A SCOTS singer-songwriter who appeared on the BBC talent show, Fame Academy, has been recognised at an awards ceremony celebrating the best new television, film and games talent in Scotland.
Ainslie Henderson – who is studying at the Edinburgh College of Art – was last night named the winner of the Animation category at the New Talent Awards organised by BAFTA in Scotland, in association with Channel 4 and Creative Scotland.
His ‘It’s About Spending Time Together’ beat off the challenge of How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?, by Anna Ginsberg, who will have been more than consoled by taking the Best New Worlk title, considered to be the most sought-after of the awards on offer.
Say the organisers: “Anna’s winning piece, a four-minute stop-frame animation, was commissioned by Island Records to promote Bombay Bicycle Club’s single, How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?, and has notched up more than 500,000 hits on YouTube.
In a statement issued by the organisers, Henderson is quoted as saying: “This is the first time I’ve ever won anything. It feels amazing, especially as I made the film for my family and never intended it to be shown publicly. To be awarded by BAFTA in Scotland and to be amongst such amazing talent, some of them friends, is just brilliant. What an incredible night.”
The BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Awards are “open to new work made by students and first-time practitioners and highlight the bright future of Scottish film, television and games”.
This is the fourth year they have been held.
Today’s Scotsman newspaper carries a two-page feature on the winners, by Andrea Mullaney.
The winners’ list reads:
ACTOR / ACTRESS
Lynn Murray
FALLING FOR FITZGERALD
ANIMATION
IT’S ABOUT SPENDING TIME TOGETHER
Director: Ainslie Henderson
Writer: Ainslie Henderson
Producer: Donald Holwill
Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Hakon Palsson
NO MORE SHALL WE PART
Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
EDITOR
Johanna Erholtz
THE TAXIDERMIST
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
FACTUAL: OVER 30 MINUTES
HOW TO START A REVOLUTION
Director: Ruaridh Arrow
Producer: Ruaridh Arrow
TVF International
FACTUAL: UNDER 30 MINUTES
KIRKCALDY MAN
Director: Julian Schwanitz
Producer: Julian Schwanitz
Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
FICTION: UNDER 30 MINUTES
RABBIT PUNCH
Director: Neil Hartop
Writer: Neil Hartop
Producer: Sara Forbes and Stuart Condy
GAME
SCULPTY
Team Tickle
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Gareth Griffiths
AN INTERRUPTED STORY
Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
WRITER
Agata Jagodzinska
SECRET OF CONFESSION
Queen Margaret University
BEST NEW WORK
HOW CAN YOU SWALLOW SO MUCH SLEEP?
Director: Anna Ginsburg
Writer: Anna Ginsburg
Producer: Jared Taylor
Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
