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, […]
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And the Oscar Goes to… Pixar’s “Soul” and “If Anything Happens I Love You”
April 25th, 2021 
Jerry Beck In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s Soul. Best Animated Short was awarded to “If Anything Happens I Love You”. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – favoring films that touch the […]
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, […]
Academy Award Nominations 2021
March 15th, 2021 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 93rd Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: Onward (Pixar) D: Dan Scanlon Over The Moon (Netflix) D: Glen Keane Soul (Pixar) D: Pete […]
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 […]
“Soul” Wins Golden Globe
February 28th, 2021 Jerry Beck The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe winners tonight – and included in the mix was the winner for Best Animated Feature. Pixar’s Soul won the top honor. Producer Dana Murray and director Pete Docter accepted the award and spoke remotely from home – genuinely shocked and thanking their collaborators at Pixar […]
Oscar’s Animated Short List Nominees – 2020
February 9th, 2021 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlist for the 93rd Oscars in the category of Animated Short Film. Ten films were selected out of 96 films qualified in the category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The films, listed […]
2020 Golden Globe Nominees
February 3rd, 2021 Jerry Beck The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominees today – and included in the mix were their choices for Best Animated Feature. As expected, Pixar’s Soul (Pete Docter and Kemp Powers) and Onward (Dan Scanlon) made the grade; Over The Moon (Netflix/Pearl; Glen Keener) and The Croods 2: The New Age (Dreamworks; Joel Crawford) […]
Annie Awards ‘Call For Entries’ Open Today
January 4th, 2021 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced its ‘Call for Entries’ today for the 48th Annual Annie Awards. For submission rules and information, please visit submissions.annieawards.org. The deadline to submit projects is Monday, February 1st, 2021 at 5 p.m. PST. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 48th Annual Annie Awards will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best […]
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., […]
Rich Webber’s “BENCH” Wins Top Honors at LAAF 2020
December 6th, 2020 Jerry Beck The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), which was an online-competition-only event this year, announced its winners Sunday night – with top honors – BEST OF THE FEST and BEST COMEDY SHORT – going to Rich Webber’s beautifully paced and hilarious short Bench (U.K). Canada’s Ya Ma won BEST FEATURE for his powerful documentary Up We […]
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 […]
