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Disney Dominates Annie Awards
By Freddy / 06 Feb 2017 (Monday)
Image credit: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Disney is dominating the Annie Awards this year, as ‘Zootopia’ scores 6 awards in the 44th Annie Awards, an American award for accomplishments in animation. It snatches the top prize of ‘Best Animated Feature’, following its win at the Golden Globes. The film seems to be on track for its predicted Oscar win later this month.
While it is is not as impressive as the 10-award victory of ‘Inside Out’ last year, Disney’s wins are spread across more films this year. ‘Moana’ won 2 awards, including a tie with ‘Zootopia’ in the voice acting category. Pixar’s animated short ‘Piper’, which accompanied ‘Finding Dory’, receives an award as well. ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ won awards in character animation and animated effects in live-action productions, respectively.
Disney should be wary of Laika, whose stop-motion feature ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ scores 3 awards.
Here are the winners in film category:
Best Animated Feature: Zootopia
Best Animated Special Production: Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Best Animated Short Subject: Piper
Best Animated Feature-Independent: The Red Turtle
Best Student Film: Citipati
Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production: Moana
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production: Doctor Strange, Mirror Dimension
Character Animation in a Feature Production: Kubo and the Two Strings
Character Animation in a Live Action Production: The Jungle Book
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production: Zootopia
Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Zootopia
Music in an Animated Feature Production: The Little Prince
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Kubo and the Two Strings
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Zootopia
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Tie):
Auli’i Cravalho as Moana in Moana and Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde in Zootopia
Writing in an Animated Feature Production: Zootopia
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production: Kubo and the Two Strings