Escape Awards 2008 big name nominees are announced!
Entry to the Escape Awards 2008 is closed but even now, over a week before the big night, it looks like it’s been a huge success. The number and quality of the entries has been phenomenal – just take a look at the reel of some of the entrants!
The submissions are from some of the industry’s biggest, boldest and most innovative names. Framestore CFC, MPC, Double Negative, The Mill, Ninja Theory and Saddington & Baynes are just a few of the many companies which have put forward their work for the Awards.
However, only three from each category could be chosen from close to 200 entries. Below are listed the nominees who’ll be in the running to collect an award at the ceremony held at Tate Modern on 27 March and hosted by David Puttnam (pictured).
| Jellyfish Pictures | Carbon Footprint |
| Framestore CFC | Primeval |
| The Mill | The Last of the Time Lords |
| Glassworks | Flexifuel |
| The Mill | Tipping point |
| Framestore CFC | Sea |
| MPC | Sunshine |
| MPC | Harry Potter and the order of Phoenix |
| Framestore CFC | The Golden Compass |
| The Mill | Ole Black 'n' Blue eyes |
| Framestore CFC | The Salmon Dance |
| Flynn Productions | The Macabees |
| Evolution Studios | MotorStorm |
| Rare | Viva Piñata |
| Ninja Theory | Heavenly Sword |
| Uniform | The Quarter |
| Uniform | The Crystal |
| Seymour Powell | The Virgin Galactic experience |
| Burrows | LRX in Piccadilly Circus |
| Flaming CGI | Burj Dubai Hero Shot |
| Zaha Hadid Architects | Zaragoza Interior |
| Harin Hirani | Pedestrian |
| Ian Wharton & Edward Shires | Solar |
| James Kearsley & Henry Scholfield | The Initiation of Kim Sun |
Be sure to check back to see who won what on the big night and hear all the gossip from when the industry's movers and shakers got together.
Images
- Right 3rd from Top: Carbon Footprint/Jellyfish Pictures
- Right 3rd from Bottom: Tipping Point/The Mill
- Right 2nd from Bottom: Sunshine/MPC
- Bottom Right: Virgin Galactic experience/Seymour Powell
