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Annie Award Nominations: “K-Pop”, “Zoo2”, “Bad Guys”, “Elio”, “Amelie” Lead The Pack
ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 53rd Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. Here's the low-down - and the complete list of nominees.
98th Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Announced

98th Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Announced

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
December 17th, 2025
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlist in the Animated Short Film category for the 98th Academy Awards. Fifteen films will now advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
20 Years Of The Best Animated Feature Golden Globe

20 Years Of The Best Animated Feature Golden Globe

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
December 10th, 2025
Best Animated Feature (a.k.a. Best Motion Picture — Animated) has now been a Golden Globes category for 20 years. Five years after it debuted at the Oscars, the then Hollywood Foreign Press Association felt it was finally time to give animation its own spotlight at the Globes.

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Twenty-seven Features Eligible for Academy Award 2022

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film for the 95th Academy Awards. Twenty-seven features are eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 6, 2022
Twenty-seven Features Eligible for Academy Award 2022

Submission Deadline Approaches for 50th Annie Awards

If you are planning to submit your entries for the 50th Annie Awards, you have until Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 5 p.m. PST. According to ASIFA-Hollywood Executive Director, Frank Gladstone, “The closer we get to the deadline and the faster the submissions deluge begins, the more likely that errors will occur. “We are asking […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 5, 2022
Submission Deadline Approaches for 50th Annie Awards

VIP Tickets on Sale Now for 50th Annie Awards

VIP tickets for the 50th Annie Awards celebration on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall are on sale now at www.annieawards.org/tickets. ASIFA-Hollywood members receive a discounted ticket price of $200 each through January 30, 2023. For complete ticket and event information, please visit the Annie Awards website at www.annieawards.org. This year, we are […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|November 14, 2022
VIP Tickets on Sale Now for 50th Annie Awards

24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students- Results Anounced

With 2022 being their 20th year, the 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students once again challenges its participants to create a 30 second film based on a provided theme. They must complete this challenge in a designated 24-hour period. Teams create their projects at their school and turn in a Youtube link of their work […]
Avatar photoLauren Ashton|October 24, 2022
24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students- Results Anounced

50th Annie Awards ‘Call For Entries’ Commence Today

Today, ASIFA-Hollywood announced its Call for Entries for the 50th Annie Awards. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 50th Annie Awards will return in-person to UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The 50th Annie Awards covers 37 categories including a new one – Best TV/Media – Limited Series, as well as […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|September 12, 2022
50th Annie Awards ‘Call For Entries’ Commence Today

2022 Tribeca Animated Shorts Make A Statement

The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival is in full swing, with in-person and at home premieres now through June 19th. This year’s “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation features six shorts (selected by the Oscar-winning Goldberg) with grit, guts and major impact. Poetic Tehura is set in Tahiti. A female dancer is performing for a […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 12, 2022
2022 Tribeca Animated Shorts Make A Statement

And The Oscar Goes to… Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” and “The Boy, The Mole…”

In case you missed it – and it seems many did… This year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. Best Animated Short was awarded to The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. Both films were indeed Oscar-worthy, but clearly the Academy adhered to its longtime traditions – […]