“The Wild Robot,” the story of a robot who gets shipwrecked on a deserted island and befriends the local wildlife, dominated this weekend’s 52nd Annie Awards this weekend, recognizing the best in animation from the past year.
The DreamWorks Animation film earned nine wins in from 10 nominations.
On the small screen, “Arcane,” a Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, pulled in seven awards.
The awards were presented Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The ceremony also included the presentation of several “Juried Awards.” The Winsor McCay Award for lifetime or career contributions to the medium were presented to three recipients — Aaron Blaise, a longtime Disney animator/director; the late Eunice Macauley, who was a National Film Board of Canada writer, director and producer; and Normand Roger, a National Film Board of Canada composer and sound designer.
The June Foray Award for “significant and benevolent impact” was presented to the nonprofit Women in Animation for its advocacy of gender equity in the industry. The Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement will be presented to Alberto Menache, who “contributed founding technology to performance capture, virtual production and more.”
A Special Achievement Award recognized Pete Docter and Don Peri’s new book, “Directing at Disney — The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films.”
Here is a complete list of winners:
BEST FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT
“Flow,” Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
“Orion and the Dark,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
“Wander to Wonder,” Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo
BEST SPONSORED
“Fuzzy Feelings,” Passion Pictures Hungry Man
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
“The Tiny Chef Show,” Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
“Bob’s Burgers,” 20th Television Animation
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
“Dream Productions,” Pixar Animation Studios
BEST STUDENT FILM
“Adiós,” Student Director: José Prats
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” Production Company: A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, FX Production Company: Fortiche Studio
BEST FX – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” 20th Century Studios
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
“Neva,” Nomada Studio
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury, “Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
Chris Sanders, “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
“Despicable Me 4,” Illumination
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
“Dream Productions,” Paula Pell (Character: Paula)
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” Lupita Nyong’o (Character: Roz)
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
“Orion and the Dark Special Production,” DreamWorks Animation
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
“Flow,” Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
“Arcane,” A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
“The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks Animation