December 1st, in some ways, marks the official beginning of awards season, but it’s not just the National Board of Review that are nominating and awarding things today. The Annies, the prizes given out by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, are more or less the top awards in the animation world, and today announced their nominations for their 2016 ceremony, which will be their 43rd.
They have an almost Grammy-level number of categories, a whopping thirty-six (including TV and video games), but on the movie front, it’s Pixar that lead the way (notable, given a historical bias in recent years towards DreamWorks, which briefly saw Disney boycott the ceremony), with fourteen nods for “Inside Out,” and a further nine for “The Good Dinosaur” (DreamWorks’ sole movie this year, “Home,” picked up only a handful).
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“Minions” picked up eight, but didn’t make it to Best Feature Film, while “Anomalisa,” an unusually grown-up pic for the organization, got five. “Shaun The Sheep Movie” and “The Peanuts Movie” completed the line-up in the big category. “Jurassic World,” “The Hobbit” and the rapey bear from “The Revenant” all picked up live-action animation nods, while Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith and Jon Hamm were nominated for voice acting, along with two “Peanuts Movie” kids.
Given the animation world of politics, the picks here don’t always match up with the Academy, but it’s at least a guide to an Oscar category that, with two Pixar and a Charlie Kaufman picture, promises to be more unpredictable than it sometimes is. Take a look at the complete movie awards below, and click over to Deadline to read all 36 categories.
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
Carface
National FilmBoard of Canada
DISSONANCE
frameboX
If I was God
National FilmBoard of Canada
On Ice
Google/Evil Eye Pictures
Sanjay’s Super Team
Pixar Animation Studios
World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt
Best Animated Feature – Independent
Boy and the World
Filme de Papel
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
Ventanarosa
The Boy and the Beast
Studio Chizu
When Marnie Was There
Studio Ghibli
Best Student Film
Can I Stay?
Ringling College
Dodoba
Yon Hui Lee
ed
Taha Neyestani
Life Smartphone
Xie Chenglin
Mother
Stephanie Chiew
Nice To Meeteor You
Yizhou Li
Shift
Maria Cecilia Puglesi
The Casebook of Nips & Porkington
Melody Wang
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Home
DreamWorks Animation
Effects Lead: Greg Gladstone
Effects Lead: Tim Hoff
Effects Lead: Mark Newport
Effects Lead: Jason Rickwald
Effects Lead: Stephen Wood
Hotel Transylvania 2
Sony Pictures Animation
Character Effects Supervisor: Chris Logan
Character Effects Supervisor: Brian Casper
Character Effects Lead: Gavin Baxter
Character Effects Lead: William Eckroat
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Effects Artist: Amit Baadkar
Effects Artist: Dave Hale
Effects Artist: Vincent Serritella
Second Unit & Crowds Animation Supervisor: Paul Mendoza
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Computer Graphic Supervisor: Frank Baradat
Computer Graphic Supervisor: Antonin Seydoux
Effects Supervisor: Milo Riccarand
Lighting & Composite Supervisor: Nicolas Brack
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Effects Supervisor: Jon Reisch
Effects Lead: Stephen Marshall
Volumetric Clouds Architect: Magnus Wrenninge
Development & Effects Artist: Michael Hall
Effects Technical Lead: Michael K. O’Brien
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Paramount Animation
Effects Animation Supervisor: Brice Mallier
FX Animation Supervisor: Paul Buckley
FX Animator: Brent Droog
FX Animator: Alex Whyte
Lead FX Animator: Jonothan Freisler
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Jurassic World – Animated Effects
Universal Studios/Legendary Pictures
Effects TD Supervisor: Raul Essig
Digital Artist: Roman Schmidt
Digital Artist: Mark Chataway
Digital Artist: Ryan Hopkins
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron – Sokovia Destruction
Marvel Studios
Creature Sim Supervisor: Michael Balog
Creature Simulation Lead: Jim Van Allen
Effects Simulation Supervisor: Florent Andorra
Effects Lead: George Kaltenbrunner
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Gotham Group/20th Century Fox
FX Supervisor: Ronnie Menahem
CG Supervisor: Pavani Rao Boddapati
Lighting TD: Francois Sugny
Models: Leslie Chan
FX TD: Nicolas Petit
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
New Line Cinema/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/WingNut Films/3Foot7
FX Supervisor: Ronnie Menahem
Lead FX TD: Brian Goodwin
FX Supervisor: Jason Lazaroff
Senior Environment Artist: Paul Harris
Lead Modeller: James Ogle
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Home
DreamWorks Animation
Animation Supervisor: Mark Donald
Character: Various
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Animator: Allison Rutland
Character: All Characters
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Animator: Travis Hathaway
Character: All Characters
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Animator: Hichem Arfaoui
Character: Herb & Scarlet Overkill, Kevin, Stuart & Bob
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Animator: Mark C. Harris
Character: All Characters
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Animator: K.C. Roeyer
Character: All Characters
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios/Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Lead Animator: BJ Crawford
Character: Multiple Characters
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Jurassic World – Indominus Rex
Universal Studios/Legendary Pictures
VFX Animation Supervisor: Glen McIntosh
Associate Animation Supervisor: Kevin Martel
Lead Animator: Kyle Winkelman
Digital Artist: Rodrick Fransham
Creature Supervisor: Kaori Ogino
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron – The Hulk
Marvel Studios
Assoc. Animation Supervisor: Jakub Pistecky
Animator: Gang Trinh
Animator: Craig Penn
