Leipzig 2004
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy are competing in the International section of the Leipzig 2004 festival.
4th October 2004 - Circuit Marine wins at New England Animation Bash!
Circuit Marine won the Audience Prize for Best Out-Of-Town Film at the New England Animation Bash, held in New England this summer.
1st October 2004 - The Secret Show stars at Cartoon Forum
According to Animation World Network, Collingwood O'Hare's The Secret Show was the most popular of the 68 projects presented at Cartoon Forum.
20th August 2004 - CelAction2D film in competition at Krok
Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy is competing in the Student's Film category at the 2004 Krok Film Festival.
19th August 2004 - Ottawa 2004 news
Winter Days, the collaborative feature film containing a segment by Mark Baker, is in competition for Best Animated Feature Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on the 22nd-26th September. Also being shown are Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy, Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! - "The Traveller" by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment. See http://www.awn.com/ottawa/ for more information.
18th August 2004 - CelAction2D films at Hiroshima 2004
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez is showing in the Children's Programme, Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy is showing in the Student's Programme, and Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy is showing in the Best Of The World Programme at the Hiroshima 2004 festival.
16th August 2004 - Three CelAction2D films at LIAF 2004
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez, Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy and Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy will be shown at the London International Animation Festival from 24th-29th August. See http://www.liaf.org.uk for more information.
30th July 2004 - New CelAction project at Cartoon Forum
Collingwood O'Hare's new project, The Secret Show, is being presented at this year's Cartoon Forum in September.
21st July 2004 - CelAction films in competition at Anima Mundi
Phil Mulloy's Intolerance III - The Final Solution, Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy are all in competition at Anima Mundi 2004.
28th June 2004 - The Final Solution wins at Zagreb!
Phil Mulloy's Intolerance III - The Final Solution won an Award For Films With Outstanding Qualities At The Discretion Of The Jury at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films 2004.
25th June 2004 - Circuit Marine wins prize at WSFF!
Circuit Marine received an Honourable Mention for Best Animated Short at the Worldwide Short Film Festival 2004 in Toronto.
24th May 2004 - CelAction will be at Annecy
CelAction will be represented at the Annecy Film Festival from 7th-12th June 2004. However, this year we are not taking a stand at MIFA. This is due to the fact that the MIFA dates have been brought forward to the beginning of the week (7-10 June), and our preliminary research has shown that most of the people who want to meet us will be arriving only from the 10th June (for the festival) and will not be visiting MIFA.
We still remain committed to supporting MIFA, but we do hope that next year the organisers will return the MIFA dates to their original days to be more in line with what our customers require.
We will be meeting people and demonstrating our software in Annecy for the whole week. Please e-mail us to organise a meeting.
4th May 2004 - I Am Not An Animal broadcast dates announced
I Am Not An Animal by Baby Cow Animation will begin its' 6 x 30' series on BBC2 from Monday 10th May 2004 at 10.00pm.
25th April 2004 - CNEX wins Welsh BAFTA
CNEX won the Best Light Entertainment category at the 2004 Welsh BAFTA awards.
6th April 2004 - CNEX wins Celtic award
CNEX won the Best Entertainment prize at the 2004 Celtic Film and Television Festival.
2nd April 2004 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! wins again
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! won the Golden Cairo award in the TV Programmes category at the 2004 Cairo International Film Festival for Children.
31st March 2004 - CNEX nominated for two awards
CNEX, the Welsh animated satire animated in part by Cinetig, has been nominated for the Best Entertainment prize at the 2004 Celtic Film and Television Festival, and for Best Graphics at the Welsh Baftas 2004.
29th March 2004 - Circuit Marine in competition at Zagreb
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez has been selected for the Grand Competition at the Zagreb Animated Film Festival 2004.
23rd March 2004 - British Animation Awards 2004 winners announced
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! won the Writers Award and Monkey Dust won Best Comedy at the 2004 British Animation Awards.
22nd March 2004 - New CelAction2D series announced from Steve Coogan's production company
I Am Not An Animal by Baby Cow Animation is a 6 x 30' series made completely in CelAction2D, featuring a group of talking animals who escape from a laboratory. This dark comedy will be shown on BBC2.
19th March 2004 - Monkey Dust wins Broadcast Award
Monkey Dust by TalkbackThames won Best Multichannel Programme at the 2004 Broadcast Awards.
17th March 2004 - CelAction supports British Animation Awards
CelAction is proud to support the 2004 British Animation Awards, by being one of the Sponsors of the event, which is held at London's Shaw Theatre on Friday. In addition, CelAction's Creative Director Andy Blazdell was one of the Jury members for the Best Animated Commercial: Director, Best Animated Commercial: Craft and Best Film/TV Graphics awards.
12th March 2004 - Three CelAction2D films at Annecy 2004
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez is in competition for Best Short Film and Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy is in competition for the Best Student Film at the Annecy Film Festival 2004. Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy is in panorama. See http://www.annecy.org for more information.
11th March 2004 - New 2DTV DVD available
The entire third series of 2DTV is being released on 15th March 2004, on both DVD and VHS.
10th March 2004 - Two CelAction2D films in competition at Stuttgart
Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez, and Intolerance III - The Final Solution by Phil Mulloy are both competing in the Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart 2004. More information can be found at http://www.itfs.de/.
9th March 2004 - New Phil Mulloy film completed using CelAction2D
The third part of the Intolerance trilogy, The Final Solution, by Phil Mulloy has been completed. This 22-minute film was produced by Studio FilmBilder in Germany.
8th March 2004 - Temps De Cuisine gets award at Valenciennes!
Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy received the Coups De Coeur SACEM Pour La Réalisation at e.magicien 2003.
5th March 2004 - Yoko! Toto! Jakamoko! broadcast dates
The second 26 episodes of Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment will be shown on ITV1 every weekday from Monday April 26th. The provisional time is 3.15pm, but check your TV guides nearer the time as broadcast times are subject to change.
3rd March 2004 - 2DTV begins 4th series
2DTV, the topical animated sketch show, will be broadcast from 7th March 2004 on ITV1, with repeats on ITV2. It will run for 6 half-hour episodes. A new series is also planned for the autumn.
23rd February 2004 - Peppa Pig gets transmission date and international sales
Peppa Pig, the 52x5 series by AstleyBakerDavies, will be broadcast from 31st May 2004 on Channel 5 in the UK. It has been extremely successful internationally, with deals in Australia, France, New Zealand, Norway, Korea and Sweden.
20th February 2004 - BAA finalists announced
Two productions made with the help of CelAction2D are finalists in the 2004 British Animation Awards - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! is up for the Writers Award and Monkey Dust is up for the Writers Award and Best Comedy.
14th February 2004 - Circuit Marine wins prize at Berlin!
Circuit Marine received a Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival 2004 in Germany. It was screened as part of the Kinderfilmfest section.
28th January 2004 - Three CelAction2D films in competition at Anima 2004
At the Anima 2004 film festival, Winter Days, the feature film containing a segment by Mark Baker made in CelAction2D is competing for Best Feature Film, and also Circuit Marine by Isabelle Favez and Temps De Cuisine by Grégory Duroy are in competition for the Best Short Film prize. See http://www.awn.com/folioscope/anima04/gb/index.html for more information.
24th January 2004 - Circuit Marine wins prize at Solothurn!
Circuit Marine, the short film directed by Isabelle Favez, won the Audience Prize at the Solothurn Film Festival 2004 in Switzerland.
