Feb 2, 2020

"Klaus" wins BAFTA Award for best animated feature

Sergio Pablos's Klaus has won the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for best animated feature. The awards are being presented this evening in London at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Netflix-produced feature was up against Walt Disney Animation Studios's Frozen 2, Disney-Pixar's Toy Story 4, and Aardman Animation's A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.

It's the second major win in a row for Klaus, which dominated last weekend at ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards, picking up seven awards including best animated feature.

The award for visual effects was presented to 1917, the night's big winner, which took home a total of seven awards, including best film. Other nominees in the vfx category were Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, The Lion King, and Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker.

On the animated short side, Maryam Mohajer's Iran-set family comedy Grandad was a Romantic won the prize. The other nominees in the category, which is open only to British shorts, were The Magic Boat and In Her Boots.