Sunday, February 5, 2017

Annie Award Winners

I didn't even realize that the ANNIEs were happening this weekend. I guess you lose track of these things when the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature seems like such a done deal. ASIFA-Hollywood did little to sway my prediction by handing their top prize (among many others) to Zootopia, but they spread some wealth to Moana and Kubo. They even handed prizes to three of the five Oscar nominees for Animated Short, making that category even tougher to gauge.

List of movie winners after the cut:

Best Animated Feature - Zootopia
Best Animated Feature (Independent) - The Red Turtle
Best Directing - Rich Moore & Byron Howard, Zootopia
Best Writing - Zootopia
Best Voice Acting - [TIE] Auli'i Cravalho, Moana + Jason Bateman, Zootopia
Best Character Animation (Animated Production) - Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Character Animation (Live-Action Production) - The Jungle Book
Best Character Design - Zootopia
Best Production Design - Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Storyboarding - Zootopia
Best Editorial - Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Animated Effects (Animated Production) - Moana
Best Animated Effects (Live-Action Production) - Doctor Strange
Best Music - The Little Prince
Best Animated Short - Piper
Best Animated Special Production - Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Best Directing (TV/Broadcast Production) - Patrick Osborne, PearlBest Production Design (TV/Broadcast Production) - Pearl
Best Music (TV/Broadcast Production) - Pearl