ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 53^rd Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, see below.

The 53^rd Annie Awards will return to UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, February 21st, 2026. Pre-reception and Red Carpet will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by the ceremony at 7:00 p.m., and after party immediately following the ceremony. All events will take place at UCLA. 

This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include Elio – Pixar Animation Studios; KPop Demon Hunters – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix; Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS; The Bad Guys 2 – DreamWorks Animation; and Zootopia 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios. 

Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases include A Magnificent Life Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul productions; Arco – Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma; I’m Frankela – Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval; Lost In Starlight – Netflix/Climax Studio; and Scarlet – Studio CHIZU. 

The Annie Awards cover 37 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature-Independent, Special Productions, Sponsored Films, Short Subjects, Student Films and Outstanding Individual Achievements, as well as significant lifetime achievement and the honorary Juried Awards.

Juried Awards also will be presented during the ceremony, honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions are being awarded to three recipients: Internationally lauded Annie Award and Academy Award-winning animator, writer and director Michaël Dudok de Wit; prolific and influential filmmakers and Annie Award and Academy Award winners Chirstopher Miller and Phil Lord; and Annie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders.

The June Foray Award for significant and benevolent impact to the animation community will be awarded to Sandy Rabins, animation and live action producer and the founding guiding light for the AnimAID effort to assist and support those in the animation industry who were affected by the L.A. Wildfires. 

The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry will be awarded to Wacom, manufacturer of the Cintiq graphics tablet and other products that have become an integral part of animation production worldwide. 

The Special Achievement Award acknowledging unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the existing award category structure will be awarded to LightBox Expo, the annual event that brings the creative animation community of filmmakers together with animation students and fans.   

Many thanks to the generous support from this year’s Sponsors and Advertisers – Platinum –DreamWorks Animation, Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation; Gold – Disney TV Animation; Silver – Sony Pictures Animation and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation; Bronze – GKIDS, Paper Animation/Infold Games Co., Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Skydance Animation; and Industry – Animation is Film (AIF), Animation Magazine, Backstage, Bento Box Entertainment, Motion Pictures Editors Guild, The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and Variety. Nominee Reception Sponsors – Toon Boom and Wacom. 

Created in 1972 by veteran voice actor June Foray, the Annie Awards™ have long recognized the animation industry’s most talented artists and storytellers. ASIFA-Hollywood is the largest chapter of the international organization Association Internationale du Film D’Animation (ASIFA). Operating independently through member support and revenue from its events and initiatives, this nonprofit organization continues to unite the global animation community celebrating excellence, preserving history, and fostering education and innovation.

For up-to-the minute details and information on the 53^rd Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org. For information on ASIFA-Hollywood, please visit www.asifa-hollywood.org.

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#1 BEST FEATURE 

●  Zootopia 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios 

●  Elio – Pixar Animation Studios 

●  KPop Demon Hunters – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix 

●  Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS 

●  The Bad Guys 2 – DreamWorks Animation

 

#2 BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT 

•  A Magnificent Life – Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul productions 

•  Arco – Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma 

•  I’m Frankelda – Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval 

•  Lost In Starlight – Netflix, Climax Studio

• Scarlet – Studio CHIZU

#3 BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION 

• ●  A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice – Nickelodeon Animation Studio & Jam Filled Entertainment 
• ●  Adult Swim’s The Elephant – Titmouse and Williams Street 
• ●  Not Just a Goof – Venturia Animation Studios ® for CNEK Films LLC 
• ●  Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple 
• ●  The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland – Lupus Films, Universal Pictures Content Group 

#4 BEST SHORT SUBJECT 

• ●  Cardboard – Locksmith Animation 
• ●  Ovary-Acting – Klipp og Lim, Jante Films, Apparat Filmproduktion AB 
• ●  Pillowzzz – Animoshe 
• ●  Snow Bear – The Art of Aaron Blaise 
• ●  The Girl Who Cried Pearls – National Film Board of Canada 

#5 BEST SPONSORED 

• ●  Animated Short: “Trek” | Honkai: Star Rail – FLiiiP Design 
• ●  Fortnite x The Simpsons: Apocalypse D’Oh! – A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation 
• ●  LouiMax Dreams of Being An Adult – Imagine Create Media Inc. in conjunction with Maileg APS 
• ●  Olipop Yeti – Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures 
• ●  Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – The Animation – SEGA of America in association with GXS Productions 

