| Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in independent animated films |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
| First award | Boy and the World (2015) |
| Currently held by | Arco (2025) |
| Website | annieawards |
The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent is an Annie Award introduced in 2015, awarded annually.[1]
Recognition
The category was created to recognize full-length films that did not get a wide release in the United States, such as the work of independent animators and international studios.[2]
Statistics
Cartoon Saloon, the Irish animation studio responsible for The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers, have the most wins in this category with two. The French animation studio Folivari[3] have the most nominations with four (winning for co-producing the aforementioned Wolfwalkers). GKIDS is the distributor with the most wins in this category with four.
Every winner in this category since its inception has gone on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Flow became the first winner in this category to later go on to win said latter category.[4]
Winners and nominees
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations by studio
| Wins | Studio |
|---|---|
| 2 | Cartoon Saloon |
| Nominations | Studio |
|---|---|
| 4 | Folivari |
| Mélusine Productions | |
| Studio Chizu | |
| 3 | Cartoon Saloon |
| StudioCanal | |
| 2 | Studio Ghibli |
| CoMix Wave Films | |
| Maybe Movies | |
| Production I.G | |
| Studio 4°C | |
| Science SARU | |
| Wild Bunch | |
| Sacrebleu Productions | |
| Bidibul Productions | |
| Method Animation |
See also
References
- Best Independent Feature Category Added to Annie Awards
- "43rd Annie Award Nominations Announced". Annie Awards.com. December 1, 2015.
- About|Folivari
- 2025|Oscars.org
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 1, 2015). "Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature". Deadline. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
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- Desowitz, Bill (January 26, 2020). "Netflix's 'Klaus' and 'I Lost My Body' Win Big". IndieWire. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- Desowitz, Bill (March 3, 2021). "'Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Lead 48th Annie Awards with 10 Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- Flores, Terry (April 16, 2021). "'Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Take Top Honors at Annie Awards". Variety. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- Hazelton, John (December 22, 2021). "'Raya And The Last Dragon' and 'Belle' among Annie nominees". Screen Daily International. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- Hipes, Patrick (March 12, 2022). "Annie Awards: 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines', 'Arcane' Dominate; 'Flee' Takes Best Indie Film – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- Pedersen, Erik (January 17, 2023). "Annie Awards Nominations: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' & 'Marcel The Shell' Lead Field". Deadline. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- 'Nimona' Leads Annie Awards Animated Feature Competition' 'Wish' Snubbed - The Hollywood Reporter
- Lewis, Hilary (February 17, 2024). "Annie Awards: 'Spider-Man: Across the 'Spider Verse' Leads With 7 Wins, Including Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- Annie Awards Nominees: ‘The Wild Robot’ Leads with 10 Nods|Animation Magazine
- Annie Awards 2025 Winners List: 'The Wild Robot' & 'Arcane' Dominate; 'Flow' Wins – Deadline
- ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Elio’ Lead Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods Each
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