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Originally published: 2004-03-22

Original publication timestamp: 22 March 2004 at 3:37 pm

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## [Dad’s Dead storms British Animation Awards](https://animate.org.uk/editorial/2004/03/dads-dead-storms-british-animation-awards/)

Not just one award but two.

The 2004 British Animation Awards took place on Friday 19 March at London’s Shaw Theatre. The event is biennial and so the cream of two years of UK animation-making was up for recognition.

We are delighted that Chris Shepherd’s animate! film **Dad’s Dead**unanimously won two major categories, Best Film at the Cutting Edge and Best Short Film.

The film has now received eleven international prizes. Our heartiest congratulations go to Chris, and to producer Maria Manton, their company Slinky Pictures and all of the talented contributors to the project and its remarkable success.

**British Animation Awards website**
[http://www.britishanimationawards.com/](http://www.britishanimationawards.com/)

**Chris Shepherd’s production company Slinky Pictures**
[http://www.slinkypics.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20070101002244/http://www.slinkypics.com/)

**Chris’s animate! film, details on animateonline**
[Dad’s Dead](https://animate.org.uk/films/dadsdead/)

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