#6 BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL 

• ●  Eva The OwletEpisode: Welcome to Treetopington – Brown Bag Films / Scholastic Entertainment in association with Apple 
• ●  Kindergarten: The Musical! – Episode: Gotta Go! – Oddbot Entertainment, Disney Branded Television 
• ●  The Tiny Chef Show- Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacula – Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
• ●  Wow Lisa – Episode: Rainy Day – Punkrobot 
• ●  Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Episode: I am Jackie Robinson – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films 

#7 BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN 

• ●  My Melody & Kuromi
  Episode: All For Our Best Friend – Sanrio Company for Netflix 
• ●  Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar Episode: 1 – Steamroller Animation 
• ●  Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
  – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures 
• ●  The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Episode: The Rewrite
  – Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe 
• ●  Wylde Pak – Episode: Sungandeul
  – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Jam Filled Entertainment 

#8 BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE 

• ●  Bob’s Burgers – Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening – 20th TV 
• ●  Common Side Effects Episode: Pilot – Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions 
• ●  Haha, You Clowns – Episode: 107 – Duncan Holds a Baby – Williams Street 
• ●  Il Baracchino – Episode: Claudia entra in un caffè – Luckyred, Megadrago 
• ● South Park – Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount – Comedy Central LLC 

#9 BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES 

• ●  Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
  Episode: Episode III – Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films 
• ●  Eyes of Wakanda – Episode: Into The Lion’s Den – Marvel Studios 
• ●  Marvel Zombies Episode: 2 – Marvel Studios 
• ●  Star Wars: Visions – Volume 3 Episode: BLACK – david production 
• ●  Win Or Lose – Episode: Episode 8: Home – Pixar Animation Studios 

#10 BEST STUDENT FILM 

• ●  A Sparrow’s Song
  Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
  Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
  School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH 
• ●  Acrobats
  Student directors: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy
  School: Gobelins 
• ●  Jour de vent
  Student directors: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding
  School: École des Nouvelles Images 
• ●  The Undying Pain of Existence
  Student director: Oscar Jacobson
  Student producers: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH 
• ●  TRASH
  Student directors: Maxime Crançon, Alexis Le Ral
  Student producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand School: ESMA

#11 BEST FX – TV/MEDIA 

● Marvel Zombies – Episode: Episode 4
– Production Company: Marvel Animation
– FX Production Company: Stellar Creative Lab, Inc. ○ Emma Badia, Tristan Fairclough, Jimmy Dumont, Sheng Hung, Arth Vasavada 

● Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age – Episode: The Big Freeze
– Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit – FX Production Company: Framestore ○ Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Shuleman , Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian 

● Spice Frontier Episode: 1  – Production Company: Steamroller Animation
– FX Production Company: Steamroller Animation ○ Steamroller Animation Effects Department 

● Star Wars: Visions – Volume 3 – Episode: The Bird of Paradise
– Production Company: Polygon Pictures
– FX Production Company: Polygon Pictures ○ Takashi Okamoto, Kohei Yamamoto, Genyo Sasaki, Chizuru Nakamura, Erika Matsui 

● WONDLA Episode: Lost – Production Company: Skydance Animation
– FX Production Company: ICON Creative Studio ○ EP 209 ICON Creative Studio FX Team 

#12 BEST FX – FEATURE 

● Elio
– Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
– FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios ○ Ferdi Scheepers, Shaun Galinak, Alyssa Lee, Nate Skeen, Gary Bruins 

● In Your Dreams
– Production Company: Netflix, Kuku Studios
– FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks ○ Dmitriy Kolesnik, Stephen Paschk, David Sellares, Stephanie McNair

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix – FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks ○ Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle 

● The Bad Guys 2
– Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
– FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation ○ Landon Gray, Michael Losure, Zachary Glynn, Chris Wombold, Olivier Malric 

● Zootopia 2
– Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
– FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios ○ Le Joyce Tong, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Dimitre Berberov, Chris Carignan, Cristiana Covone 

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#13 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

● Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
Episode: Episode III
– Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

○ Floriane Caseiro

● Forevergreen
Special Production
– Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

○ Brendan Gottlieb

● Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical Special Production
– WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

○ Chris Derochie

● The Simpsons
Various Episodes
– A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation

○ Nik Ranieri

● Win Or Lose
Various Episodes
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Alli Sadegiani

