The 49th annual Annie Awards takes place on Saturday evening, with the virtual ceremony presented by ASIFA-Hollywood honoring the year’s best animated films in film, television and video games. Deadline tracks and updates winners in 36 categories in real time. Keep track below.
Going into the night, Walt Disney’s Animation Studios Raya and the last dragon and Encanto lead the nominations 10 and nine names Annie, respectively, followed by Pixar Lucas with eight. lighting Sing 2 and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, from Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, join them in the race for the Best Feature Film category. (See the full list of nominees here.)
Last year, the eventual winner of the animated film at the Oscars Soul by Pixar was named Best Feature Film among Annie’s seven total wins. It was the 14th time in 20 years that Annies’ Best Feature winner won the Oscar.
Already tonight Encanto has a win for Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Music, Feature Film category. Netflix has early wins for Mitchell and Esoteric in production design for film and television, and character design, respectively, and for Maya and the three in Music, Television.
Among the honorary awards, Renzo & Sayoko Kinoshita, founders of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, received the June Foray Award for Significant Benevolent or Charitable Impact. The Ub Iwerks Prize for Technical Advancement was presented to the Python Foundation, while artist and author Glen Vilppu received the Special Achievement Award recognizing the unique and significant impact on art and industry of the ‘animation.
Presenters for tonight’s ceremony, which is virtual for the second consecutive year, include Tom Kenny, Guillermo del Toro, Diane Warren, Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Mamoru Hosoda, Charlie Saxton, Pierre Perffiel and Lilly Singh.
Other honorary awards to be presented tonight include Ruben Aquino, Lillian Schwartz and Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki receiving the Winsor McCay Award for their professional contributions to the art of animation, while the Certificate of Merit for service to art and industry will be given to Evan Veron.
Keep checking below as the winners are announced:
Editing, functionality
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Editorial Team: Greg Levitan, Collin Wightman, TJ Young, Tony Ferdinand, Bret Allen
Editing, television
What if…?
Episode: What If… Ultron Wins?
marvel studios
Editorial Team: Joel Fisher, Graham Fisher, Sharia Davis, Basuki Juwono, Adam Spieckermann
Animated effects, feature
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
FX Team: Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari
Animated Effects, Television
Esoteric
Episode: Oil and Water
A Riot Games and Fortiche production for Netflix
FX team: Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Martin Touzé, Frédéric Macé, Jérôme Dupré
Character Animation, Feature Film
Encanto
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Host: Dave Hardin
Character Animation, Television
Esoteric
Episode: The Monster You Made
A Riot Games and Fortiche production for Netflix
Host: Léa Chervet
Character Animation, Live Action
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel Entertainment, Weta Digital
Animation team: Karl Rapley, Sebastian Trujillo, Richard John Moore, Merlin Bela Wassilij Maertz, Pascal Raimbault
Character animation, video game
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
insomniac games
Animation Team: Insomniac Games Animation Team
Character Design, Functionality
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Creator: Lindsey Olivares
Character Design, Television
Esoteric
Episode: Some Mysteries Better Not Solved
A Riot Games and Fortiche production for Netflix
Creator: Evan Monteiro
Music, feature
Encanto
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Music: Germaine Franco, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Music, TV
Maya and the three
Episode: The Sun and the Moon
A Netflix series
Music: Tim Davies, Gustavo Santaolalla
Sponsored Production
A future begins
Nexus studios
Special manufacturing
Namou
Baobab Studios
Production Design, Functionality
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Design Team: Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich
Production Design, Television
Esoteric
Episode: Happy Progress Day!
A Riot Games and Fortiche production for Netflix
Design team: Julien Georgel, Aymeric Kevin, Arnaud Baudry
short topic
Bestie
Trebol 3 Productions, MALEZA Estudio
student movie
Living Dread Night
Student Director: Ida Melum
Student producer: Danielle Goff
School: National Film and Television School, UK
Special Achievement Award
Glen Vilpu
Ub Iwerks Award
Python Foundation
June Incursion Prize
Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita
