E’ Frozen – Il regno di ghiaccio a trionfare alla 41esima edizione degli Annie Awards, i premi assegnati dall’industria dell’animazione. Il film Disney campione d’incassi ha portato a casa ben cinque premi e si avvia da favorito alla notte degli Oscar del prossimo 2 marzo.
Il film, diretto da Chris Buck e Jennifer Lee, ha portato a casa il premio come miglior lungometraggio animato, miglior regista, miglior colonna sonora, migliori scenografie e miglior doppiaggio (a Josh Gad). Da sottolineare che il capolavoro di Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises, pure trai candidati, ha portato a casa il premio per la migliore sceneggiatura. Il film del maestro giapponese è infatti il principale avversario di Frozen agli Academy Awards, e l’assegnazione degli Annie Awards 2014 sembrano chiarire i dubbi su chi sarà il vincitore di categoria agli Oscar.
I Croods, pure nominato agli Oscar nella cinquina per i migliori film d’animazione, ha portato a casa tre premi: migliori effetti animati, miglior character design e miglior character animation.
Di seguito l’elenco completo dei vincitori:
Best Animated Feature:
Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production:
Chipotle Scarecrow, Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios
Best Animated Short Subject:
Get A Horse!,Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial:
Despicable Me 2, Cinemark
– Universal Pictures
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children:
Disney Sofia the First
– Disney Television Animation
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience:
Adventure Time, Cartoon Network Studios
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Futurama,20th Century Fox Television
Best Animated Video Game:
The Last of Us, Naughty Dog
Best Student Film
Wedding Cake, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Viola Baier, Iris Frisch
Animated Effects in an Animated Production:
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer, The Croods, DreamWorks Animation
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production:
Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel, Pacific Rim, Industrial Light & Magic
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production:
Kureha Yokoo, Toy Story of Terror!,Pixar Animation Studios
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production:
Jakob Jensen, The Croods, DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production:
Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Gollum,Weta Digital
Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Paul Rudish, Disney Mickey Mouse, Disney Television Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production:
Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore, The Croods, DreamWorks Animation
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Angus MacLane, Toy Story of Terror!, Pixar Animation Studios
Directing in an Animated Feature Production:
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Frozen,Walt Disney Animation Studios
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Christopher Willis, Disney Mickey Mouse, Disney Television Animation
Music in an Animated Feature Production:
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck, Frozen,Walt Disney Animation Studios
Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Angela Sung, William Niu, Christine Bian, Emily Tetri, Frederic Stewart, The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production:
Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene, David Womersley, Frozen,Walt Disney Animation Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Daniel Chong, Toy Story of Terror!, Pixar Animation Studios
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production:
Dean Kelly, Monsters University, Pixar Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Tom Kenny as the voice of Ice King, Adventure Time, Cartoon Network Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production:
Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf, Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Lewis Morton, Futurama, 20th Century Fox Television
Writing in an Animated Feature Production:
Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises,Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures/The Walt Disney Studios
Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:
Illya Owens, Disney Mickey Mouse, Disney Television Animation
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production:
Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom, Monsters University, Pixar Animation Studios
TippettAmerican Film Institute Awards Luncheon – ArrivalsWinsor McCay Award:
Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg, Phil Tippett
June Foray Award:
Alice Davis
Ub Iwerks Award
Dragonframe
Special Achievement Award
Creative Talent Network (CTN) Animation eXpo