The
Annie Awards are presented by the
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branch of the
International Animated Film AssociationThe International Animated Film Association or ASIFA is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France by the most well known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian animator, Norman McLaren...
,
ASIFA-HollywoodASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA,which is a branch member of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation or ASIFA...
since 1972. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation,
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,
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,
voice actingVoice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called voice actors,...
, sound and sound effects, etc., in 1992 it began to honor animation as a whole, and created the category of
Best Animated Feature.
Memberships in the ASIFA-Hollywood consist of three main categories: General Member, Patron and Student Member.
The
Annie Awards are presented by the
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
branch of the
International Animated Film AssociationThe International Animated Film Association or ASIFA is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France by the most well known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian animator, Norman McLaren...
,
ASIFA-HollywoodASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA,which is a branch member of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation or ASIFA...
since 1972. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation,
designDesign is the planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system. It can be used both as a noun and as a verb and, in a broader way, it means applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product,...
,
writingWriting is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and the recording of language via a non-textual medium such as magnetic tape audio.In Eurasia writing began as a...
,
voice actingVoice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called voice actors,...
, sound and sound effects, etc., in 1992 it began to honor animation as a whole, and created the category of
Best Animated Feature.
Memberships in the ASIFA-Hollywood consist of three main categories: General Member, Patron and Student Member. Joining ASIFA-Hollywood is open to professionals, students and fans of animation, for a membership fee. All members of ASIFA-Hollywood may vote for the winners.
Production
- Best Animated Feature
The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1992. In 1998 the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, only to be reverted back to its original title again in 2001...
- Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
The Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production is awarded annually by ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization that honors contributions to animation, to the best animated direct-to-video film of the year. It is one of the Annie Awards, which honor contributions to animation,...
- Best Animated Short Subject
The Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated short film, except in 1999 and 2002. It was introduced in 1995...
- Best Animated Television Commercial
- Best Animated Television Production
The Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated television show. In 1998 the award was split into two categories, Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Daytime Television Program and Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime...
- Best Animated Video Game
The Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game is awarded annually by ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization that honors contributions to animation, to the best animated video game of the year. It is one of the Annie Awards, which are given to the best contributions to animation, including...
Individual achievement
- Animated Effects
- Character Animation in a Feature Production
- Character Animation in a Television Production
- Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Character Design in an Animated Television Production
- Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Directing in an Animated Television Production
- Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Music in an Animated Television Production
- Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Production Design in an Animated Television Production
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
- Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- Writing in an Animated Television Production
Juried awards
- June Foray Award
- Ub Iwerks Award
- Winsor McCay Award
The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in animation. The award is presented at the annual Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood...
- Special Achievement in Animation
- Certificates of Merit
2008
In 2008, the Annie Award nominees for "Best Short Subject" included two
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cartoons, a
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short, and two independent films: Picnic Pictures'
The Chestnut TreeThe Chestnut Tree is a short film which made its debut at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and then showed in the Austin Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival. It is a 2-D hand-drawn short film about a little girl and her mother that revisit memories under the chestnut tree...
, and
Don HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. Collectively, his animated films have received over one hundred awards and have been presented in over a thousand film festivals and venues worldwide...
's popular short,
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. Official rules for the Annie Awards state that voting members must view all nominated achievements in their entirety before casting their ballot for a winner. Members are directed to view the nominated films on a secure website.
When the online ballot launched on January 15, the two independent films were not included for voters to judge. ASIFA acknowledged this error over a week later, at which point all the votes were reportedly thrown out and the balloting system was reset. Voters were instructed to return and re-vote the category. "The Chestnut Tree" was now uploaded properly to the ballot, however
Everything Will Be OKEverything Will Be OK is a 2006 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the first chapter of a planned three-part story about Bill, the main character...
was again not included: this time, the online ballot only played a portion of this film's 17-minute running time to voters, abruptly cutting out in the middle of a scene. ASIFA again took several days to repair the ballot, but this time allowed voting to continue.
By the time the ballot officially closed on February 1,
Everything Will Be OKEverything Will Be OK is a 2006 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the first chapter of a planned three-part story about Bill, the main character...
was only available to voters for less than 24 hours of the entire 18-day voting period.
Though ASIFA apologized to
Don HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. Collectively, his animated films have received over one hundred awards and have been presented in over a thousand film festivals and venues worldwide...
, they took no further action and carried on with the event, awarding the prize to the
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short,
Your Friend the Rat.
2009
In 2009, Dreamworks'
Kung Fu PandaKung Fu Panda is a American animated comedy film. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb and stars Jack Black as Po. The film was produced by DreamWorks Animation's studio in Glendale, California and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
swept the Annie Awards in a surprising upset over the eventual Oscar-winner
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, which was shut out in every category. In an Oscar prediction article,
New York Times writer David Carr noted, "Oscar watchers were stunned when
Kung Fu Panda took all the awards from the International Animated Film Society. That was an inside job, full of backstage politics you don’t want to know about." Animator
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(himself a recipient of ASIFA's lifetime achievement award), also criticized the organization's balloting practices, writing in his blog,
"I think that
Jeffrey KatzenbergJeffrey Katzenberg is an American film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is perhaps most famous for his period as studio chairman at The Walt Disney Company, and for producing the DreamWorks animated films Shrek, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, and Kung Fu...
, who knows a good publicity opportunity when he sees it, bought ASIFA-Hollywood memberships for his entire studio, and then told them to vote the party line... The unfortunate reality is that it feels like the elections were rigged - they were bought! What a travesty."
Notable nominations
- Animated features that earned the most nominations:
- 16: The Incredibles
The Incredibles is a 2004 computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons. It stars an ensemble cast including Holly Hunter, Craig T....
(2004)
- 16: Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is a American animated comedy film. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb and stars Jack Black as Po. The film was produced by DreamWorks Animation's studio in Glendale, California and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
(2008)
- 16: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British stop-motion animated film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorks Pictures...
(2005)
- 13: Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a computer-animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the eighth movie produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
(2007)
- 12: Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a American CGI animated film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios...
(2003)
- 10: Mulan (1998)
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