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49th Annie Awards Cancels Physical Event, Moves to Virtual Event on March 12
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced on Thursday that it is canceling the physical event for its 49th Annual Annie Awards and is instead hosting a virtual event that will livestream on March 12 at 10:00 p.m. EST. The ASIFA-Hollywood website will stream an archive of the complete recording on March 13.
The awards ceremony was scheduled to take place on February 26 at UCLA's Royce Hall.
The 49th Annual Annie Awards has nominated The Summit of the Gods for the "Best Indie Feature" category.
Hosoda's BELLE is also nominated for the "Best Direction – Feature," "Best FX - Feature," "Best Production Design - Feature," and "Best Writing - Feature" categories.
Poupelle of Chimney Town film is nominated for the "Best Music - Feature" category.
Castlevania is also nominated for the "Best FX - TV/Media" category.
The Polygon Pictures is nominated in the "Best TV/Media - Preschool" category.
The Annie Awards recognize outstanding achievement in animation. ASIFA-Hollywood won the award in 2019.
Source: ASIFA-Hollywood's website
