Category: Awards

The 31st Annual Annie Awards, celebrating the best in animation for 2003, are coming on Feb. 7, 2004 to the Alex Theatre (216 N. Brand Blvd.) in Glendale, California, and tickets are on sale now.

The seventh annual East Lansing Children's Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2004 Youth Film Competition.

The winners are:Elementary School Division:* 1st Place: ANIMALS IN SPACE, Zoe Allen-Wickler, Suttons Bay* 2nd Place: THE MAGIC PUMPKIN, Shelby Wakenight, Marble Elementary, East Lansing* 3rd Place: THE GINGERBREAD MAN VISITS FLOYD ELEMENTARY, Mrs. Chartier's 2nd Grade Class, Floyd Elementary, Midland* Honorable Mention: OWNERS AWAY DOGS PLAY, Dana Wessels, Suttons Bay

Middle School Division:

The Sundance Film Festival concluded on Jan. 25, 2004 and handed out prizes to two animated shorts. HARVIE KRUMPET, directed by Adam Elliot, took home an honorable mention from the Shorts Jury. The 2004 Sundance Online Film Festival Viewers Awards for Animation went to BATHTIME IN CLERKENWELL, directed by Alex Budovsky. BATHTIME appears on the newly-released, animated shorts DVD collection, AVOID EYE CONTACT.

The 6th annual Big Chip Awards, the digital awards for North-West England, were handed out on Jan. 22, 2004 at the New Century Hall New Century House in Manchester. Cosgrove Hall took home the prize for Best Digital Animation for DOCTOR WHO: The Scream of the Shalka commissioned by and produced for BBCi. The 85-minute series is available to watch on the BBCi Website (www.bbc.co.uk/cult) and was produced to coincide with the Doctors 40th Anniversary.

Other winners included:

The Writers Guild of America, West and East announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen on Jan. 22, 2004.

The Writers Guild of America, East and West have announced the nominations for outstanding achievement in television writing during the 2003 season. The big animation winner was THE SIMPSONS with three scripts nominated including Matt Selman for "The Dad Who Knew Too Little," J. Stewart Burns for "Moe Baby Blues" and Michael Price for "My Mother The Carjacker." FOX series weren't finished with THE SIMPSONS though. Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May received nods for KING OF THE HILL's "Reborn To Be Wild" and Patric M.

As a way of helping ASIFA members make more informed decisions for this year's Annie Awards, AWN has created this reference and resource list for all the nominated properties. Where information was available, we have linked to official websites, including trailers, clips and pictures.

Below is a list of the nominees in alphabetical order, followed by the category they are nominated in and links to further information. If you have any links that should be added, please send them right away to editor@awn.com.

On Jan. 7, 2004, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) announced its 2003 awards, which will be handed out Jan. 26 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles. Comic book-inspired indie AMERICAN SPLENDOR received top honors as Best Picture of the Year. As well, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini were awarded Best Screenplay for the film they also directed. In animation, TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE garnered Best Animation, in addition to Best Music/ Score for Benoit Charest and Mathieu Chedid.