Universal Pictures UK topped the list of winners at the 2008 British Video Association Awards, picking up three awards for Marketing Initiatives in Film, Children’s and Special Interest as well winning the Best British Film of the Year voted for by the British public in association with the MyMovies.net website.
It was another great night for Revolver Entertainment who took home two BVA trophies this year. One was for their Marketing Initiative in the Non-Theatrical category and the second was for the Creative Initiative of the year for The Zombie Walk, promoting the film The Zombie Diaries. The judges said that “the campaign stretched across multiple disciplines and new social networks whilst being innovative and impactful considering the small budget.”
Eagle Rock Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Liberation Entertainment, Momentum Pictures and EMI, with their authoring house Abbey Road, came away from the night of celebration with awards in the other marketing and Production categories. HMV and LoveFilm won the retail and rental categories, whilst GreenRoom Digital was named Agency of the Year.
Barrie Gold of S Golds & Sons’s fame was awarded the special BVA Lifetime Achievement Award.
The BVA Awards 2008 were a huge success, celebrating 10 years of DVD and looking ahead to the high definition future.
The full list of BVA 2008 Award winners is as follows:
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Film:
Universal Pictures UK , The Bourne Ultimatum |  |
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Non-Theatrical:
Revolver Entertainment, The Zombie Diaries
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- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Music:
Eagle Rock Entertainment, Queen Rock Montreal
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- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Children’s:
Universal Pictures UK, The Snowman |  |
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Television:
20th Century Fox HE, Family Guy Season 6 |  |
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Sport and Fitness:
Liberation Entertainment, Ricky Hatton – A Life Story |  |
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Special Interest:
Universal Pictures UK, Alan Carr – Tooth Fairy Live |  |
- Marketing Initiative of the Year, Catalogue:
Momentum Pictures, CSI Q4 Promotion |  |
- Creative Initiative of the Year:
Revolver Entertainment, The Zombie Diaries – Zombie Walk |  |
- Best British Authored DVD:
Abbey Road Interactive and EMI Music, Heima – Sigur Ros |  |
- Supplier/Agency of the Year:
Greenroom Digital |  |
- Best British Film of the Year:
Universal Pictures UK, The Bourne Ultimatum
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- Lifetime Achievement:
Barrie Gold |  |
- Retail Success of the Year:
HMV |  |
- Rental Success of the Year:
LoveFilm |  |
- Top Retail Title of the Year:
Sony Pictures HE – Casino Royale |  |
- Top Retail Distributor of the Year:
20th Century Fox HE |  |
- Top Rental Distributor of the Year:
20th Century Fox HE /Pathé Distribution |  |
- Top Rental Title of the Year:
EV – The Departed |  |
