The Board of Directors for ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 50th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation will return to a live ceremony on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA. A list of ceremony Deadlines, Rules & Categories, and the ‘Call for Entries’ will […]

The Annecy Festival is thrilled to honor not one, but two greats names in animation: Jennifer Lee and Michel Ocelot as recipients of the Honorary Cristal, an honor rarely bestowed in the decades of the Festival’s history. For the Festival’s Artistic Director, Marcel Jean, “the return of the Annecy Festival to its pre-pandemic state is […]

Sony Pictures Animation was a big winner Saturday evening during the 49th Virtual Annie Awards. The Mitchells vs The Machines received eight Annies including Best Feature, Best FX (Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari), Character Design (Lindsey Olivares), Direction (Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe), Production Design (Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich), […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 94th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: ENCANTO (Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer FLEE Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica […]

A Handy-Dandy Checklist of the Animated Features Scheduled For Release in the U.S. (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many release dates below may change.) 1. EARWIG AND THE WITCH (2/3/21) GKids. D: Goro Miyazaki 2. TOM & JERRY (3/5/21) Warner Bros. D: Tim Story 3. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (3/12/21) Disney. D: Don Hall […]

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 49th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Encanto (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Luca (Pixar Animation Studios), Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Sing 2 (Illumination) and The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Sony Pictures […]