Bristol takes 2 BAFTAs

bristol | media and culture | news report Tuesday February 10, 2009 12:47 by MediaWatch

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Some good news, Bristol takes 2 BAFTAs. A little something to brighten your day..

With the gloom of financial meltdown, it is always nice to get a bit of news that will lift your day. Today is that day;

Congratulations go to two Bristol winners at Tuesday night’s star studded Orange BAFTA Awards Ceremony held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Esther May Campbell, who last year, was tipped by the UK Film Council as a Star of Tomorrow, won Best Short Film for ‘September’, an atmospheric story shot near the Severn Bridge, about a meeting between a young no-hoper and a girl who is learning to fly. Click here for more information about Esther May Campbell

And the team from Aardman, Steve Pegram, Nick Park and Bob Baker won Best Short Animation for Wallace and Gromit ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’ which was shown on BBC1 on Christmas day receiving the highest rating of any TV show all last year with an audience of 14.3 million. http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/2009/2/9/bafta-wins-for-b...akers

We've even found an interview with Esther - you go girl!