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The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent is an Annie Award introduced in 2015, awarded annually.[1]
Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in independent animated films |
Country | United States |
Presented by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
First awarded | Boy and the World (2015) |
Currently held by | Robot Dreams (2023) |
Website | annieawards |
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]
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.
Year | Film | Studios |
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2020 (48th) [15][16] | ||
Wolfwalkers | Apple TV+, GKIDS, Folivari, Cartoon Saloon | |
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | StudioCanal, Aardman Animations, Anton Capital Entertainment, Netflix | |
Calamity Jane | Maybe Movies | |
On-Gaku: Our Sound | Rock'n Roll Mountain, Tip Top | |
Ride Your Wave | Science SARU | |
2021 (49th) [17][18] | ||
Flee | Final Cut for Real, Sun Creature, Vivement Lundi, MostFilm, Mer Film, VICE, Left HandFilms, Participant, NEON | |
Belle | Studio Chizu, GKIDS | |
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko | Studio 4°C, GKIDS | |
Pompo the Cinephile | CLAP Animation Studio, GKIDS | |
The Summit of the Gods | Julianne Films, Folivari, Mélusine Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Wild Bunch, Palatine Etoile 17, Cinémage 14, Indéfilms 8, Netflix | |
2022 (50th) [19] | ||
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Marcel the Movie LLC, A24 | |
Charlotte | January Films, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, Walking the Dog | |
Inu-Oh | Science SARU, GKIDS | |
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be | On Classics (Mediawan), Bidibul Productions | |
My Father's Dragon | Cartoon Saloon, Netflix | |
2023 (51st) [20][21] | ||
Robot Dreams | Arcadia Motion Pictures, Wild Bunch, NEON | |
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia | Folivari, Mélusine Productions, StudioCanal, GKIDS | |
Four Souls of Coyote | Cinemon Entertainment | |
The Inventor | Curiosity Studios | |
White Plastic Sky | SALTO Films & Artichoke | |
Wins | Studio |
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2 | Cartoon Saloon |
Nominations | Studio |
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4 | Folivari |
3 | Studio Chizu |
Cartoon Saloon | |
Mélusine Productions | |
StudioCanal | |
2 | Studio Ghibli |
CoMix Wave Films | |
Maybe Movies | |
Production I.G | |
Studio 4°C | |
Science SARU | |
Wild Bunch |
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