#14 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Jonah Sidhom

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix

○ Ryusuke Furuya

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Juliette Laurent

● The Bad Guys 2
– DreamWorks Animation

○ Ludovic Bouancheau

● Zootopia 2
– Walt Disney Animation Studios

○ Tony Smeed

#15 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

● A Minecraft Movie
– Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Mojang Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, On the Roam
– FX Production Company: Weta FX

○ Kevin Estey, Anthony McIndoe, Jade Lorier, Caroline Ting, Luisma Lavin Peredo

● Captain America: Brave New World
– Production Company: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures – FX Production Company: Weta FX

○ Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Andrew William Park, Marco Röth, Paul Seyb, Thien Ly

● How To Train Your Dragon
– Production Company: DreamWorks Animation – FX Production Company: Framestore

○ Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi

● Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
– Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit – FX Production Company: Framestore

○ Adrien Annesley, Alvise Avati, Riyad Chalakkara, Daniel Mizuguchi, Liam Russell

● Superman
– Production Company: DC Studios
– FX Production Company: Framestore

○ Loic Mireault, Michael Elder, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Diego De Paula Pereira Batista

#16 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

● Bye Sweet Carole
– Little Sewing Machine

○ Chris Darril

● Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions

○ Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Kojima Productions, PlayStation Studios XDEV

● Ghost of Yōtei
– Sucker Punch Productions

○ Sucker Punch Productions Animation Team

● Keeper
– Double Fine Productions

○ Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, Geneviève Desbiens

● South of Midnight
– Compulsion Games

○ Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond

#17 BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

● Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
Episode: Episode IV
– Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

○ Borja Montoro

● Bat-Fam
Episode: A Knight at the Movies
– Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment

○ Benjamin Tong

● Love, Death + Robots Episode: 400 Boys
– Blur Studio for Netflix

○ Robert Valley

● Wednesdays with Gramps Short Film

– DreamWorks Animation ○ Seth St. Pierre

● Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8, Home – Pixar Animation Studios

○ Lou Hamou-Lhadj

#18 BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Matt Nolte, Yingzong Xin, James Woods, Kaleb Rice, Bob Pauley

● Fixed
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ Craig Kellman

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson

● The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants – Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies

○ Adam Paloian, Thaddeus Couldron, Alvi Ramirez

● The Twits
– Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company

○ Kei Acedera, Tristan Poulain, Jules Rigolle, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon

#19 BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

● Common Side Effects
Episode: Cliff’s Edge
– Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions

○ Vincent Tsui

● DAN DA DAN
Episode: Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!
– Science SARU, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora

● Not a Box
Episode: It’s a Boat
– Silver Creek Falls Entertainment / Passion Pictures in association with Apple

○ Siri Melchior

● Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
– Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures

○ JJ Conway, Kevin Molina-Ortiz

● The Quinta’s Ghost Short Film

– Martirio Films & Illusorium films ○ James A. Castillo

#20 BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

● Arco
– Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

○ Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba

● Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc – MAPPA Studios

○ Tatsuya Yoshihara

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

● Scarlet
– Studio CHIZU

○ Mamoru Hosoda

#21 BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

● Common Side Effects
Episode: Lakeshore Limited
– Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

○ Nicolas Snyder

● Devil May Cry
Episode: The First Circle
– A Netflix Series / Studio Mir / Adi Shankar Animation / Capcom

○ Power Glove, Alex Seaver

● Éiru
Short Film

– Cartoon Saloon
○ Leo Pearson, Ceara Conway

● Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical Special Production
– WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

○ Ben Folds, Jeff Morrow, Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner

● Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals – Pixar Animation Studios

○ Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar

#22 BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

● Arco
– Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

○ Arnaud Toulon

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Rob Simonsen

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ KPop Demon Hunters Music Team

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Mari Fukuhara

● Zootopia 2
– Walt Disney Animation Studios

○ Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Michael Giacchino

#23 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

● Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
Episode: Episode II
– Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

○ Aurélien Prédal

● Forevergreen
Special Production
– Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

○ Jeremy Spears, Gregory Culp

● Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion – Blur Studio for Netflix

○ Gigi Cavenago

● ParaNorman: The Thrifting Special Production
– LAIKA

○ Thibault Leclercq, Santiago Montiel, Jung Woonyoung, Stephanie Bray-Lee

● Wednesdays with Gramps Short Film

– DreamWorks Animation ○ Frederic Stewart

#24 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Harley Jessup, Ernesto Nemesio, Maria Lee, Kristian Norelius, Kyle Jones

