Call for Entries: 51st Annie Awards

ASIFA-Hollywood has just announced its “Call for Entries” for the 51st Annie Awards, which has been set for Saturday, February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The Awards honor excellence in animation in over 37 categories, including Animated Feature, Animated Feature-Independent, TV/Media Production, Sponsored Production, Short Subject, Student Films, and Achievement and Honorary awards.

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)

Additional information on this year's rules, including submissions, is available here.

Entries submitted for consideration must be from animated productions released in the United States between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Exceptions for submissions with or without United States releases include short subjects, special projects, sponsored productions, student films, and grand prize winners from Annie Award-qualifying festivals.

Important dates during the 51st Annie Awards season:

• Annie Awards Sponsor deadline - Saturday, January 20, 2024.
• ASIFA-Hollywood membership or membership renewal, and voting applications submission deadline - December 31, 2023, 11:59:59 p.m., PST.

Now through October 9, 2023, ASIFA-Hollywood is also conducting its Call for Judges. All judges need to submit a new application regardless of previous applications. 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. Individuals in the animation community interested in being a nomination committee judge will find the application here.

“Last year's 50th anniversary was quite a milestone for the Annie Awards, ASIFA-Hollywood and the worldwide animation community,” commented ASIFA-Hollywood’s executive director Frank Gladstone. “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.”

ASIFA-Hollywood is the largest chapter of the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation (International Animated Film Association) and supports various animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, Animation Educators Forum, animated film preservation, special events, scholarships, and screenings.          

Additional information on the 51st Annie Awards is available here. In addition, information on ASIFA-Hollywood is available here.

Source: ASIFA-Hollywood

Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.