Annie Awards: here is the list of all the 2023 winners

On February 25, 2023, the animation world gathered at Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles to discover the winners of the coveted Annie Awards, which celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. The ceremony, which was ultimately broadcast live, aims to honor those who excelled in animation in 2022.

It was undeniably the year of Pinocchio, who arrived at the ceremony with no less than nine nominations in his pocket, managing to impose himself in four categories: best director, best decoration, best character animation and best soundtrack. . Behind him was Marcel the Shell, which won the categories for best independent film, best screenplay and best dubbing.

It couldn’t beat these two “Avatar: The Shape of Water” giants, which still won the categories for Best Visual Effects and Best Animation in a Live-Action Movie. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” also won two statuettes, for best storyboard and best editing.

Annie Awards: 2023 nominees and winners

Below is the list of nominees and winners in each of the lines evaluated and awarded by the Annie Awards in its 2023 edition.

Nominees and winner in the Best Film category:

Red
Pinocchio, by Guillermo del Toro – WINNER
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
sea ​​monster
Wendell and savage

The nominees and the winner in the category of best independent film:

Charlotte
Inu-Oh
Little Nicolas, happier than ever
Marcel the shell – GANADORA
my father’s dragon

Nominees and winner in the category Best Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:

Avatar: The Shape of Water – WINNER
Light year
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
Minions 2 – How Gru turns evil
sea ​​monster

Nominees and winner in the Best Character Animation in a Feature Film category:

Red – Teresa Falcone
Red – Eric Anderson
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – Tucker Barrie – WINNER
Villains – Jorge Capote
Villains – Min Hong

Nominees and winner in the Best Character Animation in a Live Action Feature Film category:

Avatar: The Shape of Water – WINNER
Beast
Bullfinch
Jurassic World – The Dominion
Peacemaker

Nominees and winner in the Best Character Animation in a Video Game category:

Cuphead – The Delicious Final Dish – WINNER
God of War Ragnarök
Forbidden Horizon West
Moss: Book II
Potionomics

Nominees and winner in the Best Feature Film Director category:

Red – Domee Shi
Pinocchio, by Guillermo del Toro – Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson – WINNER
Marcel the Shell – Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore and Stephen Chiodo
My Father’s Dragon – Nora Twomey
Wendell & Wild, – Henry Selick

The nominees and winner in the Best Character Design in a Feature Film category:

Luck – Massimiliano Narciso
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Jesús Alonso Iglesias
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie – Ida Hem
Too bad – Taylor Krahenbuhl – GANADORA
Wendell & Wild – Paul Lobato

Nominees and winner in the Best Music in a Feature Film category:

Edited – Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale – WINNER
Mad God – Dan Wool
Villains – Daniel Pemberton
Sea Monster – Mark Mancia, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe

The nominees and the winner in the Best Feature Film Scenography category:

Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – Curt Enderle & Guy Davis – WINNER
Mad God – Phil Tippett
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Nate Wragg, Joseph Feinsilver, Claire Keane, Wayne Tsay / Naveen Selvanathan
Bad Guys – Luc Desmarchelier and Floriane Marchix
Sea Monster – Matthias Lechner & Jung Woonyoung

Nominees and winner in the category Best storyboard for a feature film:

Minions 2 – How Gru Becomes Evil – Nima Azarba
Minions 2 – How Gru turns evil – Dave Feiss
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Anthony Holden – WINNER
Strange World – Jeff Snow
Strange World – Javier Ledesma Barboll

Nominees and winner in the Best dubbing of a feature film category:

Pinocho by Guillermo del Toro – David Bradley (Geppetto)
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – Gregory Mann (Pinocchio)
Marcel La Coquille – Jenny Slate (Marcel) – GANADORA
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Wagner Moura (Wolf)
Sea Monster – Zaris-Angel Hator (Maisie Brumble)

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Nominees and winner in the Best Feature Film Script category:

Red – Jason Loftus
Inu-Oh – Akiko Nogi
Marcel The Shell – Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm – GANADORA

Nominees and winner in the Best Feature Film Editing category:

Lightyear – Tony Greenberg, Katie Bishop, Chloe Kloezeman, Axel Geddes, Tim Fox
Red – Nicholas Smith, Steve Bloom, David Suther, Anna Wolitzky, Christopher Zuber
Pinocho by Guillermo del Toro – Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – James Ryan, ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler, Katie Parody – WINNER
Sea Monster – Joyce Arrastica, ACE, Will Erokan, Vivek Sharma, Michael Hugh O’Donnell, Daniel Ortiz

No need to deny it, it was Pinocchio’s ceremony. Guillermo del Toro couldn’t contain his excitement. The director confessed with emotion how much he wanted this award because “it’s the best trophy in the world!”

It remains to be seen who will win between Pinocchio and Marcel La Coquille. The next battlefield? The Oscars 2023. The two candidates will have to deal with Red, Monster of the Seas and Puss in Boots – The Last Wish. Who will win?

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