The 2022 Annie Awards were held last night, with two top Oscar contenders dominating as expected. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio was the biggest winner, picking up five awards including Best Feature and Best Directing. Meanwhile, the Best Indie Feature winner, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, took three top prizes, including Best Voice Acting and Best Writing. It'll likely be a two-horse race for the Animated Feature Oscar next month, but watch out for that puss! Check out the 2022 Annie Award nominations here, and the winners just below.
Best Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Best Indie Feature
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Best Direction - Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson)
Best Voice Acting - Feature
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Jenny Slate)
Best Writing - Feature
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Nick Paley and Jenny Slate)
Best Storyboarding - Feature
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Anthony Holden)
Best Editing - Feature
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Joe Butler, Natalla Cronembold, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Katie Parody and James Ryan)
Best Production Design - Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guy Davis and Curt Enderle)
Best FX - Feature
Avatar: The Way of Water (David Caeiro Cebrian, Nicholas Illingworth, David Moraton, Johnathan M. Nixon and Alex Nowotny)
Best Music - Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz and Patrick McHale)
Best Character Design - Feature
The Bad Guys (Taylor Krahenbuhl)
Best Character Animation - Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Tucker Barrie)
Best Character Animation - Live Action
Avatar: The Way of Water (Stuart Adcock, Daniel Barrett, Stephen Cullingford, Todd Labonte and Douglas McHale)
Best Student Film
The Soloists (Mehmaz Abdollahinia, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck, Liu Yi and Feben Elias Woldehawariat)
Best Special Production
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best Short Subject
Ice Merchants