

Nominations For The Annie Awards Announced
MoviesNews 28th November 2016 Scott Allden 0

As 2016 draws to a close, the hot topic leading into the new year in Hollywood is the upcoming awards season. It has been quite the tumultuous 12 months in film, but it has no doubt produced some astounding work, and animation is no exclusion. Today, the nominations for the 44th annual Annie awards have landed, which honors a wide range of works in animation, were announced. Including feature films, shorts, television and an array of others.
This year’s Best Animated Feature nomination list boasts some heavy hitters vying to take the award. Disney’s Moana and Zootopia represent the House of Mouse, with Kung Fu Panda 3 and Pixar sequel Finding Dory. The sublime Kubo & The Two Strings rounds off the contenders – which additionally has a further 9 nominations in other categories, and looks to make a massive impact when the Annies are held on February 4th 2017. Not included for this year’s consideration for the top accolade are Trolls, Sing, Sausage Party and The Secret Life of Pets.
So with February 4th in our midst, here are the some of the top animated feature awards up for contention and their respective nominees.
Best Animated Feature
Finding Dory – Pixar
Kubo & The Two Strings – Laika
Kung Fu Panda 3 – DreamWorks
Moana – Walt Disney Animation
Zootopia – Walt Disney Animation
Best Animated Feature – Independent
Long Way North – Sacrebleu Productions, Maybe Movies, NorlumStudios, France 3 Cinéma & 2 Minutes
Miss Hokusai – GKids
My Life as a Zucchini (Courgette) – GKids
The Red Turtle – Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions
Your Name – CoMix Wave Films
Animated Effects In An Animated Production
Kubo & The Two Strings – Laika
Kung Fu Panda 3 – DreamWorks
Moana – Walt Disney Animation
The Red Turtle – Studio Ghibli, Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions
Zootopia – Walt Disney Animation
Directing In An Animated Feature Production
Kubo & The Two Strings – Dir. Travis Knight
My Life As A Zucchini (Courgette) – Dir. Claude Barras
The Red Turtle – Dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
Your Name – Dir. Makoto Shinkai
Zootopia – Dirs. Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Kubo & The Two Strings – Art Parkinson (Kubo)
Moana – Auli’i Cravalho (Moana)
Storks – Katie Crown (Tulip)
Trolls – Zooey Deschanel (Bridget)
Zootopia – Jason Bateman (Nick Wilde)
The 44th Annual Annie Awards will take place on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Sources: Collider, Annie Awards.org
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