25th Annie Awards

The 25th Annie Awards were given by the International Animated Film Association to honor outstanding achievements in animation in 1997. Cats Don't Dance led the nominations with 8 and won two awards, including Best Animated Feature, the first non-Disney film to win it. Disney's Hercules and Fox's The Simpsons won the most awards with four. The Simpsons won its Best Animated Television Program fifth time in a row.

25th
Annie Awards

November 16, 1997

Best Feature Film:
Cats Don't Dance

Best Television Program:
The Simpsons

Best Home Video Production:
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Best Short Subject:
Bjork: I Miss You
(Bjork’s Music Video)

Ceremony Information

The 25th Annie Awards ceremony took place on Sunday, November 16, 1997, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The ceremony started at 2:00 p.m. with a champagne reception, guests had ample time to meet and greet on the patio outside the theater. The show itself, hosted by voice actor Gary Owens, was a well-produced two hours of Owens' witty remarks and character voices, nominee footage, acceptance speeches, and introductions by presenters such as Bill Kroyer, Nick Bosustow, June Foray and Jerry Beck.[1]

Production categories

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

  • Cats Don't Dance – Turner Feature Animation, David Kirschner Productions
    • Hercules – Walt Disney Productions
    • Space Jam – Uli Meyer Features (animation); Character Builders (animation); Charles Gammage Animation (animation); Rees/Leiva Productions (animation); Spaff Animation (animation); Stardust Pictures (animation); Warner Bros.; Courtside Seats Productions; Northern Lights Entertainment
Best Animated Short Subject
  • Bjork: I Miss You – Bjork’s Music Video 
    • Saturday Night Live for the episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #2”  
    • Saturday Night Live for the episode "The Ambiguously Gay Duo #3”  
    • Action League Now!! - Rock-A-Big Baby  
    • The Big Hunt 
Best Promotional Production

Outstanding individual achievements in Film
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Achievement in Producing
Best Achievement in Effects Animation
Best Achievement in Character Animation
Best Technical Achievement
  • Space Jam  – Uli Meyer Features (animation); Character Builders (animation); Charles Gammage Animation (animation); Rees/Leiva Productions (animation); Spaff Animation (animation); Stardust Pictures (animation)

Outstanding individual achievements in Television
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Achievement in Producing
Best Achievement in Voice Acting, Male
Best Achievement in Voice Acting, Female
Best Achievement in Production Design
Best Achievement in Music
Best Achievement in Writing
Best Achievement in Storyboarding

Juried Awards

Winsor McCay Award
Recognition for career contributions to the art of animation

June Foray Award
Recognition of benevolent/charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

  • Phyllis Craig Posthumous recognition

Certificate of Merit
Recognition for service to the art, craft and industry of animation

  • Women in Animation
  • The World Animation Celebration

Multiple wins and nominations

References
  1. "The 25th Annual Annie Awards". Animation World Magazine, Issue 2.9. December 1997. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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