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim

● The Bad Guys 2
– DreamWorks Animation

○ Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix

● The Twits
– Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company

○ Estefania Pantoja, Alexandre Diboine, Clement Dartigues, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon

● Zootopia 2
– Walt Disney Animation Studios

○ Cory Loftis, Limei Z. Hshieh

#25 BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

● Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion – Blur Studio for Netflix

○ Edgar Martins

● ParaNorman: The Thrifting Special Production
– LAIKA

○ Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong

● Snow Bear Short Film

– The Art of Aaron Blaise, LLC. ○ Aaron Blaise

● Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
– Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures

○ Richard Chi, Matthew Kim, Sheldon Vella, Lyndsay Simpson

● Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8, Home – Pixar Animation Studios

○ Esteban Bravo

#26 BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

● Arco
– Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

○ Ugo Bienvenu

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Tony Rosenast

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Nicolas Pawlowski

● The Bad Guys 2
– DreamWorks Animation

○ Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon

● Zootopia 2
– Walt Disney Animation Studios

○ Hikari Toriumi

#27 BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

● Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy – 20th TV

○ Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)

● Hazbin Hotel
Episode: Behind Closed Doors
– Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment

○ Erika Henningsen (Character: Charlie Morningstar)

● Long Story Short
Episode: Shira Can’t Cook
– Tornante Television and ShadowMachine for Netflix

○ Abbi Jacobson (Character: Shira Schwooper)

● Smiling Friends Episode: Shmaloogles – Williams Street

○ Zach Hadel (Character: Evil Wizard)

● The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Episode: The Amadain
– Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

○ Alkaio Thiele (Character: Gumball Watterson)

#28 BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

● Dog Man
– DreamWorks Animation

○ Lil Rey Howery (Character: Chief)

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Remy Edgerly (Character: Glordon)

● In Your Dreams
– Netflix Presents a Kuku Studios Production / Sony Pictures Imageworks

○ Craig Robinson (Character: Baloney Tony)

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)

● The Twits
– Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company

○ Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Character: Beesha)

#29 BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

● #1 Happy Family USA
Episode: Episode 101: NINE TEN
– Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Cairo Cowboy

○ Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady

● Adult Swim’s The Elephant Special Production
– Titmouse and Williams Street

○ Pendleton Ward, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale

● Common Side Effects Episode: Pilot

– Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions ○ Joe Bennett, Steve Hely

● Lulu is a Rhinoceros
Special Production
– Bento Box and Propagate in association with Apple

○ Allison Flom

● Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 4, Pickle – Pixar Animation Studios

○ Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates

#30 BEST WRITING – FEATURE

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones

● KPop Demon Hunters
– KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

○ Danya Jimenez , Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël

● Scarlet
– Studio CHIZU

○ Mamoru Hosoda

● Zootopia 2
– Walt Disney Animation Studios

○ Jared Bush

#31 BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

● Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
Episode: Episode III
– Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

○ David Boyadjian

● Common Side Effects
Episode: Raid
– Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

○ Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim

● Haunted Hotel
Episode: The Acolytes of Abaddon – Titmouse for Netflix

○ Benjamin Morse, Benjamin Martian, Marshall Wetta

● Invincible S3
Episode: I Thought You’d Never Shut Up
– Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation

○ Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson

● Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Episode: Up From the Grave
– Ubisoft Film & Television

○ Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez

#32 BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

● Arco
– Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

○ Nathan Jacquard

● Elio
– Pixar Animation Studios

○ Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris

● KPop Demon Hunters
– Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

○ KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

● Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
– Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS

○ Ludovic Versace

● Olivia & las Nubes
– Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guasábara Cine

○ Tomás Pichardo Espaillat

Juried Awards

Juried Awards will be presented honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation.

The Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions are being presented to internationally lauded Annie Award and Academy Award-winning animator, writer and director Michaël Dudok de Wit, prolific and influential filmmakers and Annie and Academy Award winners Christopher Miller and Phil Lord and Annie Award- winning and Academy Award-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders.

The June Foray Award for significant and benevolent impact to the animation community will be awarded to Sandy Rabins, animation and live action producer and the founding guiding light for the AnimAID effort to assist and support those in the animation industry who were affected by the L. A. wildfires.

The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry will be presented to Wacom, manufacturer of the Cintiq graphics tablet and other products that have become an integral part of animation production worldwide.

The Special Achievement Award acknowledging unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the existing award category structure will be presented to LightBox Expo, the annual event that brings the creative animation community of filmmakers together with animation students and fans.