/PRNewswire/
-- ASIFA-Hollywood today announced its Call for
Entries for the 52nd Annie Awards™ set for
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Honoring excellence in
the field of animation, the 52nd Annie Awards™ cover 37
categories including Animated Feature, Animated
Feature-Independent, TV/Media Production, Sponsored Production,
Short Subject, and Student Films, along with Achievement and
Honorary awards.
To review this year's
rules and submit your projects, please visit
https://www.annieawards.org. Entries submitted for
consideration will be from animated productions that were released
in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31,
2024. Exceptions, which can submit with or without a U.S. release
are short subjects, special projects, sponsored productions,
student films and films in competition from Annie Award qualifying
festivals.
Submissions begin July
22 and run through October 30, 2024. Fees range from $150 to $275
per submission, calibrated based on when the entry funds are
received. Submitters are encouraged to file early to receive the
best rates.
The following are
important deadlines during" the 52nd Annie Awards™
season:
- Deadline for Call for Judges – Monday,
August 18, 2024;
- Deadline for Juried Award Submissions
– Monday, August 18, 2024;
- Nominations and Juried Award
recipients announced – Friday, December 20, 2024;
- Online balloting begins – Wednesday,
January 22, 2025;
- Deadline to cast Annie Awards ballots –
Saturday, February 2, 2025
- The 52nd Annie Awards – Saturday,
February 8, 2025
Now through August 19,
2024, ASIFA-Hollywood is also conducting its Call for
Judges. All judges must submit an application for this
Annie cycle, whether they have applied in the past or are enrolling
for the first time. To be considered for a nominating committee,
judges do not need to be a member of ASIFA-Hollywood but must have
an established career in animation and exemplary professional
credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories.
Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being
a nomination committee judge, will find the application at
members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.
July 22, 2024 also
kicks off ASIFA-Hollywood's Honorary Juried Award
Nominations, now through August 19, 2024, and
its Annual Membership Drive which will continue
through January 10, 2025.
ASIFA-Hollywood is the
world's first and foremost professional organization dedicated to
promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who
create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the
international organization ASIFA, supports a wide range of
animation activities and preservation efforts through its
membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive,
Animation Aid Foundation, animated film preservation, open source
software support, special events, classes and
screenings.
Created in 1972 by
veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards™ have grown in
scope and stature for five decades.
For up-to-the minute
details and information on the 52nd Annie Awards™, please
visit www.annieawards.org. For information on
ASIFA-Hollywood, please visit
www.asifa-hollywood.org.
Contact:
Gretchen Houser, Houser PR
P: 562.235.0991
E: Gretchen@houserpr.com
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