The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), which was an online-competition-only event this year, announced its winners Sunday night – with top honors – BEST OF THE FEST and BEST COMEDY SHORT – going to Rich Webber’s beautifully paced and hilarious short Bench (U.K). Canada’s Ya Ma won BEST FEATURE for his powerful documentary Up We […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes and Netflix’s Ask the StoryBots have just received surprise 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations heading into the July 26th virtual ceremony honoring animation and family programming. They join the rest of this year’s nominees, which were announced on May 21st.

The nominations have been announced for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Animation is one of the driving forces behind Daytime TV. Disney’s Elena of Avalor and Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure lead animated programming with 7 nominations each, followed by Disney Junior’s The Rocketeer with 5. Other prominent animated studios, channels and streaming platforms are represented […]