BURBANK, Calif. (December 5, 2018) – The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to announce that Annecy International Animation Film Festival has officially become a festival partner with the Annie Awards™. Also joining the Annie Awards’ festival partnership is Ottawa, Hiroshima and Zagreb festivals. Annecy was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the […]

Animation’s Biggest Night Set for Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at UCLA’s Royce Hall BURBANK, CA (December 3, 2018) – The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 46th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org/nominees. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Early […]

Now through September 15, ASIFA-Hollywood will be conducting this year’s Call for Judges. All judges, whether they have applied in the past or are enrolling for the first time, must submit a new application. Judges do not need to be ASIFA-Hollywood members, but must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the […]

BURBANK, Calif. (August 1, 2018) – The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 46th Annual Annie Awards™ to begin on Wednesday, August 1. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the Annie Awards™ will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best Feature, Broadcast Production, Short Film, Visual Reality, etc.) and 22 Achievement categories […]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (February 3, 2018) – Pixar Animation Studios was the big winner at this year’s 45th Annie Awards™ as Coco won Best Animated Feature, and garnered top honors across 11 categories including Best Animated Effects – Shaun Galinak, Dave Hale, Jason Johnston, Carl Kaphan, Keith Daniel Klohn; Character Animation –John Chun Chiu Lee; Character Design – Daniel Arriaga, […]

If you are an ASIFA-Hollywood pro-member who has qualified to vote for the Annies, our vote is critical to a fair and balanced selection process. Voting instructions have been sent along with your ballot, but, as a preview: All qualified voters will be able to vote in every category, though you do not have to vote in every category to […]

If you can’t go to the Annies ceremony this year, why not do the next best thing and watch us on our streaming channel, live, direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall? We’ll have a multi-camera and audio set up and will be covering the entire ceremony; the celebrations, the touching moments, the laughs, the flubs, even audience reactions. You won’t miss […]

Don’t procrastinate…they’re going fast! A VIP ticket admits you to the champagne reception before the ceremony, the Annie Awards ceremony and the post ceremony dinner and after-party. Ticket holders will be seated either in the Orchestra section of the theater, if available, or in the center balcony. VIP tickets will be sold ONLINE ONLY. If purchased before December 31, 2017, […]

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 45th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit  www.annieawards.org/nominees. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Captain Underpants (DreamWorks Animation), Cars 3 (Pixar Animation Studios), Coco (Pixar Animation Studios), Despicable Me 3 (Illumination) and The Boss […]

BURBANK, Calif. (November 20, 2017) – ASIFA-Hollywood is proud to announce this year’s slate of recipients for its Juried Awards honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Juried award recipients will be honored at the 45th Annie Awards™ set for Saturday, February 3, 2018 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The Winsor McCay Award for career contributions to the art […]