Well, this is an interesting development. After Disney and Pixar announced that they would not be submitting their productions for Annie Award consideration, the International Animated Film Society has still bestowed four nominations upon Pixar films. The categories in which the animation company received nominations are listed below:
Best Animated Feature:
- Despicable Me – Illumination Entertainment
- How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
- Tangled – Disney
- The Illusionist – Django Films
- Toy Story 3 – Disney/Pixar
Best Animated Short Subject:
- Coyote Falls – Warner Bros. Animation
- Day & Night – Disney/Pixar
- Enrique Wrecks the World – House of Chai
- The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger – Plymptoons Studio
- The Renter – Jason Carpenter
Directing In A Feature Production:
- Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
- Pierre Coffin “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment
- Mamoru Hosoda “Summer Wars” – Madhouse/Funimation
- Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
- Lee Unkrich “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
Writing In A Feature Production:
- Michael Arndt “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
- Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
- William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders “How to Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
- Dan Fogelman “Tangled” – Disney
- Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
(Click here for the full list of nominees).
It seems that even though Pixar did not submit their films into the nomination process, the nominating committee did not ignore the company in the major categories. Disney and Pixar are such big names for the Annie Awards, a show dedicated to honoring ‘all things animation,’ that voters went ahead and added their films to the ballot anyway. Now, the question is whether anybody from Disney or Pixar will be present to accept any prizes come awards night.
To read more about the controversy over the Annie Awards, click here.
