Questa notte si sono tenuti gli Annie Awards, i premi assegnati dalla ASIFA-Hollywood ai migliori prodotti d’animazione della stagione passata: a dominare l’edizione 2021 sono stati Soul e WolfWarkers.

Come tutti i premi dei sindacati americani prima, gli Annie Awards questa notte hanno premiato l’animazione 2021 attraverso una cerimonia completamente virtuale. Come preannunciato, Soul e WolfWalkers hanno fatto la voce grossa portandosi a casa il maggior numeri di premi.

Il nuovo capolavoro di casa “Pixar Animation” ha vinto ben 7 premi, tra cui quello relativo al miglior film d’animazione che di solito tende ad avere un peso fondamentale in vista degli Oscar. WolfWalkers ha ottenuto, invece, 5 premi, tra cui quelli per la miglior regia ed il miglior film d’animazione indipendente. Nel complesso la Disney ha raccolto la bellezza di 10 statuette, così facendo ha stracciato la concorrenza di Netflix (solo 6) che, per l’occasione, aveva messo da parte 40 nominations.

Ma diamo una lettura alla lunga lista di vincitori.

ANNIE AWARDS 2021 (VINCITORI)

Best Feature

Soul
Pixar Animation Studios

Best Indie Feature

Wolfwalkers
Cartoon Saloon / AppleTv / 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 “Paddington Digs a Tunnel to Peru”
Blue-Zoo Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Best TV/Media – Children

Hilda “Chapter 9: The Deerfox”
Silvergate Media for Netflix

Best TV/Media – General Audience

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal “Coven Of The Damned”
Cartoon Network Studios

Best Student Film

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

Best FX for TV/Media

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous “Welcome to Jurassic World”
DreamWorks Animation
Emad Khalili, Ivan Wang

Best FX for Feature

Soul
Pixar Animation Studios
Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller

Best Character Animation – TV/Media

Hilda
Silvergate Media for Netflix
David Laliberté

Best Character Animation – Animated 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 “The Shut-In!”
Disney TV Animation
Joe Sparrow

Best Character Design – Feature

Wolfwalkers
Apple Original Films/GKIDS
Federico Pirovano

Best Direction – TV/Media

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal “Plague Of Madness”
Cartoon Network Studios
Genndy Tartakovsky

Best Direction – Feature

Wolfwalkers
Apple Original Films / GKIDS
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

Best Music – TV/Media

Star Wars: The Clone Wars “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
Apple Original Films/GKIDS
María Pareja, Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore

Best Storyboarding – TV/Media

Looney Tunes Cartoons
Warner Bros. Animation
Andrew Dickman

Best Storyboarding – Feature

Soul
Pixar Animation Studios
Trevor Jimenez

Best Voice Acting – TV/Media

Tales of Arcadia: Wizards “Our Final Act”
DreamWorks Animation
David Bradley (Merlin)

Best Voice Acting – Feature

Wolfwalkers
Apple Original Films/GKIDS
Eva Whittaker (Mebh Óg MacTíre)

Best Writing – TV/Media

Big Mouth “The New Me”
Netflix
Andrew Goldberg, Patti Harrison, Andrew Goldberg

Best Writing – Feature

Soul
Pixar Animation Studios
Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers

Best Editorial – TV/Media

Hilda “Chapter 9: The Deerfox”
Silvergate Media for Netflix
John McKinnon

Best Editorial – Feature

Soul
Pixar Animation Studios
Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, Amera Rizk

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