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Pixar’s Awards Season Rundown

Academy Awards Annie Awards Awards Onward Shorts Soul

The Golden Globes have already passed, with Soul taking away the award for Best Animated Feature, and Best Original Soundtrack, but the 2020 awards season has only really just begun for the animation industry. The Academy Awards ceremony is a little later this year due to COVID-19, and the Annie Awards nominations have just been revealed.

Pixar have earned an impressive 20 Annie Awards nominations, and 4 Academy Awards Nominations. Read on to learn when the winners are being announced, so you can add the dates into your diaries, and which categories Pixar have a chance of winning!

First up: the 93rd Academy Awards. Pixar have secured nominations in Best Animated Feature, Best Short Film (Animated), Best Sound, and Best Original Music, with Onward, Soul, and Burrow. The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony will be on Sunday 25th April. See the breakdown below:

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

ONWARD
Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

OVER THE MOON
Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
SOUL
Pete Docter and Dana Murray

WOLFWALKERS
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

DA 5 BLOODS
Terence Blanchard
MANK
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MINARI
Emile Mosseri
NEWS OF THE WORLD
James Newton Howard
SOUL
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

SOUND

GREYHOUND
Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
MANK
Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
SOUL
Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

SOUND OF METAL
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

BURROW
Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat

GENIUS LOCI
Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
OPERA
Erick Oh
YES-PEOPLE
Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

©2020 Disney/Pixar

And finally, the Annie Awards – specifically dedicated to animation. It’s no surprise that Pixar have picked up a fair few nominations here, but 20 is noteworthy! The 28th Annie Awards ceremony will take place on Friday 16th April, 7PM PST. We won’t include an exhaustive list of all the categories here with all nominees included, but you can find the full list here.

Here’s the Annie Awards Pixar nomination rundown:

BEST FEATURE: Onward and Soul
BEST FX FOR TV/MEDIA: Lamp Life
BEST FX FOR FEATURE: Soul
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA: Lamp Life
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE: Onward and Soul
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE: Soul
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE: Soul
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE: Onward and Soul
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE: Onward and Soul
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE: Soul
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE: Onward
BEST WRITING – FEATURE: Onward and Soul
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA: Lamp Life
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE: Onward and Soul

Phew! That’s it. Good luck to the teams of Onward, Soul, Burrow, and Lamp Life in their respective categories! As ever, we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed that the Academy Awards feel more balanced, inclusive, and respectful this year, especially in relation to the animated categories. We’re still holding out for an animated feature to win Best Feature eventually one year.

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Joanna Peaker is a Senior Correspondent for Upcoming Pixar. Joanna's love for Pixar blossomed after watching Up for the first time in 2009, and it has continued to grow ever since. Joanna brings an artistic eye to Upcoming Pixar, delivering a unique editorial perspective on Pixar's aesthetics.

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