ASIFA-Hollywood announced its Call for Entries today for the 51st Annie Awards™ set for Saturday, February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the Awards will cover 37 categories across feature film, shorts, student work, TV, commissioned and more, along with Achievement and Honorary awards.
“Last year’s 50th anniversary was quite a milestone for the Annie Awards, ASIFA-Hollywood and the worldwide animation community,” says Frank Gladstone, ASIFA-Hollywood’s executive director. “As we begin our second half-century committed to continued growth and support for our art and, most especially our people, we can look back on how far we’ve come and how much our industry has changed, but it is even more important to look ahead to the endless possibilities we can expect going forward.”
To review this year’s rules and submit your projects, please visit annieawards.org. Entries submitted for consideration will be from animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Exceptions are short subjects, special projects, sponsored productions, student films and grand prize winners from Annie Award qualifying festivals.
To encourage early submissions, ASIFA-Hollywood has designed a tiered submission fee plan:
- Early Submission: $150 (September 11 thru October 16)
- Standard Submission: $200 (October 17 thru November 13)
- Final Submission: $275 (November 14 thru December 8)
Important deadlines:
- The deadline to become an Annie Awards Sponsor is Saturday, January 20, 2024.
- The deadline to join ASIFA-Hollywood or to renew membership, and to submit voting applications to participate in voting is Saturday, December 31, 2023,
11:59:59 p.m., PST.
Now through October 9, ASIFA-Hollywood is also conducting its Call for Judges. All judges, whether they have applied in the past or are enrolling for the first time, will need to submit a new application. To be considered for a nominating committee, judges do not need to be a member of ASIFA-Hollywood but must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. The application is available at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.
The British Animation Awards (BAAs) officially open for entries at today with the announcement of a brand-new category for Best International Animated Series. In another move that reflects the growth in longer formats, there will be separate awards for Best Long Form Animation and Best Feature Film.
“The BAAs are delighted to return in 2024 to celebrate and showcase the outstanding achievements the U.K. industry has created over the last couple of years,” said BAA director Helen Brunsdon. “By introducing the new Best International Animated Series category, we recognize the great collaborations of co-productions and partnerships between U.K. producers and international studios.”
For the Best International Animated Series Award, U.K. companies and individuals are invited to enter a single episode (one episode) from an animated series produced in an international co-production arrangement. The BAAs welcome productions that have been majority-produced outside the U.K.
Submission deadlines:
- Student entries: September 29, 2023
- All other categories: October 30, 2023
For further information and submission details please refer to the main terms and conditions on the
British Animation Awards FilmFreeway page.
For any general updates, visit britishanimationawards.com.
MIA director Gaia TridenteMIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo / International Audiovisual Market) returns to Rome with its 9th edition October 9-13 (miamarket.it), complemented by the MIA Digital platform which allows registered attendees, in person and remote, to access all sessions live and on demand. The event, which is lead by director Gaia Tridente, has announced the first three speakers who will present key sessions at MIA 2023:
Nicole Clemens, President of Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series. Clemens oversees a robust slate of shows for buyers across multiple platforms; upcoming productions include Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits (Apple TV+). Clemens ran point on the Paramount+ original scripted series, shepherding global hit series such as Halo and the Star Trek franchises. Clemens will speak about her career and Paramount’s strategic production worldwide.
Sara Bernstein, an award-winning producer and President of Imagine Documentaries (founded by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard). She leads the development and production of premium documentary feature films and series. Bernstein will give a keynote on her career, during which she has garnered 11 Emmy wins, 33 Emmy nominations and 11 Peabody Awards, and the documentary features she has supervised have garnered two Oscars and 13 Oscar nominations.
Marge Dean, Head of Skybound Entertainment’s Animation Studio, Emmy-winning animation industry veteran and President of Women In Animation, will keynote on the development and production of adult and teen animated content, including Invincible for Prime Video. Known for building both studios and animation pipelines, Dean has played a major role in shaping or reshaping entities including Columbia-TriStar TV, Warner Bros. Animation, Mattel’s Playground Production, Steve Oedekerk’s Omation, Technicolor Animation and Wildbrain Entertainment. Before joining Skybound, she served as Head of Studio at the preeminent anime distributor, Crunchyroll.
Additional names announced for MIA talks include Ari Folman, the award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and animator, known for Waltz With Bashir (Golden Globe award for best foreign language film in 2009), The Congress and Where Is Anne Frank.
