Pixar’s Soul Scores Seven Top Honors During Virtual 48th Annie Awards

Pixar’s Soul received seven Annie Awards™ during the 48th virtual awards ceremony Friday evening, winning top honors for Best Feature, Character Animation, Music, Storyboarding, Writing, Best FX and Editorial. Wolfwalkers garnered five Annies for Best Independent Feature, Character Design, Direction, Production Design and Voice Acting.

The Snail and the Whale won Best Animated Special Production; Best Animated Short Subject – Souvenir Souvenir; Best Sponsored Production – There’s a Monster in my Kitchen; Best General Audience Animated TV/Media Production – Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: Coven of the Damned; and Best Animated TV/Media Production for Children – Hilda: Chapter 9 – The Deerfox; Best Animated TV/Media Production for Preschool Children – Adventures of Paddington: Paddington Digs a Tunnel to Peru; and Character Animation in a Live Action Production – The Mandalorian.

“This year was a challenge, in many ways, for all of us,” remarked Frank Gladstone, ASIFA’s executive director. “Especially after deciding to go to a virtual award ceremony, we did not know what to expect. To our surprise, we had more submissions this year than we have ever had and, now that we are streaming the Annies worldwide, we are also hoping for the biggest audience ever.”

The evening’s presenters included actors Josh Gad, Matthew Rhys, Philippa Soo, Eva Whittaker and Patrick Warburton; Oscar™ winning composer, Michael Giacchino; and award winning directors Sergio Pablos and Jill Culton; Cartoon Saloon producer /director Nora Twomey, producer/director Matthew A. Cherry and the cast of the web series, Critical Role.

The Annie Awards™ honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in a total of 36 categories from best feature, best feature – independent, production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music, editing and voice acting, and have often been a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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