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53rd Annie Awards Tickets On Sale Now
VIP tickets for the 53rd Annual Annie Awards are now on sale. The Annie Awards return to UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
AEF Announces the 2025 Top 5 Student Animation Showcase Films

AEF Announces the 2025 Top 5 Student Animation Showcase Films

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
October 11th, 2025
ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Educators Forum (AEF) announces the 2025 Top 5 Student Animation Showcase Films.
ANIMATION EDUCATORS FORUM (AEF) ANNOUNCES 2025-26 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

ANIMATION EDUCATORS FORUM (AEF) ANNOUNCES 2025-26 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
September 23rd, 2025
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce its scholarship recipients for academic year 2025-26.

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48th Annie Award Nominations Announced

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 48th 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 ceremony will be streamed live, courtesy of Variety on Friday, April 16th at 7 p.m. PST. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Onward (Pixar […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 3, 2021
48th Annie Award Nominations Announced

Asifa-Hollywood Announces It’s Juried Award Recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its selection of Juried Awards recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards. The Juried Awards honor career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award for career contributions to the art of animation are being presented to three recipients – Willie Ito, animation designer whose career began at Warner Bros., […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 21, 2020
Asifa-Hollywood Announces It’s Juried Award Recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards

Asifa-Hollywood Appoints New Officers To Its Executive Board of Directors

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today, its new slate of officers for its executive board of directors. The new officers are: Board President, Sue Shakespeare; Vice President, Jerry Beck; 2nd Vice President, Brooke Keesling; 3rd Vice President, David Derks; Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jeff Wike; and Secretary, Jeanette Bonds. All of the newly appointed officers are currently active […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 7, 2020
Asifa-Hollywood Appoints New Officers To Its Executive Board of Directors

ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its ‘Call for Judges’ for the 48th Virtual Annie Awards. Applicants must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being a nomination committee judge, will find the application at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.
Avatar photoJerry Beck|November 30, 2020
ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’

48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual

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 […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|October 15, 2020
48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual

ASIFA-Hollywood Now Accepting Nominations For Annie Juried Awards

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 [email protected] or mailed to the ASIFA-Hollywood offices at 2114 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506. The Juried Award recipients will […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|September 30, 2020
ASIFA-Hollywood Now Accepting Nominations For Annie Juried Awards

Annie Awards – Live and In-Person – Set For February 25th 2023

The Board of Directors for ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 50th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation will return to a live ceremony on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA. A list of ceremony Deadlines, Rules & Categories, and the ‘Call for Entries’ will […]