With 2020 continuing to drive a necessity for innovation, the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has, for the first time, announced the shortlisted nominees for the BASE Awards via a live online broadcast. Taking place on Thursday, July 2nd, the broadcast provided BASE members and the wider video category with a chance to connect with colleagues and raise a glass to congratulate the 82 individual nominees in the running for this year’s 23 awards categories.
For those who missed it, the broadcast is available to watch again here.
With a video message from the Awards’ brand new host, Sally Phillips, the broadcast also featured a few words from BASE Co-Vice Chair, Kevin Dersley, before the shortlist was announced. Speaking after the broadcast, BASE CEO, Liz Bales, added: “Everyone at BASE appreciates that colleagues across the category have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of this year’s BASE Awards shortlist and so we hope that our very first live broadcast hit the right note in providing teams with a moment to come together and celebrate. It’s right that we pause to acknowledge the hard work, dedication and innovation seen in the Awards entries from right across the category, not to mention the hard work from our esteemed judges who spent hours deliberating the results, and we have no doubt that the shortlist will engender the lively debate that typifies the run-up to the awards themselves.
“Much remains to be seen in terms of whether a live event is viable for the 2020 BASE Awards – as indicated previously, the November event will be reviewed against government advice in August but, irrespective of that, the shortlist announcement also redoubles our commitment to members that the winners and highly commended entries into this year’s awards will still be celebrated in 2020, regardless of how the appropriate response to the ongoing pandemic informs our thinking.”
With entries finalised and moderated during the first digital judging sessions in the Award’s history, the final line-up for the 40th anniversary of the BASE Awards now features all of the familiar and hard-fought categories along with three new or refreshed categories: External Team of the Year (previously Supplier of the Year), Campaign of the Year for Non-Traditional Release and the Category Hero Award. The Category Hero Award nominees will be announced in the coming weeks so we can take a moment to highlight the individual successes that led to their nomination.
BASE Awards 2020 – Shortlist
Physical Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by Universal Pictures UK
Asda
HMV
Tesco PLC
Online Physical Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by The Walt Disney Company
Amazon
Zoom
Zavvi
Digital Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Amazon
Sky Store
Virgin Media Store
Outstanding Innovation – Retail
UCA – Universal Pictures / Sony Pictures with their Hybrid Tower
Tesco Plc, multibuys on FTP and STP products
Zoom at MCM Comic Con 2019
Retailer Initiative of the Year:
DVD Aisle Revitalisation – Asda
Continued Innovation to Grow its Transactional Base – Sky UK
Zoom Pop-up shop at MCM Comic Con London – Zoom
In Store Theatre Initiative of the Year
Pizza Deals – Asda
Downton Abbey – Universal Pictures UK
Disney Product in Tesco 2019 – The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Campaign of the Year for Non-Traditional Release
Batman: Hush – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot – Universal Pictures UK
The Vanishing – Lionsgate UK
Western Stars – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Campaign of the Year for FILM – Up to £1m Box Office
Bait – BFI
Brightburn – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Hunter Killer – Lionsgate UK
Campaign of the Year for FILM – £1m – £1.99m Box Office
Apollo 11 – Dogwoof Ltd / Universal Pictures UK
Hellboy – Lionsgate UK
Mortal Engines – Universal Pictures UK
Overlord – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Paramount Pictures
Campaign of the Year for FILM – £2m – £4.99m Box Office
Nativity Rocks – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Entertainment One
Rambo: Last Blood – Lionsgate UK
Robin Hood – Lionsgate UK
Campaign of the Year for FILM – £5m – £14.99m Box Office
Angel Has Fallen – Lionsgate UK
Bumblebee – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Paramount Pictures
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Lionsgate UK
Pokémon Detective Pikachu – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Yesterday – Universal Pictures UK
Campaign of the Year for FILM – £15m – £24.99m Box Office
Aquaman – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Universal Pictures UK
Rocketman – Paramount Home Media International
Venom – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for FILM – Over £25m Box Office
A Star is Born – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Avengers: Endgame – The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Downton Abbey – Universal Pictures UK
Spider-Man: Far From Home – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for TV – Sponsored by Spirit Entertainment
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror – BBC Studios
Mrs Brown’s Boys – Universal Pictures UK
Outlander Season 4 – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Season 1 – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Paramount Pictures
Campaign of the Year for Catalogue: Single Product
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut – Studiocanal
Doctor Who: Season 26 Collection Boxset – BBC Studios
The Italian Job – 50th Anniversary – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Paramount Pictures
Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe: Phase 3, Part 2 – The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Mean Girls – 15th Anniversary – Universal Pictures UK on behalf of Paramount Pictures
Schindler’s List – 25th Anniversary Edition – Universal Pictures UK
Campaign of the Year for Catalogue: Multiple Product
Cinema Magic – The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Digital Recruitment – The Ultimate Winter Watch List – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Summer Adventures – The Walt Disney Company Ltd
PR / Publicity Initiative of the Year
The Favourite – 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Jay & Silent Bob Reboot – UPHE Content Group, NBC Universal
John Wick: Excommunicado – Lionsgate UK
External Team of the Year – Sponsored by West 10
Grapevine Digital
Obviously Creative
Target Group (Organic & Target Media)
Outstanding Innovation – Distribution – Sponsored by Obviously Creative
Digital Gifting – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Harry Potter Advent Calendar – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Seven Worlds, One Planet – Sustainable Packaging – BBC Studios
Universal Interns Green Challenge Initiative – Universal Pictures UK
Creative Marketing Initiative of the Year – Sponsored by Lionsgate UK
Bohemian Rhapsody Treasure Truck – 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Walt Disney Company Ltd
Creative Identity & Big Movie Night In – Sky Store
The Crown: Complete Boxset – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Mega Movie Week – Obviously Creative
Distributor of the Year
To be announced at awards ceremony
Title of the Year
To be announced at awards ceremony
Category Hero
To be announced shortly
