ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its Animation Educator’s Forum (AEF) fourth annual Faculty Grant recipients: Zoya Baker (New York University), Mindy Johnson (CalArts), Nazil Eda Noyan (Bahcesehir University, Istanbul/Turkey), Jack Parry (Deakin University, Australia) and Kevin Sandler (Arizona State University). The AEF faculty grants are designed to provide support for individuals or groups with expenditures associated with […]

One of this year’s Best Animated Short Film Oscar nominees has already won an Oscar. In September, Daria Kashcheeva won a Student Academy Award for Best International Animated Short Film for her stop-motion drama (Dcera) Daughter. Now, she’s heading back to Los Angeles for the 92nd Oscars ceremony on Feb. 9. Jackson Murphy: You made […]

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Asifa Hollywood live streamed last night’s Annie Awards ceremony – direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall – and you can watch or re-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 […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 92st Annual Academy Awards. The biggest surprise: Frozen 2 was shut out in the Best Animated Feature category – but was nominated for Best Song. The 5 films nominated for Best Animated Feature are listed below in alphabetical order by title, […]

The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe winners tonight – and included in the mix was the winner for Best Animated Feature. Laika’s Missing Link won the top honor. Producer Arianne Sutner and director Chris Butler accepted the award and spoke – genuinely shocked and thanking everyone at Laika. The Golden Globes […]