This is a list of events in animation in 2014.
Events
February
February 1: The 41st Annie Awards are held. February 7: The Lego Movie, by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is released to great acclaim. February 22: During the 87th Academy Awards, Frozen by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The song "Let It Go" from the same movie, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mr. Hublot by Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
April
April 1: Cav Bøgelund's Våbenbrødre (Brothers in Arms), an animated short aimed at mature audiences about Danish soldiers during the Afghan War, premiers. April 27: Nickelodeon celebrates its 35th anniversary.
June
In Belgium Karolien Raeymaekers makes an animated short, Oma, about her late grandmother, as her final exam for the KASK film school in Ghent. The film will be posted on Cartoon Brew later that year and win several awards.
August
August 22: The first episode of BoJack Horseman premiered on Netflix.
September
September 28: Fox replaces its Animation Domination block with a new block called Sunday Funday in move to acknowledge that an hour of the Sunday night schedule has live-action sitcoms and is no longer fully made up of animated shows. "The Simpsons Guy", a crossover episode between The Simpsons and Family Guy, is first broadcast.
October
October 2: Alan Becker releases "Animator vs Animation IV" on YouTube
October 13: Hub Network is rebranded as Discovery Family; Hasbro remains a minority partner and programs the network's daytime lineup with children's animated programs carried over from Hub Network, while its primetime lineup was replaced with reruns of non-fiction programs from Discovery Channel's library.
November
November 7: Disney releases Big Hero 6. November 9: "Simpsorama", a crossover episode between The Simpsons and Futurama, is first broadcast.
December
December 17: Luxo Jr. and Moon Breath Beat are added to the National Film Registry.
Awards
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Big Hero 6
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Feast
Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion
Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: The Boy and the World Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie César Award for Best Animated Film: Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants European Film Award for Best Animated Film: The Art of Happiness Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: The Wind Rises Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: The Wound Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Giovanni's Island