Annal:2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Animated Film
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Results of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award in the year 2009. Note that WALL•E receives no points because it won the BAFTA Children's category. For a ranked list of films, try an honor roll:
- 2009 Golden Globe-Animation winner
- 2009 Hugo-Video winner
- 2009 Oscar-Animation winner
- 2009 Saturn-Animated winner
- 2008 BAFTA-Children winner
- 2009 BAFTA-Animated winner*
- Score: 50.59
The highly acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and the creative storytellers behind Cars and Ratatouille transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named WALL•E.
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar’s latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film BURN-E. WALL•E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
- 2009 BAFTA-Animated nominee
- 2008 Oscar-Animation nominee
- 2007 Cannes Prix du Jury
- Score: 18.59
Tehran 1978: Eight-year-old Marjane dreams of being a prophet, intent on saving the world. Cherished by her modern and cultivated parents and adored by her grandmother, she avidly follows the events that lead to the downfall of the Shah’s brutal regime. Marjane, who must now wear the veil, dreams of being a revolutionary. Soon after, the city is bombarded in the war against Iraq. As her environment becomes increasingly repressive and dangerous, Marjane’s rebelliousness poses a serious problem. Her parents send her to Vienna where 14-year-old Marjane experiences another kind of revolution: adolescence, freedom and the dizzy heights of love but also with this excitement comes exile, loneliness and the bitter taste of life as an outcast.
- 2009 BAFTA-Animated nominee
- Score: 6.59
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images …
