Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorAnnie Awards organizer ASIFA-Hollywood said Monday that its 48th edition honoring the year’s best in animation will be held on April 16, 2021, the week before the Oscars.
Nominations will be announced March 3.A decision will be made in October whether the ceremony will be virtual or live, a ruling most of the industry’s awards shows will have to make going forward the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course.
In normal years, Annie ceremonies take place in January and are held at UCLA’s Royce Hall.“What this epidemic has taught us is to be flexible in the ways we deliver our message and share our experiences,” ASIFA-Hollywood VP Sue Shakespeare said today. “Regardless of how the Annies ceremony is presented.
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