Annie Awards 2021 Winners: Soul Takes Top Prize
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Awards season continues in Hollywood and with the Academy Awards just a week away, several other industry awards have been taking place ahead of them. Recently, it was the 48th annual Annie Awards turn to recognize excellence in animation in cinema and television. The ceremony was held virtually Friday night and Disney/Pixar s
Soul walked away with not only the top prize for best animated feature, beating out Apple TV+/GKIDS
Wolfwalkers, which won five awards overall including best independent animated feature (via
Soul was nominated for a total of 10 Annie Awards and won seven, including the aforementioned Best Animated Feature as well as Best FX for Feature, Best Character Animation - Feature, Best Music - Feature, Best Storyboarding - Feature, Best Writing - Feature, and Best Editorial - Feature.
Film penned by Cork screenwriter big winner at major US award ceremony
Wolfwalkers was one of the big winners at the 48th US Annie Awards. Wolfwalkers Stills. Pictures Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon.
Maeve Lee
A FILM penned by a Cork screenwriter was one of the big winners at the Annie Awards in the US, scooping five awards across a range of categories.
Will Collins penned the script for Wolfwalkers, which is a feature-length animation inspired by Irish history. The international co-production is led by Cartoon Saloon and Mélusine Productions.
Pixar’s Soul won Best Feature, Best FX for Feature, Best Character Animation, Best Music, Best Storyboarding and Best Writing at the 48th annual Annie Awards.
04 Mar 2021 : Nathan Griffin Wolfwalkers Following on from its nomination at the Golden Globes, Wolfwalkers has earned 10 nominations, including Best Animated Feature Independent, at this years Annie Awards.
The nominations were announced by ASIFA-Hollywood for the 48th Annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best in the field of animation.
Two feature animations lead the way this year with the competition ramping up between Disney/Pixar’s
Soul and Apple+/Cartoon Saloon’s
Wolfwalkers, which each earned 10 Annie Award nominations, respectively.
The Apple Original film is directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, and written by Will Collins (
Song of the Sea). Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Moore, and Stéphan Roelants serve as producers.
Soul Leads Nominations at 2021 Annie Awards
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The Pixar animated movie, which features the star-studded voice cast members like Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, dominates this year s Annie nominations with 10 nods. Mar 4, 2021
Wolfwalkers will be the films to beat at the 48th annual Annie Awards after landing 10 nominations apiece.
The Disney/Pixar movie about a music teacher with jazz ambitions, which features the voices of
Also included in that category are
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon ,
Calamity Jane ,
On-Gaku: Our Sound .
Together, the top two nominees will also battle it out for Best Direction - Feature, Best Music - Feature, Best Production Design - Feature, Best Storyboarding - Feature, and Best Writing - Feature, among other honours.
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