The Mitchells vs the Machines wins 7 Annie Awards

Just as the Oscar race for the Best Animated Feature prize looked all sewn up in favour of Disney's Encanto, it's gotten thoroughly pummelled by a major contender at the 2021 Annie Awards. Sony/Netflix's The Mitchells vs the Machines beats the Oscar frontrunner to the Best Feature prize from the prestigious animation industry group, winning six further awards to easily dominate the field here. Indeed, Encanto's only wins - a still-respectable three - come in categories where The Mitchells wasn't even nominated. Mitchells remains the outsider in that Oscar race, though, since Disney holds a strong upper hand where that category is concerned, and since the popular favourite usually wins there. Check out all this year's Annie Award nominations here, and the winners below.

Best Feature

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best Indie Feature

FLEE

Best Direction

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe)

Best Voice Acting

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Abbi Jacobson)

Best Writing

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe)

Best Storyboarding

ENCANTO

Best Editorial

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best Production Design

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best FX

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best Music

ENCANTO (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco)

Best Character Design

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best Character Animation - Animated Feature

ENCANTO

Best Character Animation - Live Action Feature

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS