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Babylon (1991)
Babylon was one of several Aardman Animations films commissioned by Channel 4 Commissioning Editor Paul Madden. The film was directed by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The editor is David McCormick. It is included on the Aardman Classics DVD, and so is the least obscure of the series. The short is 15 minutes long. Its release date in the UK was 3 February 1991, and it was later released in Canada on 7 June 2003 at the Worldwide Short Film Festival. Tony Robinson plays the role of Voice of Speaker. The film's synopsis is "Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace". On IMDb, it has a rating of 6.2/10 from 67 users. The film received two awards: Peter Lord and David Sproxton won the Audience Award, and Peter Lord won the Award of Merit for a Film Between 5 and 15 Minutes This was the first film project Genndy Tartakovsky worked on after joining Frederator Studios in the early 90s. Aardman agreed to supply Tartakovsky with extra resources for Dexter’s Laboratory if he agreed to help them finish the film.