The finalists for the 2020 Humanitas Prize were announced on Friday. The award honors film and TV writers whose work inspires compassion, hope and understanding in the human family. This is the 45th year for the honors that are awarded in 10 categories — two new categories, Limited Series, TV Movie or Special and Short Film, are newcomers this year. The winners will be announced at the annual ceremony, held this year on January 24th, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton.
Here are the nominees in the animation-related categories:
Family Feature Category
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Written by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz
Frozen II
Story by Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Marc E. Smith, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; Screenplay by Jennifer Lee
Toy Story 4
Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Josh Cooley, Valerie LaPointe, Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Martin Hynes and Stephany Folsom; Written by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom
Klaus
Story by Sergio Pablos; screenplay by Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney, Zach Lewis
Short Film Category
Variables
Written by Sabina Vajraca
Purl
Written by Kristen Lester
The Charge for the Sun
Story by Terence Nance; screenplay by Eugene Ramos
Kitbull
Written by Rosanna Sullivan
Children’s Teleplay
The Loud House
“Racing Hearts”
Written by Kevin Sullivan
A Series of Unfortunate Events
“The Penultimate Peril, Part 1”
Teleplay by Joe Tracz; based on the book by Lemony Snicket
Elena of Avalor
“Changing of the Guard”
Written by Kate Kondell
Niko and the Sword of Light
“The Automatron”
Written by Shaene Siders
For more info, visit humanitasprize.org
