25th Annie Awards

25th
Annie Awards

November 16, 1997

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Best Feature Film:
Cats Don't Dance
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Best Television Program:
The Simpsons
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Best Home Video Production:
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
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Best Short Subject:
Bjork: I Miss You

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 for the sixth time in a row.

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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.

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 ; Character Builders ; Charles Gammage Animation ; Rees/Leiva Productions ; Spaff Animation ; Stardust Pictures ; Warner Bros.; Courtside Seats Productions; Northern Lights Entertainment	The Simpsons – Fox, Gracie Films, Film Roman, Klasky Csupo * Dexter's Laboratory * King of the Hill – Fox, Film Roman * Pinky and the Brain – Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Entertainment * The Tick – Fox, AKOM Production Company, Fox Children's Network, Graz Entertainment; Sunbow Productions
Aladdin and the King of Thieves – Walt Disney Feature Animation * The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists – Universal Cartoon Studios * A Rugrats Vacation – Klasky Csupo, Nickelodeon * This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie – Artisan Entertainment	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
Super Mom – Coca-Cola * Main Title – The Angry Beavers * Main Title – Gargoyles * Promotional Trailer – Spawn	-

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

The following sixteen productions received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Production
8	Cats Don't Dance
6	Hercules
6	King of the Hill
6	The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
5	Dexter's Laboratory
5	The Simpsons
4	Space Jam
3	Saturday Night Live
2	The Angry Beavers
2	Aladdin and the King of Thieves
2	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
2	Pinky and the Brain
2	Spawn
2	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
2	This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie
2	The Tick

The following three productions received multiple awards:

Awards	Production
4	Hercules
4	The Simpsons
2	Cats Don't Dance