, The Willoughbys (Netflix Presents A BRON Animation Production in association with Creative Wealth Media) and
Trolls World Tour (DreamWorks Animation).
Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases, include:
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Studiocanal and Aardman present in association with Anton Capital Entertainment An Aardman Production for Netflix),
Calamity Jane (Maybe Movies),
Ride Your Wave (Science SARU) and
Wolfwalkers (Cartoon Saloon/Melusine). What an odd year this has been! While animation has fared better than much of the entertainment industry, the situation around the pandemic has thrown all of us for a loop, remarked Frank Gladstone, Annies executive producer. We had no idea what to expect going into award season. To then see a year where we had