Pixar’s Latest Release ‘Soul’ Earns Seven Top Honors During Virtual 48th Annie Awards
A HUGE congratulations to Pixar’s which took home an epic seven Annie Awards yesterday doing the 48th awards ceremony which took place virtually on Friday evening.
Congratulations to #PixarSoul for winning 7 Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature! pic.twitter.com/6FBani1aFk
— Soul (@PixarSoul) April 17, 2021
The film won awards for:
- Best Feature
- Character Animation – Michal Makarewicz
- Music – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste)
- Storyboarding- Trevor Jimenez
- Writing- Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers
- Best FX- Tolga Goktekin, Carl Kaphan, Kiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, Kylie Wiismuller
- Editorial – Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert, Grahamjones, Amera Rizk
Congratulations to #PixarSoul for winning Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards! pic.twitter.com/exveVuCmrJ
— Soul (@PixarSoul) April 17, 2021
Hosting the event were some familiar Disney faces including Josh Gad, Philippa Soo (Hamilton), Oscar™ winning composer,Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille) and Patrick Warburton
Congratulations to Kevin Nolting on winning Best Edited Animated Feature Film for #PixarSoul at The American Cinema Editors Awards! pic.twitter.com/DyJ1RVTRUL
— Soul (@PixarSoul) April 17, 2021
The Annie Awards™ honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in a total of 36 categories from best feature, best feature – independent, production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music, editing and voice acting, and have often been a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Congratulations to #PixarSoul for winning Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for an Animated Feature Film at the Cinema Audio Society Awards! pic.twitter.com/eEb2zWtuAu
— Soul (@PixarSoul) April 18, 2021
For those unfamiliar Soul follows Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx) who is a middle-school band teach with a dream to play at the best jazz club in town. However, on the day that he’s about to get his big break a tragic accident takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before. This is a place were new souls get their personalities, quirks, and interests before heading to earth! Determined to return to earth Joe teams up with a soul simply called 22 (Voiced by Tina Fey) who has never really understood what was so great about being human. Joes takes it upon himself to show 22 what’s great about living and discovers some important things about himself along the way!
Soul is available to stream NOW on Disney+
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