The Hollywood equivalent of the European Emile Awards, the Annie Awards have, since 1972, honored excellence in world animation—short films and features, television and cinema combined. For this year's 2021 edition, a large number of French films and artists are included in the nominations list.
Organized by the Californian section of the International Animated Film Association, and now in their 48th year, the Annie Awards celebrate the cream of animated filmmaking both for television and theatrical release. Last year, I Lost My Body by Jérémy Clapin won the Annie Awards for Best Independent Film and Best Screenplay.
This year it is the features Calamity by Rémi Chayé and the minority-French coproduction (through Folivari) Wolfwalkers, that have been honored with nominations.
Representing short films, two French productions (Blue Fear and Souvenir Souvenir) received nominations in the Best Short Film section. On top of this, an impressive three out of the five titles nominated in the Best Short Student Film category are French productions, once again highlighting the high standards of excellence upheld at French animation schools (in this case Gobelins - L'École de l'Image and RUBIKA - L'École des Talents de la Création Numérique). Furthermore, Shooom's Odyssey continues its extraordinary international career, picking up three Annie Award nominations!
The (online) Awards Ceremony will be held on April 16, 2021. The complete nominations list can be viewed here.
Below are listed all of the 2021 Annie Award nominations concerning French productions:
Nomination for Best Independent Animated Feature:
Nomination for Best Direction - Feature:
- Rémi Chayé for Calamity by Rémi Chayé
- Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart for Wolfwalkers by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Nomination for Best Production Design - Feature:
Nomination for Best Screenplay - Feature:
Nomination for Best Editing - Feature:
- Benjamin Massoubre for Calamity by Rémi Chayé
Nomination for Best Storyboarding - Feature:
Nomination for Best Music - Feature:
Nomination for Best Voice Acting - Feature:
Nomination for Best Character Design- Feature:
Short Films - Nomination for Best Short Film:
Short films - Nomination for Best Special Production:
Short films - Nomination for Best Storyboarding:
Short films - Nomination for Best Production Design - TV/Media:
Short films - Nomination for Best Student Short Film:
- Coffin by Cai Yuanqing, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon & Théo Tran Ngoc (Gobelins - L'École de l'Image)
- La Bestia by Marlijn Van Nuenen (Gobelins - L'École de l'Image)
- Latitude du printemps by Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny, Zijing Ye (RUBIKA - L'École des Talents de la Création Numérique)
