Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film/A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company) won the Best Feature honor at the 50th Annie Awards celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA. Pinocchio also won for Best Character Animation, Feature (Tucker Barrie), Best Direction, Feature (Guillermo del Toro, Mark […]

Today, as part of the 2023 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, via a special video presentation, WIA’s Chair of Education Hsiang Chin Moe proudly announced the 40 recipients from all over the world of this year’s WIA Scholarships — the largest group to receive cash awards and honorable mentions to date. The WIA Scholarship Program […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 95th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: ●  Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley • […]

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 50th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org/nominations. This year’s ceremony is scheduled to return Live on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Pre-reception and Red Carpet at 4:30 p.m., followed by the […]

A Handy-Dandy Checklist of the Animated Features Scheduled For Release in the U.S. in 2023 (This list is a constant year-long work-in-progress. More titles will be added. Release dates below may change.) 1. THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT (3/2023) D: Wendy Rogers. (Netflix) 2. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (4/7/23) D: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic (Universal/Illumination) 3. […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Academy Awards: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects. Here are the ones of interest to […]