Disney Pixar’s Elio and Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters lead the nominations for the 53rd Annie Awards with 10 nods each, including Best Feature. Elsewhere, GKIDS’ Little Amélie or the Character of Rain and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia 2 earned seven nominations each, while NEON’s Arco and DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys 2 scored five each.
Full list of nominations below. The winners will be announced on February 21.
BEST FEATURE
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
“The Bad Guys 2”
DreamWorks Animation
“Zootopia 2”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
“A Magnificent Life”
Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul Productions
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
“I’m Frankelda”
Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval
“Lost In Starlight”
Netflix / Climax Studio
“Scarlet”
Studio CHIZU
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
“Cardboard”
Locksmith Animation
“Ovary-Acting”
Klipp og Lim, Jante Films, Apparat Filmproduktion AB
“Pillowzzz”
Animoshe
“Snow Bear”
The Art of Aaron Blaise
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
National Film Board of Canada
BEST STUDENT FILM
“A Sparrow’s Song”
Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
“Acrobats”
Student directors: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci,
Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy
School: Gobelins
“Jour de vent”
Student directors: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo
Taillez, Camille Truding
School: École des Nouvelles Images
“The Undying Pain of Existence”
Student director: Oscar Jacobson
Student producers: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
“Trash”
Student directors: Maxime Crançon, Alexis Le Ral
Student producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand
School: ESMA
BEST FX – FEATURE
“Elio”
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
Ferdi Scheepers, Shaun Galinak, Alyssa Lee, Nate Skeen, Gary Bruins
“In Your Dreams”
Production Company: Netflix, Kuku Studios
FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Dmitriy Kolesnik, Stephen Paschk, David Sellares, Stephanie McNair
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle
“The Bad Guys 2”
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
Landon Gray, Michael Losure, Zachary Glynn, Chris Wombold, Olivier Malric
“Zootopia 2”
Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Le Joyce Tong, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Dimitre Berberov, Chris Carignan, Cristiana Covone
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
“Elio” – Pixar Animation Studios
Jonah Sidhom
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Ryusuke Furuya
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Juliette Laurent
“The Bad Guys 2” – DreamWorks Animation
Ludovic Bouancheau
“Zootopia 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tony Smeed
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
“A Minecraft Movie”
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Mojang Studios,
Vertigo Entertainment, On the Roam
FX Production Company: Weta FX
Kevin Estey, Anthony McIndoe, Jade Lorier, Caroline Ting, Luisma Lavin Peredo
“Captain America: Brave New World”
Production Company: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
FX Production Company: Weta FX
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Andrew William Park, Marco Röth, Paul Seyb, Thien Ly
“How To Train Your Dragon”
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
FX Production Company: Framestore
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”
Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
FX Production Company: Framestore
Adrien Annesley, Alvise Avati, Riyad Chalakkara, Daniel Mizuguchi, Liam Russell
“Superman”
Production Company: DC Studios
FX Production Company: Framestore
Loic Mireault, Michael Elder, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Diego De Paula, Pereira Batista
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Matt Nolte, Yingzong Xin, James Woods, Kaleb Rice, Bob Pauley
“Fixed”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Craig Kellman
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
“The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants”
Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies
Adam Paloian, Thaddeus Couldron, Alvi Ramirez
“The Twits”
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
Kei Acedera, Tristan Poulain, Jules Rigolle, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba
“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc”
MAPPA Studios
Tatsuya Yoshihara
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
“Scarlet”
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Arnaud Toulon
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Rob Simonsen
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Music Team
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Mari Fukuhara
“Zootopia 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Michael Giacchino
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Harley Jessup, Ernesto Nemesio, Maria Lee, Kristian Norelius, Kyle Jones
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
“The Bad Guys 2”
DreamWorks Animation
Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
“The Twits”
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
Estefania Pantoja, Alexandre Diboine, Clement Dartigues, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
“Zootopia 2”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Cory Loftis, Limei Z. Hshieh
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Tony Rosenast
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Nicolas Pawlowski
“The Bad Guys 2”
DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon
“Zootopia 2”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Hikari Toriumi
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
“Dog Man”
DreamWorks Animation
Lil Rey Howery (Character: Chief)
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Remy Edgerly (Character: Glordon)
“In Your Dreams”
Netflix Presents a Kuku Studios Production / Sony Pictures Imageworks
Craig Robinson (Character: Baloney Tony)
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)
“The Twits”
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Character: Beesha)
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones
“KPop Demon Hunters”
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
Danya Jimenez , Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël
“Scarlet”
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
“Zootopia 2”
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jared Bush
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Nathan Jacquard
“Elio”
Pixar Animation Studios
Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
Ludovic Versace
“Olivia & las Nubes”
Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guasábara Cine
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
