Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual Awards given by the Los Angeles, California-based professional organization, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Academy Awards, or Oscars, which are the oldest awards given to achievements in film, included the Best Animated Feature category for the first time for the 2001 film year. Beauty and the Beast (1991) remains the only animated film ever to be nominated for Best Picture.
The award is only given if there are at least eight animated feature films (with a theatrical release in Los Angeles). For the purposes of the award, only films over 70 minutes long are considered to be "feature films". If there are 16 or more films submitted for the category, the winner will be voted from a shortlist of five films, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist[1].
People in the animation industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. Some members and fans however criticize the award, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. Such critics often point out that the award was introduced when the hugely successful Shrek came to theaters, suggesting that it might have won Best Picture otherwise. Official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture.[2] Nevertheless, psychological effects may prevent nominations or serve to suppress protests of an animated film's lack of a Best Picture nomination.
[edit] List of winners and nominees
- 75th (r. 2002, c. 2003): Spirited Away
- 76th (r. 2003, c. 2004): Finding Nemo
- 77th (r. 2004, c. 2005): The Incredibles
- 78th (r. 2005, c. 2006): Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- 79th (r. 2006, c. 2007): Happy Feet
The 12 finalists have been announced as of November 8th. (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Shrek the Third, The Simpsons Movie, Surf's Up, Tekkon Kinkreet and TMNT)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Academy Awards RulesRetrieved: 25 February 2007
- ^ "Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature Film category may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories." Academy Awards Rules Retrieved: April 7, 2007
- ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2007-11-08). "12 Animated Features Submitted for 2007 Oscar® Consideration". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
[edit] See also
- List of animated feature-length films
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Winners |
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| 2001: Shrek • 2002: Spirited Away • 2003: Finding Nemo • 2004: The Incredibles • 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit • 2006: Happy Feet |
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