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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
“Klaus” and “I Lost My Body” Win Big At Annie Awards
January 26th, 2020 Jerry Beck Netflix was the big winner at the
Re-Watch The Annual Annie Awards Live Stream – Here!
January 25th, 2020 Jerry Beck Asifa Hollywood live streamed last night’s Annie Awards ceremony – direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall – and you can watch or re-watch it here. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up covered the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the laughs, the flubs, even the audience reactions. You won’t miss a thing. It’s just like […]
47th Annie Award Nominations Announced
December 2nd, 2019 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominees today for its 47th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations visit www.annieawards.org. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Missing Link (Laika Studios), Klaus (Netflix/SPA Studios/Atresmedia Cine), Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden […]
‘Call For Entries’ For the 47th Annie Awards Opens Today
August 5th, 2019 Jerry Beck The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 47th Annual Annie Awards™ to begin today, August 5. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the Annie Awards™ will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best Feature, Broadcast Production, Short Film, Virtual Reality, etc.) and 22 Achievement categories (Best Animation, Direction, Production Design, […]
Asifa-Hollywood Announces Key Dates for 47th Annual Annie Awards
April 1st, 2019 Jerry Beck The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its key dates for the 47th Annie Awards ceremony set for Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. “We try to set the Annie Awards early in the award season so that the media and other award ceremonies have a window into how our industry members […]
Spider-Man Sweeps The Annies Awards
February 2nd, 2019 Jerry Beck Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature at the 46th Annual Annie Awards Saturday evening, and garnered top honors across seven categories including Character Animation – David Han; Character Design – Shiyoon Kim; Directing – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman; Production Design – Justin K. Thompson; Writing – Phil Lord and […]
Sue Shakespeare and Brooke Keesling appointed as VP’s on Asifa-Hollywood Executive Board
October 23rd, 2018 Jerry Beck The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood recently announced new officer appointments to its Executive Board of Directors. ServIng as Second and Third Vice Presidents, respectively, are Sue Shakespeare, President of the highly successful independent animation studio, Creative Capers Entertainment and Brooke Keesling, former Talent Development Director at Cartoon Network and more recently, Director of Community […]
‘Call For Entries’ For the 46th Annual Annie Awards Begins Today
August 1st, 2018 Jerry Beck The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 46th Annual Annie Awards to begin today,Wednesday, August 1st. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the Annie Awards will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best Feature, Broadcast Production, Short Film, Virtual Reality, etc.) and 22 Achievement categories (Best Animation, […]
Animation Educators Forum Announces 2018-19 Student Scholarship Recipients
June 26th, 2018 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum (AEF) are proud to announce the scholarship winners for academic year 2018-2019. This year’s scholarships total $40,000 and will be distributed to ten (10) students, both graduate and undergraduate, and include narrative and documentary animation projects, and formal academic research. According to the AEF judges, applications came in from […]
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June 12th, 2018 Jerry Beck The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood continues its commitment to open source animation technology this month with a special development sponsorship to Synfig, a 2D vector graphics animation program. The amount awarded was $2000. This grant will help keep their new developer employed full-time, working on bug-fixes and improving stability of the free and open […]
ASIFA’s Animation Educators Forum announces 2018-19 Student Scholarship Program
April 16th, 2018 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum (AEF) are proud to announce the 2018-19 Student Scholarship Program. Applications are currently being accepted for academic year 2018-2019 and are available now online here through May 7th. Scholarship recipients will be announced in July. The AEF Scholarships are merit-based awards designed to support college students in continuing their […]
