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The AEF Faculty Grant Deadline Extended to March 15, 2020
Application deadline has been extended to Sunday, March 15th 2020 (11:59 pm PST) and recipients will be announced in April 2020. Awards will range from US $1,000 to a maximum of US $5,000 per applicant and if awarded, expenditures must occur in the 2020-21 American academic year. ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) Faculty Grants are designed […]
Netflix Sweeps 47th Annie Awards
STREAMING GIANT GARNERS TOP HONORS IN 18 CATEGORIES, INCLUDING BEST FEATURE, BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT LOS ANGELES, Calif. (January 25, 2020) – Netflix was the big winner at the 47th Annual Annie Awards™ Saturday evening, garnering top honors in 18 categories, including Best Feature – Klaus; Best Feature – Independent – I Lost My Body; Character Animation […]
Press Release: 47th Annie Award Nominations Announced – Animation’s Biggest Night Set for Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall
BURBANK, CA (December 2, 2019) – The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 47th 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: Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), How To Train […]
The 47th Annie Award Season Has Begun
Call for Submissions, Judges, Membership Drive, and Honorary Awards ASIFA-Hollywood’s ‘Call for Entries’ for the 47th Annual Annie Awards™ began on Monday, August 5th. Presented in 10 Production categories and 22 Achievement categories as well as honorary awards. Entries will be from animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2019 […]
Responding to an Animation Tragedy
Responding to an Animation Tragedy Image from Kyoto Animation Studio’s feature “A Silent Voice” All of us at ASIFA-Hollywood were shocked and distressed at this morning’s news regarding the tragedy at the Kyoto Animation Studio. All of our thoughts are with the remarkable people who work at KyoAni, one of the first successful anime studios […]
Third Annual Animation Educators Forum Faculty Grants Are Awarded
BURBANK, Calif (July 2, 2019) – The International Animated Film Society/ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum has awarded its third annual Faculty Grants. The competition for the grants, “designed to provide support for individuals or groups with reasonable expenditures associated with research, scholarly activity or creative projects in the field of animation,” is open to both full- […]
Press Release: Annecy Becomes An Official Festival Partner with the Annie Awards
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 […]
‘Call for Entrees’ for the 46th Annie Awards
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, […]
