Animated Events: 45th Annie Awards

This Saturday, February 3rd at 7 p.m. PST (10 p.m. EST), ASIFA Hollywood will be streaming the annual Annie Awards, a celebration of the best our industry has to offer.

Both the Production and Individual Achievement categories are listed on the Nominees page, however some highlights are below:

Best Animated Feature

• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - DreamWorks Animation
• Cars 3 - Pixar Animation Studios
• Coco - Pixar Animation Studios
• Despicable Me 3 - Illumination
• The Boss Baby - DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Feature - Independent

• In This Corner Of The World - Taro Maki, GENCO, Inc. and Masao Maruyama, MAPPA Co., Ltd
• Loving Vincent - BreakThru Films, Production Company Trademark Films, Co-Production Company     
• Napping Princess - Nippon TV 
• The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales - Folivari / Panique! / Studiocanal
• The Breadwinner - Cartoon Saloon / Aircraft Pictures / Melusine Productions

Best Animated Short Subject

• Dear Basketball - Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group
• Hedgehog's Home - National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio
• Negative Space -  IKKI Films / Manuel Cam Studio
• Scavengers -  Titmouse, Inc. // Adult Swim
• Son Of Jaguar - Google Spotlight Stories, Reel FX

In addition to the Production and Individual Achievement awards, they'll also be presenting the Juried Awards for the following:

• the Winsor McCay Award - 'for their career contributions to the art of animation',
• the Ub Iwerks Award - 'for technical advancement in the art of animation',
• the Special Achievement Award,
• the June Foray Award - 'for their significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation', and
• the Certificate of Merit.

You can watch the 45th Annie Awards ceremony live right 'here' on the Annie Awards website.

Congratulations to all the nominees!