The British Association for Screen Entertainment hosted the 42nd annual BASE Awards at Camden’s Roundhouse last night, with over 30 awards presented to winners spanning distributors, retailers, media owners, individuals and suppliers from across UK Home Entertainment.
The evening saw the UK industry out in full force, with over 600 guests from over 60 member and non-member organisations coming together to celebrate the category’s agility, creativity, and success.
This year’s awards were hosted by BAFTA-nominated BBC presenter Ayo Akinwolere, and the Home Entertainment Industry’s biggest night of the year didn’t’t fail to surprise and excite, as the ‘License to Thrill’ evening celebrated the community and resilience of an energised industry. With its cocktail of glamour and entertainment, the event also worked as a fundraiser for BASE’s chosen charity Action for Children, at this critical time for vulnerable children across the nation.
Universal Pictures led the winners list this year taking home a brilliant five awards across the evening, including Outstanding Innovation for Streaming ‘Live’ to Your Living Room: Stand-Up Comedy with Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran, and Best in Class Packaging for Inglourious Basterds: Total Basterds Edition.
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery followed close behind with four awards each. Sony Pictures Entertainment took home, among others, Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Over 15m Box Office for Spider-Man: No Way Home, while Warner Bros. Discovery won Home Entertainment Campaign of the Year – TV for Game of Thrones: The Iron Anniversary. The Physical Retailer of the Year went to HMV, while Amazon Prime Video took home Digital Retailer of the Year for the second year running.
Independent distributors shared in the success with Altitude Film Entertainment taking home an impressive two awards: Campaign of the Year for Independent Film, and Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Non-Traditional, both for the Oscar-nominated, Minari. Lionsgate UK took home Independent Label of the Year – Digital, with major hits including Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and the dystopian Chaos Walking all contributing to the success. Meanwhile, BBC Studios secured Independent Label of the Year – Physical, with titles such as Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing.
Unforgettable performances on the night included entertainment from the award-winning production company Twisted Time Machine as they showcased salutes to Title of the Year James Bond: No Time to Die in honour of Warner Bros. Discovery’s/Universal Pictures/MGM, and Harley Quinn paying homage to Warner Bros. Discovery. The night also saw a tribute to BBC Studios across multiple franchises and a truly chilling and interactive tribute to Lionsgate UK with the Saw franchise’s Jigsaw.
This year’s awards were generously sponsored by: Action for Children, BDS West 10, British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), FERO, Huckleberry Recruitment, Lionsgate UK, OC, The Official Charts Company, Once Upon a Time, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Strike Media, Studiocanal and Zoo Digital.
The return of the Category Hero Awards rounded off this year’s 42nd event, acknowledging an exclusive group of individuals who deserve special recognition for their outstanding contribution to the category. Awards were presented for leadership, sustainability and innovation, among others. The full list of winners is below, and can also be found on the BASE Awards website.
The 2022 BASE awards raised in excess of £5,000 for charity partner Action for Children, with contributions from every ticket sale, further backed by a live pledge moment on the night, and individual on-the-spot giving.
Liz Bales, Chief Executive, British Association for Screen Entertainment, said: “Every year, the BASE awards are a fantastic opportunity for the Home Entertainment community to come together and celebrate the successes but also the resilience and agility of our industry. I’d like to extend my huge congratulations to everyone who entered and won last night; the standard of submissions, once again, demonstrates the brilliance of our category, and completely blew us and the judges away. A massive thank you, as always, to the BASE team for putting together such a memorable night and of course, to our fantastic judges and supporters who make evenings like this possible.”
Winners Pictures from the night can be found here: https://base-awards.org/winners/
The full list of BASE Awards winners:
2021 Digital Distributor of the Year – Sponsored by The Official Charts Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
2021 Physical Distributor of the Year – Sponsored by The Official Charts Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
2021 Independent Label of the Year – Digital – Sponsored by The Official Charts Company
Lionsgate UK
2021 Independent Label of the Year – Physical – Sponsored by The Official Charts Company
BBC Studios
2021 Title of the Year – Sponsored by The Official Charts Company
No Time to Die
Warner Bros. Discovery, Universal Pictures & MGM
Best in Class – Packaging – Sponsored by FERO
Inglourious Basterds: Total Basterds Edition
Universal Pictures
Best in Class – Social/PR – Sponsored by Huckleberry Recruitment
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for Catalogue – Multiple – Sponsored by XXX
The Thing 4K UHD Special Edition & The John Carpenter 4K Collection
Universal Pictures & Studiocanal
Campaign of the Year for Catalogue – Single – Sponsored by Visual Data
Inglourious Basterds: Total Basterds Edition
Universal Pictures
Campaign of the Year for Independent Film – Sponsored by British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
Minari
Altitude Film Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Non-Traditional – Sponsored by Strike Media
Minari
Altitude Film Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Over £15m Box Office – Traditional – Sponsored by Deluxe
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Up to £15m Box Office – Traditional – Sponsored by OC
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Campaign of the Year for Specialist – Sponsored by Action for Children
Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story
Universal Pictures
Campaign of the Year for TV – Sponsored by Once Upon a Time
Game of Thrones: The Iron Anniversary
Warner Bros. Discovery
Creative Marketing Initiative of the Year – Sponsored by Lionsgate UK
Alexa x Venom Voice Activation
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Hidden Gem – Sponsored by Zoo Digital
The Father
Lionsgate UK
Outstanding Innovation – Sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Streaming ‘Live’ to Your Living Room: Stand-Up Comedy with Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran
Universal Pictures
Digital Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by The Walt Disney Company
Amazon Prime Video
Physical Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by BBC Studios
HMV
Retailer / Platform Initiative of the Year – Sponsored by Studiocanal
Dogwoof
Category Hero – Innovation
Kyle Daniels, Fetch Media
Will Attard, Warner Bros. Discovery
Category Hero – Content Protection – Sponsored by Corsearch
Joanna Betts, Corsearch
Ruth Parkinson, The Walt Disney Company
Roz Cochrane-Gough, Universal Pictures
Trevor Albery, Warner Bros. Discovery
Category Hero – Diversity & Inclusion
Leo Pearlman, Fulwell 73
Phoebe Arthur, Fulwell 73
Sania Haq, AudienceNet
Category Hero – Leadership – Sponsored by ClimateEQ
Rudy Osorio, Rarewaves
Sima Westley, Warner Bros. Discovery
Sarah Stanley, Spirit Entertainment
Category Hero – Operations – Sponsored by BDS West10
Adam Rothwell, ASDA
Ben Stoddart, British Film Institute (BFI)
Fiona Ball, BBC Studios
Jo Harris, Spirit Entertainment
Rosie Burbidge, Sony Pictures
Ted Hodgson, BBC Studios
Category Hero – Sustainability – Sponsored by Finest
Dee Davison, Deluxe
Ruth Parkinson, The Walt Disney Company
