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Independents and Studios Triumph on a Night to Remember at 2022 BASE Awards

October 7, 2022

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. Id 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.

The full list of BASE Awards winners:

2021 Digital Distributor of the YearSponsored by The Official Charts Company

Warner Bros. Discovery

2021 Physical Distributor of the YearSponsored by The Official Charts Company

Warner Bros. Discovery

2021 Independent Label of the Year – DigitalSponsored by The Official Charts Company

Lionsgate UK

2021 Independent Label of the Year PhysicalSponsored by The Official Charts Company

BBC Studios

2021 Title of the YearSponsored by The Official Charts Company

No Time to Die

Warner Bros. Discovery, Universal Pictures & MGM

Best in Class PackagingSponsored 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 MultipleSponsored 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 FilmSponsored by British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

Minari

Altitude Film Entertainment

Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Non-TraditionalSponsored by Strike Media

Minari

Altitude Film Entertainment

Campaign of the Year for New Release Film – Over £15m Box Office TraditionalSponsored by Deluxe

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Campaign of the Year for New Release Film Up to £15m Box Office TraditionalSponsored by OC

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Campaign of the Year for SpecialistSponsored by Action for Children

Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story

Universal Pictures

Campaign of the Year for TVSponsored by Once Upon a Time

Game of Thrones: The Iron Anniversary

Warner Bros. Discovery

Creative Marketing Initiative of the YearSponsored by Lionsgate UK

Alexa x Venom Voice Activation

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Hidden GemSponsored by Zoo Digital

The Father

Lionsgate UK

Outstanding InnovationSponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment

Streaming Liveto Your Living Room: Stand-Up Comedy with Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran

Universal Pictures

Digital Retailer of the YearSponsored by The Walt Disney Company

Amazon Prime Video

Physical Retailer of the YearSponsored by BBC Studios

HMV

Retailer / Platform Initiative of the YearSponsored 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

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