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Soul and Wolfwalkers were the big winners at the 48th annual Annie Awards for animation, which were doled out in a virtual ceremony tonight. The Disney/Pixar juggernaut strutted away with seven trophies, including Best Feature, while the "relatively small European movie" — as the filmmakers described it — snagged five…

Two very different animated features lead the way as the 48th annual Annie Awards nominations were announced today. Disney/Pixar’s Soul and Apple Original Films/Gkids’ Wolfwalkers scored 10 noms apiece ahead of the virtual trophy show on April 16. Read the full list of nominees in 31 categories below. Wolfwalkers, a…

Annie Awards organizer ASIFA-Hollywood said Monday that its 48th edition honoring the year’s best in animation will be held on April 16, 2021, the week before the Oscars. Nominations will be announced March 3. A decision will be made in October whether the ceremony will be virtual or live, a ruling most of the…

Parasite and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 were expected to be respectable also-rans when it was time to hand out the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature Film, respectively, but instead but they ran off with the trophies in surprise upsets. Parasite‘s Best Picture win was a stunner that puts the 92nd Academy…

Will it be Christmas in February at the Oscars? Netflix’s holiday tale Klaus left the competition snowbound at tonight’s 47th annual Annie Awards, winning seven trophies including the marquee Best Animated Feature. Overall, the night was a showcase for Netflix, which lapped the field with 19 Annie wins fueled by Klaus…

A self-proclaimed "partygoer" with sympathetic ties to Poland's rave scene, Tomek Popakul crafted a visceral, hallucinatory portrait of a pivotal moment for Eastern Europe in his latest animated short, Acid Rain. "The fall of Communism was at the same time when the rave scene exploded and came to Eastern Europe, in…

Disney’s uber-successful franchises are the ones to look out for at the 47th annual Annie Awards with Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 earning eight and six nominations respectively. Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Missing Link nabbed eight nods, matching the aforementioned icy animated sequel, while DreamWorks Animation…

Next stop: Oscar. The world of animation bowed before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse tonight at the 46th annual Annie Awards from UCLA's Royce Hall. The teen-superhero pic from Sony Pictures Animation pummeled the competition, going 7-for-7 in its nominated categories including Best Animated Feature. “Go break new…

The 46th annual Annie Awards is happening tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, and Deadline is live-blogging all the toon merriment. We also will be updating the winners live. There are a hefty 32 categories to celebrate, but the pace usually is quick. so stay tuned. How will tonight's awards — presented by the International…

Pre-existing franchises and IP rule the 46th annual Annie Awards nomination list. To no surprise, the Mouse House has a huge presence on with Pixar’s Incredibles 2 and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Ralph Breaks the Internet scoring numerous nods while Sony’s buzzy visual wonder Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is…

The world of animation bowed before Coco tonight at the 45th annual Annie Awards from UCLA's Royce Hall. The Day of the Dead-themed Disney/Pixar toon pummeled the competition, going 11-for-13 in its nominated categories including Best Animated Feature. If it wasn't clear who the Oscar front-runner was yes, it is…

The 45th annual Annie Awards are being doled out tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall, and you can watch all the action as it unfolds on the official livestream here. Deadline is live blogging the event and posting winners as they are announced. Click the related link above to check out follow what’s going on in the room. The…