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 […]
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ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’
November 30th, 2020 
Jerry Beck 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.
48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual
October 15th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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 Now Accepting Nominations For Annie Juried Awards
September 30th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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 info@asifa-hollywood.org or mailed to the ASIFA-Hollywood offices at 2114 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506. The Juried Award recipients will […]
2020 Daytime Emmy Awards for Animation Add Two More Nominees
July 12th, 2020 Jackson Murphy 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.
2020 Daytime Emmy Nominations
May 22nd, 2020 Jackson Murphy 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 […]
ASIFA-Hollywood Announces its Animation Educator’s Forum 2020 Faculty Grant recipients
April 28th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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 […]
Director Daria Kashcheeva on her Oscar Nominated Short “Daughter”
January 29th, 2020 Jackson Murphy 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 […]
“Klaus” and “I Lost My Body” Win Big At Annie Awards
January 26th, 2020 Jerry Beck Netflix was the big winner at the
Re-Watch The Annual Annie Awards Live Stream – Here!
January 25th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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 […]
Oscar Nominees for Animation
January 13th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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, […]
Awards Watch 2020
January 10th, 2020 David Derks A Handy-Dandy Checklist of the Animated Features Released in the U.S. in 2020 (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many features scheduled for this year were moved to 2021.) 1. WEATHERING WITH YOU (1/17/20) GKids. D: Makoto Shinkai 2. FARMAGEDDON: A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (2/14/20) Netflix. D: Will Becher, Richard Phelan 3. ONWARD (3/6/20) Pixar […]
Laika’s “Missing Link” Wins Golden Globe
January 5th, 2020 Jerry Beck 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 […]
Oscar Short Lists for Animation
December 16th, 2019 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” Added to The National Film Registry
December 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Twenty five new additions to the National Film Registry were announced today by The Library of Congress. Among the 2019 honorees is the 1959 classic Disney feature Sleeping Beauty. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are “culturally, […]
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