Congratulations to the Winners of the Children's Choice Awards for 2013!

	SNAP by Thomas G. Murphy & Hilere, 6.5 mins, Scotland, 2012 When bullied young water-haggis SNAP meets a cool frog called Freddie, SNAP makes an unlikely new friend and masters the ancient martial art of Tongue-Fu.
	(notes on) biology by Danny Madden, 5.5 mins, USA, 2011 A bored high-school student turns his biology notes into a wildly adventurous flipbook. Thanks to Danny for helping out both days with animation workshops and for a great Q&A session!
	How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly by Munro Ferguson, 6 mins, Canada, 1995 The dinosaurs were headed for trouble - they ate only junk food, never brushed their teeth and stayed up all night. Over time, their love of jumping off cliffs paid off.
	The Lost Thing by Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan, 15 mins, Australia, 2010 A boy finds a strange creature on a beach and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

Special Mentions for 2013!

Voting was extremely close this year and we had significant contention in the Children's Choice awards! Several Special Mentions are warranted.

On Saturday Morning The Adventures of a Cardboard Box by Temujin Doran (8 mins, Norway, 2011) got a huge audience response and gave a scare to SNAP in the balloting.

In the Saturday Afternoon block, coming in just ONE vote shy of (notes on) biology was 3x3 by Nuno Rocha (6 mins, Portugal, 2010).

And on Sunday Afternoon, giving The Lost Thing a significant challenge was Mina Moes by Mirjam de With (15 mins, Netherlands, 2011). Kudos to the savvy BAICFF audience for giving this short such a great reception, presented in Dutch — without translation!