LOS ANGELES<\/span><\/span>, Feb. 9, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0The Wild Robot, <\/i><\/b>DreamWorks’ blockbuster hit, won Best Feature<\/b>, along with eight more categories at the 52nd<\/sup> Annie Awards\u2122 <\/b>celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA<\/span>. In addition to Best Feature, The Wild Robot <\/i><\/b>\u00a0also took home an Annie for Best FX- Feature <\/b>(Derek Cheung<\/span>, Michael Losure<\/span>, David Chow<\/span>, Nyoung Kim<\/span>, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation – Feature <\/b>(Fabio Lignini), Best Character Design \u2013 Feature<\/b> (Genevieve Tsai<\/span>), \u00a0Best Direction \u2013 Feature <\/b>(Chris Sanders<\/span>), Best Music – Feature <\/b>(Kris Bowers<\/span>), Best Production Design \u2013 Feature <\/b>(Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc) Best Voice Acting \u2013 Feature <\/b>(Lupita Nyong<\/span>‘o as Roz) <\/b>and Best Editorial \u2013 Feature <\/b>(Mary Blee<\/span>, Collin Erker<\/span>, Orlando Duenas<\/span>, Lucie Lyon<\/span>, Brian Parker<\/span>).<\/p>\n –more–<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Best Feature – Independent <\/b>was presented to Flow <\/i><\/b>(Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio). Flow <\/i><\/b>also won an Annie for Best Writing \u2013 Feature<\/b> (Gints Zilbalodis, Mati\u0304ss Kaz\u030ca). Best Special Production <\/b>was presented to Orion and the Dark<\/i><\/b> (DreamWorks Animation), and Best Short Subject <\/b>was presented to Wander to Wonder<\/i> (<\/b>Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo).<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Arcane (<\/i><\/b>A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix) took home seven Annies for\u00a0Best FX \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 (Guillaume Degroote<\/span>, Aure\u0301lien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri<\/span>, Guillaume Zaouche, Je\u0301ro\u0302me Dupre\u0301); Best Character Animation<\/b> \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Tom Gouill<\/span>); Best Direction \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Arnaud Delord<\/span>, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury); Best Music \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Ryan Jillian Santiago<\/span>, Alexander Seaver<\/span>, Simon Wilcox<\/span>); Best Production Design \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Arnaud-Loris Baudry<\/span>, Julien Georgel<\/span>, Faustine Dumontier<\/span>, Charlotte O’Neill<\/span>); Best Storyboading \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Jose\u0301phine Meis); and Best Editorial \u2013 TV\/Media<\/b>\u00a0(Nazim Meslem<\/span>, Gilad Carmel<\/span>, Roberto Fernandez<\/span>).<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Best Student Film <\/b>was presented to Adio\u0301s <\/i><\/b>(<\/i>National Film and Television School Jose\u0301 Prats, Bernardo Angeletti<\/span>); and Best Sponsored Production \u2013 Fuzzy Feelings<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>(Passion Pictures Hungry Man). Best TV\/Media – Children \u2013 Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur “The Molecular Level” <\/i><\/b>(Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Cinema Gypsy);\u00a0Best Animated TV\/Media – Preschool \u2013 The Tiny Chef Show Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular <\/i><\/b>(Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions); and Best TV\/Media \u2013 Limited Series \u2013 Dream Productions \u2013 “A Night to Remember”<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(Pixar Animation Studios).<\/p>\n –more–<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Best Character Animation \u2013 Live Action <\/b>was presented to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(<\/b>Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin<\/span>, Allison Orr<\/span>, Radiya Alam<\/span>, Howard Sly<\/span> – Weta FX); and Best Character Animation \u2013 Video Game to <\/b>Neva <\/i><\/b>(Nomada Studio Animation Team).<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first presenter of the evening was kept secret until he walked onto the stage. Actor\u00a0Steve Buscemi<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and former member of the FDNY presented the first two Annie Awards, along with local Los Angeles<\/span> firefighter Brian McGrath<\/span>.