Asifa Hollywood is live streaming tonight’s Annie Awards ceremony – direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall – and you can 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 being there… […]
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Annecy Becomes An Official Festival Partner with The Annie Awards


The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to announce that Annecy International Animation Film Festival has officially become a festival partner with the Annie Awards. Also joining the Annie Awards’ festival partnership is Ottawa, Hiroshima and Zagreb festivals. Annecy was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town […]

46th Annie Awards Nominations Announced


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 […]

Sue Shakespeare and Brooke Keesling appointed as VP’s on Asifa-Hollywood Executive Board


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


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


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 […]

Asifa-Hollywood Continues Commitment to Open Source Animation Technology


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


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 […]

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Announces 2018 Faculty Grant Recipients


The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has awarded its annual Faculty Grants to Tom Bancroft (Azusa Pacific University), Soyeon Kim (California State University, Long Beach), Kaho Albert Yu (City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media), and Zachary Zezima (California University, Los Angeles). The AEF Faculty Grant program is designed […]

“Coco” and “The Breadwinner” Take Top Honors At Annie Awards


Pixar Animation Studios was the big winner at this year’s 45th Annie Awards as Coco won Best Animated Feature, and garnered top honors across 11 categories. The Best Animated Feature-Independent trophy was awarded to The Breadwinner (Cartoon Saloon/Aircraft Pictures/ Melusine Productions). Complete list of winners below. Best Animated Special Production was awarded to Revolting Rhymes […]

Annie Awards Live Stream Here


Asifa Hollywood live streamed Saturday night’s Annie Awards and you can 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 being there… only you didn’t have to dress up! Here’s […]

Annie Awards Announce Its Presenters


ASIFA-Hollywood announced its slate of presenters today for the 45th Annie Awards this Saturday, February 3 from UCLA’s Royce Hall. Presenters include actress Wendie Malick; Coco’s Anthony Gonzalez; Director Nora Twomey and actress Saara Chaudry from The Breadwinner; Disney voice talent Russi Taylor; SpongeBob himself, Tom Kenny; Animators Mark Henn and Floyd Norman, and other […]

45th Annie Awards To Live Stream


ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that although VIP tickets to the 45th Annie Awards are sold out, you can watch the ceremony live on our Annies streaming channel – http://annieawards.org/watch-it-live/. The fun starts at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 3rd. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up will cover the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the […]

Asifa’s Animation Educators Forum Accepting Applications for 2018 Faculty Grants


ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum (AEF) announce they are now accepting applications for the 2018 Faculty Grant program. The Faculty Grant program is designed to provide support for individuals or groups with reasonable expenditures associated with research, scholarly activity or creative projects in the field of animation. Applications must be submitted online at http://grants.animationeducatorsforum.org […]

Annie Award Nominations Announced


The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 45th 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 Best Animated Feature nominations include: Captain Underpants (DreamWorks Animation), Cars 3 (Pixar Animation Studios), Coco (Pixar Animation Studios), Despicable Me […]