The Annie Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars dedicated to animation, announced their nominations for the 2022 edition on Tuesday, December 21. Many French works feature on the list.
With more than 9 nominations in different categories, the Arcane series (excutively produced in France by Fortiche Production for Netflix) stands out from the rest and appears to be a solid candidate. Flee, the minority-French animated documentary via Vivement Lundi !, continues its long festival career with four nominations.
In addition, Sommet des dieux has been nominated in the Best Indie Feature category. Finally, nominations for two audiovisual "specials," three professional shorts, two student shorts, and one VR work complete this strong French presence. Congratulations to all the nominees and companies!
The Annie Awards 2022 ceremony should have taken place on February 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, it is finally pushed to the 12th of March in a digital format.
All the French films nominated for the Annie Awards 2022
(minority-French films are indicated by italics)
- Best Indie Feature: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and The Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert
- Best Direction – Feature: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Best Editorial – Feature: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Best Writing – Feature: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Best Special Production: My Life in Versailles by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'Limi, and Mum is Pouring Rain
- Best Short Subject: Easter Eggs by Nicolas Keppens, Maalbeek by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, and Steakhouse by Čadež Špela
- Best Student Film: Hope (made by New3dge students) and I'm a Pebble (made by ESMA - École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques students)
- Best FX – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Character Animation – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Character Design – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best TV/Media – General Audience: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Direction – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Production Design – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best StoryBoarding – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Voice Acting – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Writing – TV/Media: Arcane (Riot Game and Fortiche Production)
- Best Character Animation – Video Game: Madrid Noir by James A. Castillo
The full nominations list can be found on the Annie Awards website.
