46th Annie Awards Nominations Announced

46th Annie Awards Nominations Announced

December 3rd, 2018

Jerry Beck

ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominees today for its 46th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, check the list list below – or visit www.annieawards.org.

This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Early Man (Aardman Animations), Incredibles 2 (Pixar Animation Studios), Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures), Ralph Breaks The Internet (Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation). Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases, include: Ce Magnifique Gâteau! (Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi!, Pedri Animation), MFKZ (Ankama/Studio 4 C), Mirai (Studio Chizu), Ruben Brandt, Collector (Hungarian National Film Fund) and Tito and the Birds (Bits Productions, Split Studio).

Nominations for the ten Production categories are listed below:

The Annie Awards cover 36 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature-Independent, Special Productions, Commercials, Short Subjects, Student Films and Outstanding Individual Achievements, as well as the honorary Juried Awards. The winners will be announced at a black tie ceremony on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. A pre-reception and press line begins at 4:30 p.m. in Dickson Court, adjacent to Royce Hall with the ceremony following at 7:00 pm. A post-show celebration immediately follows the ceremony. All events will be held at Royce Hall.

#1 Best Animated Feature

Early Man – Aardman Animations
Incredibles 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
Isle Of Dogs – Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures
Ralph Breaks The Internet – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation

#2 Best Animated Independent Feature

Ce Magnifique Gâteau! – Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi !, Pedri Animation
MFKZ – Ankama / Studio 4oC
Mirai – Studio Chizu
Ruben Brandt, Collector – Hungarian National Film Fund
Tito and the Birds – Bits Productions, Split Studio

#3 Best Animated Special Production

Back to the Moon – Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios
Mary Poppins Returns – Walt Disney Studios
The Emperor’s Newest Clothes – HBO / Starburns Industries
The Highway Rat – Magic Light Pictures

#4 Best Animated Short Subject
Grandpa Walrus – Caïmans Productions
Lost & Found – Wabi Sabi Studios
SOLAR WALK – Nørlum
Untravel – Production: Film House Baš Čelik, Serbia Co- production: BFilm, Bratislava / Your Dreams Factory, Bratislava
Weekends – past lives productions

#5 Best Virtual Reality Production

Age of Sail – Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures
Battlescar – AtlasV
Crow: The Legend – Baobab Studios
Mind Palace – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Moss – Polyarc

#6 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial

Goldfish at the Fair – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Greenpeace ‘There’s a Rang-Tan In My Bedroom’ – Passion Animation Studios
Grinch / 40 / Olympics Spot – Illumination
JD: ‘Joy and Heron’ – Passion Pictures
The Fearless Are Here – Nexus Studios

#7 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Ask the StoryBots Episode: How Do Computers Work? – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Dinotrux: Supercharged – Episode: Crabcavator DreamWorks Animation Television
Hey Duggee Episode: The Singing Badge – Studio AKA
PJ Masks Episode: Wacky Floats – Frog Box Entertainment One
Tumble Leaf Episode: Moonlight Mermaid/Hedge’s Hatchlings – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment

#8 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children

Hilda Episode: Chapter 1: The Hidden People – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Episode: Enter the Dragon Master – DreamWorks Animation Television
Little Big Awesome Episode: Puppy Shower – Amazon Studios
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Mystic Mayhem – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters Episode: The Eternal Knight Pt. 2 – DreamWorks Animation Television

#9 Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Big Mouth Episode: The Planned Parenthood Show – Netflix
Bob’s Burgers Episode: The Bleakening, Parts 1 and 2 – 20th Century FOX Television/Bento Box Entertainment
BoJack Horseman Episode: The Dog Days are Over – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Human Kind OfEpisode: Desperately Seeking Social Skills – Cartuna, Facebook Watch
The Venture Bros.Episode: The Saphrax Protocol – Adult Swim / Titmouse, Inc.

#10 Best Student Film

A Blink of An Eye – Kiana Naghshineh
Best Friend – Nicholas OLIVIERI, Yi SHEN, Juliana DE LUCCA, Varun NAIR, David FELIU
FACING IT – Sam Gainsborough
Hors Piste – Léo BRUNEL, Loris CAVALIER, Camille JALABERT, Oscar MALLET
Sister – Siqi Song

For the complete nominees list of all 32 categories (including all individual nominations) check here: www.annieawards.org/nominees.)

Juried Awards will also be presented honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. Three Winsor McCay Award recipients have been selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors for their exemplary industry careers – Academy Award-winning director, animator and art director, Ralph Eggleston; Frank Braxton (posthumously), the first African-American animator, animation director and guild president; and casting director, voice director and voice actress Andrea Romano. The June Foray Award will be presented to veteran animator, Adam Burke (posthumously) for his significant and benevolent impact on the animation community. Ton Roosendaal, Dutch software developer and film producer, will accept the Ub Iwerks Award for Blender Open Source Animation Software; and a Certificate of Merit will be presented to dedicated ASIFA volunteer, Jason Jones.

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.