ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that it will begin accepting recommendations for this year’s Juried Award nominations honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. Applications may be submitted now through Tuesday, November 16, 2021 via email at info@asifa-hollywood.org or mailed to the ASIFA-Hollywood offices at 2416 W. Victory Blvd., #245, Burbank, CA 91506. The Juried Award […]
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49th Annual Annie Awards Call for Entries
August 9th, 2021 Jerry Beck The official kick-off to Awards Season begins today as the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 49th Annual Annie Awards. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 49th Annual Annie Awards will be presented in 36 categories including Animated Feature, Animated Feature-Independent, TV/Media Production, Sponsored Production, Short Subject, […]
ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “Soul” wins 7 “Wolfwalkers” win 5
April 16th, 2021 Jerry Beck Pixar’s Soul received seven Annie Awards during the 48th virtual awards ceremony Friday evening, winning top honors for Best Feature, Character Animation (Michal Makarewicz), Music (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste), Storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez), Writing (Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers), Best FX (Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller) and Editorial […]
Watch The Annie Awards Live Stream Tonight – Here!
April 16th, 2021 Jerry Beck Asifa Hollywood is live streaming tonight’s Annie Awards ceremony – a virtual event this year – and you can watch or re-watch it here. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up covers the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the laughs, the flubs. You won’t miss a thing. It’s just like being there… only you […]
Annie Awards Announces Presenters For April 16th Online Event
March 30th, 2021 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced its slate of presenters today for the 48th Virtual Annie Awards to stream live courtesy of Variety on Friday, April 16 at 7 p.m. PST. Additional presenters to be announced. The virtual Annies link is here: http://annieawards.org/watch-it-live/. Presenters include actors Josh Gad, Matthew Rhys, Philippa Soo (Hamilton) and Eva Whittaker; Oscar winning composer, […]
48th Annie Award Nominations Announced
March 3rd, 2021 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 48th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org/nominees. This year’s ceremony will be streamed live, courtesy of Variety on Friday, April 16th at 7 p.m. PST. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Onward (Pixar […]
Asifa-Hollywood Announces It’s Juried Award Recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards
December 21st, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its selection of Juried Awards recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards. The Juried Awards honor career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award for career contributions to the art of animation are being presented to three recipients – Willie Ito, animation designer whose career began at Warner Bros., […]
Asifa-Hollywood Appoints New Officers To Its Executive Board of Directors
December 7th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today, its new slate of officers for its executive board of directors. The new officers are: Board President, Sue Shakespeare; Vice President, Jerry Beck; 2nd Vice President, Brooke Keesling; 3rd Vice President, David Derks; Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jeff Wike; and Secretary, Jeanette Bonds. All of the newly appointed officers are currently active […]
ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’
November 30th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its ‘Call for Judges’ for the 48th Virtual Annie Awards. Applicants must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being a nomination committee judge, will find the application at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.
48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual
October 15th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 48th Annie Awards ceremony will be a Virtual event, to be held on Friday, April 16, 2021. Details are currently in the planning stages. As ceremony information becomes available, the Annie Awards official website will be updated. “One particular advantage of this year’s virtual event is the participation of our […]
ASIFA-Hollywood Now Accepting Nominations For Annie Juried Awards
September 30th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that it will begin accepting recommendations for this year’s Juried Award nominations honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. Applications may be submitted now through Saturday, October 31 via email at info@asifa-hollywood.org or mailed to the ASIFA-Hollywood offices at 2114 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506. The Juried Award recipients will […]
The “24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students” is Open for Entries
September 24th, 2020 Jerry Beck What could you animate in 24 hours? That’s the question students will be asking themselves for this year’s 24 HOURS: Animation Contest for Students. The 2020 contest will be hosted online, from Friday October 2nd to Saturday October 3rd. This free event challenges students around the world to compete in teams of five to produce […]
48th Annual Annie Awards Rules, Categories & Deadlines Announced
August 24th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that while the current pandemic has been a challenge, the 48th Annie Awards ceremony will be held — either virtually or live — on Friday, April 16th, 2021. The final decision on whether the ceremony is virtual or live will be determined this October 2020. “What this epidemic has taught us is […]
Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Selects 2020 Student Scholarship Recipients
July 15th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce its scholarship recipients for academic year 2020. This year’s scholarships total is $40,000 and will be distributed to 11 students; four graduate and seven undergraduates from six countries. The scholarship funds will be used to cover costs for necessary software and hardware, academic research and tuition. […]
Asifa-Hollywood Will Live Stream Annecy Master Class With Clements and Musker on Friday
June 16th, 2020 Jerry Beck On Friday, June 19th at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern), 9:00 a.m. (Pacific), legendary Disney directors Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, the Princess and the Frog, Moana), in a live streamed Annecy Festival Master Class, will discuss their careers and views on the animation industry. Ron and John’s open ended, informal conversation […]
