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    “Soul,” “Wolfwalkers” Lead The Feature Parade At Annie Awards

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    Soul (Disney-Pixar) came up the big winner at the 48th Annie Awards honoring the best in animation, followed closely in the feature tally by Wolfwalkers (Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS) .

    Soul scored seven Annie Awards during Friday evening’s (4/16) virtual ceremony, taking Best Feature, Character Animation (Michal Makarewicz), Music (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste), Storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez), Writing (Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers), Best FX (Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller) and Editorial (Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, Amera Rizk). 

    Wolfwalkers garnered five Annies for Best Independent Feature, Character Design (Federico Pirovano), Direction (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart), Production Design (Maria Pareja, Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore) and Voice Acting (Eva Whittaker as the voice of Mebh Óg MacTíre).

    On the television side, among the leading winners was Hilda (Hilda Productions Limited, Netflix) which earned distinction with three Annies–for Best TV/Media Children, Best Character Animation in TV/Media, and Best Editorial in TV/Media. Next with a pair of honors was Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: Coven of the Damned (Cartoon Network Studios) which topped the Best General Audience Animated TV/Media Production and Best TV/Media Direction categories. 

    “This year was a challenge, in many ways, for all of us,” remarked Frank Gladstone, ASIFA’s executive director. “Especially after deciding to go to a virtual award ceremony, we did not know what to expect. To our surprise, we had more submissions this year than we have ever had and, now that we are streaming the Annies worldwide, we are also hoping for= the biggest audience ever.”

    Juried awards were presented for the following: The Winsor McCay Award for career contributions to the art of animation were presented to three recipients–animator Willie Ito, designer Sue Nichols (posthumously) and animator/director Bruce Smith. The June Foray Award for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation was awarded to animator and art director, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi.

    The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art and industry of animation was presented to Epic Games for its Unreal Engine; and The Special Achievement Award recognizing the unique and significant impact on the art and industry of animation was presented to the documentary Howard (Stone Circle Pictures).

    The Annie Awards honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in a total of 36 categories, and have often been a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. 

    Here’s a category-by-category rundown of the evening’s winners:

    48th Annie Awards Recipients  

    BEST FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 

    BEST INDIE FEATURE 
    Wolfwalkers 
    Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS 

    BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION 
    The Snail and the Whale 
    Magic Light Pictures 

    BEST SHORT SUBJECT 
    Souvenir Souvenir 
    Blast Production 

    BEST SPONSORED 
    There’s a Monster in my Kitchen 
    Cartoon Saloon, Mother 

    BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL 
    The Adventures of Paddington 
    Episode: Paddington Digs a Tunnel to Peru 
    Blue-Zoo Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio

    BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN 
    Hilda 
    Episode: Chapter 9: The Deerfox 
    Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks 

    BEST TV/MEDIA – GENERAL AUDIENCE 
    Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal 
    Episode: Coven Of The Damned 
    Cartoon Network Studios 

    BEST STUDENT FILM 
    La Bestia 
    School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image 
    Student directors: Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt 

    BEST FX FOR TV/MEDIA 
    Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous 
    Episode: Welcome to Jurassic World 
    Production Company: DreamWorks Animation 
    FX Production Company: Dreamworks Animation and CGCG Inc. 
    Emad Khalili, Ivan Wang, Chris Wombold, Kyle Goertz, Kathy D. Tran 

    BEST FX FOR FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios 
    FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios 
    Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller 

    BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA 
    Hilda 
    Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks David Laliberté 

    BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 
    Michal Makarewicz

    BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
    The Mandalorian 
    Production Company: Lucasfilm 
    FX Production Company: Image Engine 
    Nathan Fitzgerald, Leo Ito, Chris Rogers, Eung Ho Lo, Emily Luk 

    BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
    Marvels Spider-Man Miles Morales 
    Insomniac Games 
    Brian Wyser, Michael Yosh, Danny Garnett, David Hancock 

    BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA 
    Amphibia 
    Episode: The Shut-In! 
    Disney TV Animation 
    Joe Sparrow 

    BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE 
    Wolfwalkers 
    Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS Federico Pirovano 

    BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA 
    Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal 
    Episode: Plague Of Madness 
    Cartoon Network Studios 
    Genndy Tartakovsky 

    BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE 
    Wolfwalkers 
    Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart 

    BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA 
    Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    Episode: Victory and Death 
    Lucasfilm Animation 
    Kevin Kiner 

    BEST MUSIC – FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 
    Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste 

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
    Shooom’s Odyssey 
    Picolo Pictures 
    Julien Bisaro 

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
    Wolfwalkers 
    Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS María Pareja, Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore 

    BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
    Looney Tunes Cartoons 
    Episode: Big League Beast / Firehouse Frenzy Warner Bros. Animation 
    Andrew Dickman 

    BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 
    Trevor Jimenez 

    BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA 
    Tales of Arcadia: Wizards 
    Episode: Our Final Act 
    DreamWorks Animation 
    David Bradley (Merlin) 

    BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE 
    Wolfwalkers
    Cartoon Saloon/Melusine Productions for Apple/GKIDS 
    Eva Whittaker (Mebh Óg MacTíre) 

    BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA 
    Big Mouth 
    Episode: The New Me 
    Netflix 
    Andrew Goldberg, Patti Harrison 

    BEST WRITING – FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 
    Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers 

    BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA 
    Hilda 
    Episode: Chapter 9: The Deerfox 
    Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks John McKinnon 

    BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE 
    Soul 
    Pixar Animation Studios 
    Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, Amera Rizk

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