<\/b>\u00a0ASIFA-Hollywood\u00a0announced at tonight’s\u00a0ceremony an unprecedented fundraising campaign,\u00a0AnimAID<\/b>, created in collaboration with industry co-workers and animation studios, to provide financial support for those in the animation community who have lost so much in the recent LA fires. AnimAID<\/b>\u00a0plans to also partner with Sotheby’s this spring for a prestigious online auction of animation art, followed by other events to come. For more information on AnimAID<\/b>\u00a0and to make a tax-deductible donation, please visit https:\/\/www.asifa-hollywood.org\/animaid-donate\/<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Other\u00a0presenters during the evening included\u00a0\u2013 <\/b>Nick Park<\/span> & Merlin Crossingham<\/span> (<\/b>Directors, Wallace & Gromit),<\/b>\u00a0Kristen Schaal<\/span> & Jason Ritter<\/span>, Irene Bedard<\/span> (<\/b>voice of Pocahontas) & Aaron Blaise<\/span> <\/b>(Disney Animator and Winsor McCay<\/span> recipient), Diamond White<\/span> <\/b>(voice of\u00a0Moon Girl) & Yonas Kibreab<\/span> (<\/b>voice of Elio), Don Hahn<\/span> (<\/b>Disney Producer), Charles Fleischer<\/span> (<\/b>voice of\u00a0Roger Rabbit) & Bill Farmer<\/span> (<\/b>voice of Goofy), Nancy Cartwright<\/span> (<\/b>voice of Bart Simpson<\/span>) & Christopher Sean<\/span> (<\/b>voice of Ultraman), Peter Hastings<\/span> <\/b>(Director of Dog Man),\u00a0and Carolyn Lawrence<\/span> <\/b>(voice of Sandy Cheeks<\/span> from\u00a0SpongeBob SquarePants) & Victoria Bodart<\/span>. <\/b>(Firefighter).<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Juried Awards<\/b>\u00a0were presented during the ceremony, honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation.\u00a0The\u00a0Winsor McCay<\/span> Award<\/b>\u00a0in recognition of lifetime or career contributions\u00a0are being presented to three recipients\u00a0\u2013 Longtime Disney Supervising Animator\/Director\u00a0Aaron Blaise<\/span><\/b>, National Film Board of Canada<\/span> (NFB) writer, director, producer, and Academy Award influencer\u00a0Eunice Macaulay\u00a0<\/b>(posthumous); <\/b>and influential\u00a0NFB\u00a0composer and sound designer\u00a0Normand Roger<\/b>.<\/p>\n –more–<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The June Foray Award<\/b>\u00a0for significant and benevolent impact will be awarded to\u00a0the\u00a0global non-profit\u00a0Women in Animation (WIA),\u00a0<\/b>advocating for gender equity and inclusion\u00a0in animation, VFX, and gaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0Ub Iwerks<\/span> Award<\/b>\u00a0for technical advancement affecting the animation industry\u00a0will be presented to visual effects, animation and gaming pioneer\u00a0Alberto Menache<\/span><\/b>\u00a0who contributed founding technology to performance capture, virtual production and more.\u00a0The Special Achievement Award<\/b>\u00a0acknowledging\u00a0unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the\u00a0existing award category structure\u00a0will be presented to\u00a0Directing at Disney-The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films<\/i><\/b>, the historically important new book by\u00a0Pete Docter<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Don Peri<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many thanks to the generous support from this year’s sponsors: Platinum \u2013<\/b>\u00a0DreamWorks Animation, Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation; Gold <\/b>\u2013 Disney Branded TV, Riot Games and Nickelodeon; Silver <\/b>\u2013 Amazon MGM Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation; Bronze <\/b>\u2013 GKIDS and Skydance Animation, and Industry <\/b>\u2013 Animation Is Film, Animation Magazine, Bento Box Entertainment, Epic Games, Lightbox Expo, Motion Pictures Editors Guild, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Sheridan College<\/span>, The Animation Guild IATSE Local 839 and Toon Boom Animation. Nominee Reception Sponsors<\/b> \u2013 Wacom and Toon Boom.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Annie Awards\u2122 honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in 32 categories from best feature, best feature \u2013 independent, production design, character animation, and effects animation to\u00a0storyboarding, writing, music, editing, and voice acting, and have often been a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The ceremony was streamed this year courtesy of ASIFA-Hollywood – \u00a0www.annieawards.org\/watch-it-live<\/a><\/b>. A complete list of winners can be viewed at <\/b>www.annieawards.org<\/b><\/a>. Video highlights of the ceremony will be uploaded to the Annies website in the next few days.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n CONTACT:\u00a0 Gretchen Houser<\/span>, Houser PR\u00a0\u00a0 SOURCE ASIFA-Hollywood<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0The Wild Robot, DreamWorks’ blockbuster hit, won Best Feature, along with eight more categories at the 52nd Annie Awards\u2122 celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA. 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