The animated adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' Lost and Found has won the award for Best Animation at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Children’s Award Ceremony in London.

The film was first broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2008 and will be repeated in the UK over the 2009 holiday season, on Channel 4 and Nick Jr. The film was produced by E1 Entertainment and Studio AKA. The BAFTA is the 20th Award to be won by the film.

Lost and Found was published in 2005 and won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2006 Gold Medal and the Blue Peter Book Award 2006, as well as being nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Oliver Jeffers will be attending the Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature in March 2010. His latest book is The Great Paper Caper (2008).

The Festival organisers extend their congratulations to Oliver, Studio AKA and E1 Entertainment.

Oliver Jeffers’ website can be seen here.

The award ceremony in full can be seen here.