The Annies: Major Categories at a Glance
Best Feature
Encanto
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon Sing 2
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Best Indie Feature
Belle
Flee
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Pompo the Cinephile The Summit of the Gods
Best Special Production
For Auld Lang Syne
La Vie de Château
Mum Is Pouring Rain
Namoo
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Best Short Subject
Bestia Easter Eggs Maalbeek Night Bus Steakhouse
Best TV/Media – Preschool
Ada Twist, Scientist
Odo
Muppet Babies
Stillwater
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
Best TV/Media – Children
Amphibia Carmen Sandiego Dug Days Maya and the Three We the People
Best TV/Media – General Audience
Arcane
Bob’s Burgers Love, Death + Robots Star Wars: Visions Tuca & Bertie
Best Student Film
A Film about a Pudding Hope
I Am a Pebble
Night of the Living Dread Slouch
Best Direction – Feature
Mamoru Hosoda (Belle)
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith (Encanto)
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjaer (Flee)
Enrico Casarosa (Luca)
Mike Rianda,Jeff Rowe (The Mitchells vs. the Machines)
Juried Awards
Winsor McCay Award
Ruben Aquino, Lillian Schwartz, Toshio Suzuki
June Foray Award
Renzo Kinoshita (posthumous), Sayoko Kinoshita
Ub Iwerks Award
Python Foundation
Special Achievement Award
Glen Vilppu
Certificate of Merit
Evan Vernon