Lead Animator: Mickael Coedel
Lead Animator: Yair Gutierrez
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron – Ultron
Marvel Studios
Lead Animator: Peter Tan
Animator: Boonyiki Lim
Animator: Sachio Nishiyama
Animator: Byounghee Cho
Animator: Roy Tan
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – AZOG
New Line Cinema/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/WingNut Films/3Foot7
Animation Supervisor: Aaron Gilman
Senior Facial Modeller: Howard Sly
Lead Animator: Matthew Riordan
Creature TD: Kevin Kelm
Lead Shader TD: Guillaume Francois
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – SMAUG
New Line Cinema/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/WingNut Films/3Foot7
Animation Supervisor: David Clayton
Creature Supervisor: Gios Johnston
Senior Modeller: Andreja Vuckovic
Lead Shader TD: Guillaume Francois
Senior Animator: Daniel Zettl
The Revenant – Judy
Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, M Productions, Appian Way, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Animation Supervisor: Matthew Shumway
Lead Digital Artist: Adrian Millington
Digital Artist: Blaine Toderian
Digital Artist: Alexander Poei
Digital Artist: Kevin Lan
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Hotel Transylvania 2
Sony Pictures Animation
Character Designer: Craig Kellman
Character: Dennis, Dennis Bat, Vlad, Wuzzlelumplebum, Brandon, Linda, Mike, Johnny’s sister
Character Design: Stephen DeStefano
Character: Kelsey, Cronies
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Character Art Director: Albert Lozano
Character: All Characters
Character Artist: Chris Sasaki
Character: All Characters
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Character Designer: Eric Guillon
Character: Herb Overkill, Scarlet Overkill, Minions, Yeti
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Character Art Director: Matt Nolte
Character: All Characters
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Director: Duke Johnson
Extraordinary Tales
Melusine Productions and R&R Communications
Director: Raul Garcia
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Director: Pete Docter
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
Ventanarosa
Director: Roger Allers
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
Director: Mark Burton
Director: Richard Starzak
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Director: Steve Martino
When Marnie Was There
Studio Ghibli
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Composer: Carter Burwell
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
Warner Bros. Animation
Composer: Kevin Riepl
Boy and the World
Filme de Papel
Composer: Ruben Feffer
Composer: Gustavo Kurlat
Composer: GEM Grupo Experimental de Música
Composer/Lyricist: Emicida
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Composer: Michael Giacchino
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Composer: Mychael Danna
Composer: Jeff Danna
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Boy and the World
Filme de Papel
Production Design: Alê Abreu
He Named Me Malala
Parkes-MacDonald/Little Room
Production Design: Jason Carpenter
Home
DreamWorks Animation
Production Design: Emil Mitev
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Production Design: Ralph Eggleston
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Production Design: Eric Guillon
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
Production Design: Matt Perry
Production Design: Gavin Lines
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Production Design: Harley Jessup
Production Design: Sharon Calahan
Production Design: Bryn Imagire
Production Design: Noah Klocek
Production Design: Huy Nguyen
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Extraordinary Tales
Melusine Productions and R&R Communications
Storyboard Artist: Antonio Santamaria
Hotel Transylvania 2
Sony Pictures Animation
Storyboard Artist: Mike Smukavic
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: Tony Rosenast
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: Domee Shi
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Storyboard Artist: Habib Louati
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: Bill Presing
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: Rosana Sullivan
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboard Artist: J.P. Vine
Storyboard Artist: Tony Rosenast
Storyboard Artist: Enrico Casarosa
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Character: Lisa Hesselman
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Cast: Amy Poehler
Character: Joy
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Cast: Phyllis Smith
Character: Sadness
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Cast: Pierre Coffin
Character: The Minions
Minions
Illumination Entertainment
Cast: Jon Hamm
Character: Herb Overkill
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Cast: Alex Garfin
Character: Linus
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Cast: Hadley Belle Miller
Character: Lucy
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Paramount Animation
Cast: Tom Kenny
Character: SpongeBob
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Writer: Pete Docter
Writer: Meg LeFauve
Writer: Josh Cooley
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
Writer: Mark Burton
Writer: Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There
Studio Ghibli
Writer: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Nominee: Garret Elkins
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Nominee: Kevin Nolting
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
Ventanarosa
Nominee: Jennifer Dolce
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
Nominee: Sim Evan-Jones
That\’s autocorrect for you. But seriously, the work is so insanely subtle and beautiful, it makes you focus on things you would never focus on in everyday life, calling your attention to the wonder of the most banal actions. Amazing.
Anomalies should win hands down. Brilliant, incredibly well animated film; one never seen anything like it.