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UPDATED: Animated Film Disqualified from Oscar Consideration

…LA Times, a screening committee score of 7.5 or above will qualify The Missing Lynx for Oscar consideration and expanding the Best Animated Feature category from three nominations to 5….

Secret of Kells gets US distribution, Oscar run

…get an Oscar qualifying run in LA starting December 4. “Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together” in the story of young boy who meets a mysterious young wolf-girl while…

Ten shorts to compete for Oscar nominations

AMPAS has announced the 10 animated short films that will compete for Oscar nominations. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The shorts shortlist follows: • The Cat Piano…

Best Picture Oscar for an animated flick?

An interesting article on Hollywood.com brings up the topic of a possible Best Picture Oscar nomination for one – or even several – of the animated films that were released…

2010 Oscar nominations, Up up for Best Picture

The Oscar nominations are out and Disney/Pixar’s Up became just the second animated film in history to be nominated for Best Picture. Avatar also picked up a nomination there along…

Oscar reactions from Coraline, French Roast

Some Oscar reactions from the directors behind the Best Animated Feature nominated Coraline and the Best Animated Short nominated French Roast follows: Fabrice O. Joubert, French Roast director: “Being nominated…

Animated Views’ 6th Annual Oscar Contest – Winner Announced!

Congratulations to staff member Jafar and forum member “reeg2223”. Jafar correctly predicted 19 of 22 Oscar categories, but since he is an AV staff member is not eligible for the…

Is Toy Story 3 an early Oscar contender?

…contender for a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards in 2011. On the subject of that possibly happening, Pixar Oscar campaign organizer Tony Angellotti said “I don’t know what…

Animated shorts up for an Oscar

The Wrap has announced the contenders for Best Animated Short film at the 83rd Academy Awards. Pixar’s “Day and Night” is nominated, but the studio has not won an Oscar

Forty-one songs compete for Oscar

Forty-one songs from the films of 2010 are in the running for Best Original Song Oscar nominations. Nine are from animated features: • Despicable Me from Despicable Me • Prettiest…

Animated Oscar talk

HitFix handicaps the Best Animated Film Oscar race with a look at the nominees, who was snubbed, and who should and will win….

Animated Views’ 2012 Oscar Contest

…ballot any time on the ballot review page. And don’t forget to join us on Oscar night for a live chat! We’ll talk about the people, the fashions, the story-lines,…

21 films up for Best Animated Feature Oscar

Brave, Wreck-It-Ralph, Hotel Transylvania and Rise of the Guardians are among the 21 films submitted for considering for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at next year’s Academy Awards. This means…

21 Animated Films Up For Oscar Consideration

This just in from the Academy, 21 animated films could potentially be Oscar nominees. The Hollywood Reporter has a nice list that breaks the films down by animation style. CGI…

Watch Oscar nominated short Head Over Heels

Today we’re bringing to your attention the third of the five nominees for the Best Animated Short Oscar, Head Over Heels. Written and directed by Timothy Reckart, the film is…

Watch Oscar nominated short Fresh Guacamole

…ever nominated for an Oscar. Animated in stop motion by PES, the film is about a person making the title dip with some not so typical ingredients. You can watch…

Animated Oscar contenders

Deadline breaks down the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature. “This year, there are lots of indies entered, but expect the battle to continue among the titans, especially studios who…

Frozen’s Oscar outlook

Oscars by an animated feature: “Our odds have Frozen in the top position to take two categories at the Oscars… As no full-length animated film has ever won more than…

Disney staff celebrates Oscar win

The New York Times covers a story that was a long time coming — Disney staffers celebrating an animated feature winning an Oscar. “The gathering at Walt Disney Animation here…

Oscar nominations announced

It’s that time of year again! The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea,…

Big Hero 6 takes home Oscar

Disney took home both animated Oscars this year winning the Best Animated Feature award for Big Hero 6 and the Best Animated Short award for Feast. Interstellar won the trophy…

26 animated feature films submitted for 2017 Oscar consideration

…required Los Angeles qualifying run before being finalized. If sixteen or more films qualify, there will be five nominees up for the Oscar. For the first time, nominations voting in…

Oscar shortlist finalists for animated shorts, visual effects, and music announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the films shortlisted in several categories for consideration at the upcoming 91st Oscars. The ten films still in the running…

Oscar nominations announced; Frozen II shut out of Animated Feature category as I Lost My Body surprises

…it earned a nod for Best Visual Effects as a result. The animation (or animation-related) Oscar nominations are… Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (DreamWorks,…

Oscar Contest Record Book

Animated Views held our first Oscar Contest on February 6th, 2005 — just over a year after the site’s launch in late 2003. The 2024 event marked our 20th anniversary….

Oscar-winning Munro animator Gene Deitch, also of infamous 1960s low-budget Tom & Jerry cartoons, dies aged 95

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gene-deitch-dead-oscar-winning-animator-filmmaker-was-95-1290806…

Visual Effects Oscar contenders announced

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Oscar nominees announced

Nominations for the {{link http://www.oscars.com/nominees/nominees.html 77th Annual Academy Awards}} have been announced. As expected \\The Incredibles\\ was the big animated winner with four nominations, including Best Animated Feature and Best…

2007 Oscar nominations announced

The nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Come tell us your thoughts in the Animated News & Views Forum. The nominees for Best Animated Film are…

Behind the "Best Visual Effects" Oscar nominees

USA Today notices each of the three nominees for this year’s “Best Achievement in Visual Effects” Academy Award: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Poseidon and Superman Returns. Specifically,…