“Soul” Dominates 48th Annie Awards

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

Disney/Pixar’s “Soul”, which currently serves as the frontrunner for the animation category at the Oscars, earned seven awards at the 48th Annie Awards, the top awards of the season for the animation guild. Apple TV+/GKIDS’ “Wolfwalkers” followed with five wins.

Both films won all of the animated feature categories, shutting out other nominees like “Onward”, “Trolls World Tour”, and “The Croods: A New Age”.

FULL LIST OF FILM WINNERS:

BEST FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios

BEST INDIE FEATURE

WOLFWALKERS
Apple / GKIDS

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE
Magic Light Pictures

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

SOUVENIR SOUVENIR
Blast Production

BEST STUDENT FILM

LA BESTIA
Student directors: Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt; School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

BEST FX FOR FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wijsmuller

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION - FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Michal Makarewicz

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN - FEATURE

WOLFWALKERS
Apple / GKIDS; Federico Pirovano

BEST DIRECTION - FEATURE

WOLFWALKERS
Apple / GKIDS; Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

BEST MUSIC - FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE

WOLFWALKERS
Apple / GKIDS; María Pareja, Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore

BEST STORYBOARDING - FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Trevor Jimenez

BEST VOICE ACTING - FEATURE

WOLFWALKERS
Apple / GKIDS; Eva Whittaker (Mebh Óg MacTíre)

BEST WRITING - FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers

BEST EDITORIAL - FEATURE

SOUL
Pixar Animation Studios; Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, Amera Rizk