Announcements

The Ray Harryhausen Awards- Winners Announcement 2022

We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Ray Harryhausen Awards! Find out which entries were sucessful in each category in the premiere of our awards announcement video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CriLHhcakcg Thank you to everybody who entered The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2022, and congratulations again to our winners! To find out more about the awards, […]

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The Ray Harryhausen Awards- Deadline this Saturday!

A reminder to submit your film for The Ray Harryhausen Awards before the extended closing date of this Saturday, April 30th 2022! ⭐️Best Feature Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Short Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Student Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Commercial Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Television Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Children’s Film Animation⭐️ See the full details via https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions, or email info@harryhausenawards.com. 

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Harryhausen Awards- Children’s award & online submissions

  ‘Children’s Animation’ award announced February 15th 2022 We are delighted to announce that a new category for ‘Best Children’s Animation‘ has been added to the 2022 Ray Harryhausen Awards. Please note that this new award replaces the ‘Best Online Film Animation’ category. This new category is open to under-16s and is free to enter. For further […]

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Harryhausen Awards- online submission now available

You can now submit to The Ray Harryhausen Awards directly through our website! Head to https://www.harryhausenawards.com/submissions & enter your film before April 15th Entrants can submit under the following categories: ⭐️Best Feature Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Short Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Student Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Commercial Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Online Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Television Animation⭐️​ See  https://www.harryhausenawards.com for full terms […]

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Simon Mackintosh retirement

We would like to announce the retirement of Simon Mackintosh as Trustee of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation.  Simon spent his professional career as a solicitor, first at W&J Burness and latterly at Turcan Connell, where he served as the firm’s first Chairman of the Partnership.  He has had a long-standing involvement with the […]

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Submissions to Harryhausen Awards open

Submissions to the inaugural Harryhausen Awards begin on 1st January 2022. Entrants can submit under the following categories: ⭐️Best Feature Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Short Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Student Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Commercial Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Online Film Animation⭐️ ⭐️Best Television Animation⭐️​ An Entry Fee must be paid via PayPal to rayharryhausenfoundation@gmail.com before each film is submitted. The Entry […]

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‘Acting with Harryhausen: Martine Beswick and Caroline Munro’

Make a date in your diary for the next National Galleries of Scotland Harryhausen Virtual Exhibition Experience event! ‘Acting with Harryhausen: Martine Beswick and Caroline Munro’ will be hosted by Foundation trustee John Walsh, and take place on Tuesday 9 November, 6-7pm (BST). https://www.nationalgalleries.org/event/harryhausen-virtual-exhibition-experience-live-3-acting-harryhausen-martine-beswick-and ‘…The third of four exclusive live-streamed interactive events in which Hollywood […]

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Harryhausen Season, Filmhouse Edinburgh

We are delighted to share news of the Edinburgh Filmhouse’s ‘Ray Harryhausen Season’. Throughout the coming months, each of Ray’s films will be screened alongside a short film from the Foundation. For more information and to book tickets, see https://www.filmhousecinema.com/season/ray-harryhausen ‘A selection of films featuring pioneering special effects by filmmaking legend Ray Harryhausen. Known for his iconic […]

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