48th Annie Awards

{{Short description|Annual Annie Awards ceremony held in 2021}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 48

| award = Annie Awards

| award_link = [https://net2tv.live/awards/ Annie Award]

| date = {{Start date|2021|4|16}}

| site = Royce Hall
Los Angeles, California

| host =

| organizer = ASIFA-Hollywood

| best_film = Soul

| most_wins = Soul (7)

| best_direction = Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

| best_direction_film = Wolfwalkers

| most_nominations = Soul and Wolfwalkers (10)

| last = 47th

| next = 49th

}}

The 48th ceremony of the Annie Awards, honoring excellence in the field of animation for the year of 2020, was held on April 16, 2021, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California as a virtual event.[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/soul-wolfwalkers-48th-annie-awards-nominations-1234620850/ 'Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Lead 48th Annie Awards with 10 Nominations|IndieWire] The nominations were announced on March 3, 2021.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/48th-annie-awards-to-go-virtual-friday-april-16-2021-301153360.html|title=48th Annie Awards To Go Virtual Friday, April 16, 2021|website=PR Newswire|language=en|access-date=2021-02-06}}[https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/netflix-soul-wolfwalkers-annie-award-nominations-1234920416/ Annie Award Nominations: 'Soul', 'Wolfwakers' and Netflix Lead - Variety]

Productions Categories

On March 3, 2021, the nominations were announced. Soul and Wolfwalkers earned the most nominations with 10, followed by Onward with 7.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/annie-awards-nominations-soul-wolfwalkers-oneard-croods-trolls-world-tour-1234705041/|title=Annie Awards Nominations: 'Soul' & 'Wolfwalkers' Lead Field For Animation Prizes|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203021340/https://deadline.com/2021/03/annie-awards-nominations-soul-wolfwalkers-oneard-croods-trolls-world-tour-1234705041/|archive-date=2019-12-03|url-status=live}}

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! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Feature

! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Feature — Independent

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style="width=50%" |Best Animated Special Production

! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Short Subject

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style="width=50%" |Best Sponsored Production

! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children

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  • There's a Monster in my KitchenCartoon Saloon, Mother
  • Erste Group Edgar's Christmas — Unanico Group
  • Max & Maxine — Hornet
  • The Last MileNexus Studios
  • Travel the Vote — Hornet

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style="width=50%" |Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children

! style="width=50%" |Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production

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colspan="2" style="width=50%" |Best Student Film
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  • La Bestia — Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt
  • 100,000 Acres of Pine — Jennifer Alice Wright
  • Coffin — Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc
  • Latitude du printemps — Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny, Zijing Ye
  • O Black Hole! — Renee Zhan, Jesse Romain
  • Individual achievement categories

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

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    style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

    !style="width=50%"|Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

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    Additional Individual Awards

    =June Foray Award=

    =Special Achievement in Animation=

    HowardDon Hahn, director

    =Ub Iwerks Award=

    =Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards=

    Multiple awards and nominations

    =Films=

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    The following films received multiple nominations:

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    scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

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    rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 10

    | Soul

    Wolfwalkers
    7

    | style="text-align:center" |Onward

    rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 6

    | style="text-align:center" |Over the Moon

    The Croods: A New Age
    The Willoughbys
    4

    | style="text-align:center" |Trolls World Tour

    rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 3

    | style="text-align:center" |A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

    Calamity Jane
    rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 2

    |Earwig and the Witch

    Ride Your Wave

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    The following films received multiple awards:

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    scope="col" width="55" | Wins

    ! scope="col" align="center" | Film

    7

    | style="text-align:center" |Soul

    5

    |Wolfwalkers

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    =Television/Broadcast=

    The following shows received multiple nominations:

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    scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

    ! scope="col" align="center" | Show

    rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 3

    | Hilda

    Shooom's Odyssey
    Lamp Life
    rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" | 2

    |The Adventures of Paddington

    Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
    Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal
    Harley Quinn
    Baba Yaga
    Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
    Craig of the Creek
    Looney Tunes Cartoons
    To Gerald

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    The following shows received multiple awards:

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    !Wins

    !Show

    3

    |Hilda

    2

    |Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal

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    References

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