47th Annie Award Nominations Announced

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 World (Dreamworks Animation) and Toy Story 4 (Pixar/Disney). Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting independent features and foreign studios, include: I Lost My Body (Xilam/Netflix), Okko’s Inn (Madhouse), Bunuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles (Sygnatia), Weathering With You (GKids) and Promare (Sanzigen Animation Studio).

Juried Awards will also be presented honoring achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. Three Winsor McCay Award recipients have been selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors for lifetime achievement: Satoshi Kon (posthumously), Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist; Henry Selick, stop motion director, producer and writer, best known for directing the stop-motion animation films The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline; and Ron Clements & John Musker, animators, animation directors, screenwriters and producers of one of the Walt Disney Animation Studio’s leading director teams.

The June Foray Award will be presented to Jeanette Bonds, writer, independent animator, and co-founder and director of GLAS Animation; and the Ub Iwerks Award will be presented to Jim Blinn, computer scientist who first became widely known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), particularly his work on the pre-encounter animations for the Voyager project.

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, January 25th the ceremony following at 7:00 pm. A post-show celebration immediately follows the ceremony. All events will be held at Royce Hall.

Nominations for the ten Production categories are listed below:

#1 Best Animated Feature

Frozen 2 -Walt Disney Animation Studios
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – DreamWorks Animation
Klaus – Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine
Missing Link – LAIKA, LLC
Toy Story 4 – Pixar Animation Studios

#2 Best Indie Feature

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles – Sygnatia, Glow, Submarine, Hampa Animation Studio
I Lost My Body – Xilam for Netflix
Okko’s Inn – Madhouse
Promare – TRIGGER, XFLAG
Weathering With You – Toho Co., LTD. / STORY Inc. / CoMix Wave Films

#3 Best Special Production

Guava Island “Titles and Prologue” – Six Point Harness / Amazon
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming – DreamWorks Animation
Infinity Train “The Perennial Child” – Cartoon Network Studios
SpongeBob SquarePants “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” -Nickelodeon and Jonas & Co.
Zog – Magic Light Pictures

#4 Best Short Subject

Acid Rainv– Animoon
DONT KNOW WHAT – Thomas Renoldner
Je sors acheter des cigarettes – Miyu Productions
Purpleboy – Bando à Parte, Rainbox Productions, Ambiances… asbl, Luna Blue Film
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days – Ciclope Filmes, National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs

#5 Best VR

Bonfire – Baobab Studios
GLOOMY EYES – ATLAS V
Kaiju Confidential -ShadowMachine

#6 Best Commercial

Dove Self-Esteem Project x Steven Universe: “Social Media” – Cartoon Network / Dove / Chromosphere
Fortnite Season 7 Launch Spot – Epic Games / Screen Novelties / iam8bit
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster – Nexus Studios

#7 Best TV/Media – Preschool

Ask the Storybots – Episode: Why Do We Have To Recycle? – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Elena of Avalor – Episode: Changing of the Guard – Disney Television Animation
Let’s Go Luna! Episode: Dorsay Day/Honey in Paris – Brown Bag Films / 9 Story Media Group
Norman Picklestripes – Episode: “Pizza Pickle/The Forest Next Door” – Factory
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – Episode: I am Amelia Earhart -Brown Bag Films / 9 Story Media Group

#8 Best TV/Media – Children

Disney Mickey Mouse – Episode: Carried Away – Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel
Niko and the Sword of Light – Episode: 206: The Caterpillar Train – Titmouse, Amazon Studios
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Episode: “Evil League of Mutants” – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Tales of Arcadia: 3Below – Episode: A Glorious End Part 1 – DreamWorks Animation
The Tom and Jerry Show – Episode: Calamari Jerry – Warner Bros. Animation

#9 Best TV/Media – General Audience

Big Mouth – Episode: Disclosure The Movie: The Musical! – Netflix
BoJack Horseman – Episode: The Client – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Harley Quinn – Episode: So You Need a Crew – Warner Bros. Animation
Tuca & Bertie – Episode: The Jelly Lakes – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Undone – Episode: 2. The Hospital – Tornante Company and Amazon Studios

#10 Best Student Film

Con Fuerza – Nichole Tate
Gravedad – Anke Kletsch
The Fox & The Pigeon – Michelle Chua
Un diable dans la poche – Luce Grosjean

For the rest of the nominees – visit www.annieawards.org.

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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.