15 animated features compete for Oscar 2010
The 2010 Animated Feature Oscar race isn’t much of a race. Toy Story 3 should take this Oscar in a walk. But there are still 14 other animated features competing for a nomination.
From the AMPAS:
Fifteen features have been accepted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.
The 15 features are:
- “Alpha and Omega”
- “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore”
- “Despicable Me”
- “The Dreams of Jinsha”
- “How to Train Your Dragon”
- “Idiots and Angels”
- “The Illusionist”
- “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole”
- “Megamind”
- “My Dog Tulip”
- “Shrek Forever After”
- “Summer Wars”
- “Tangled”
- “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue”
- “Toy Story 3”
“The Dreams of Jinsha,” “The Illusionist,” “Summer Wars” and “Tangled” have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process.
With only 15 features in contention, only three films will be nominated for the Academy Award. (Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Illusionist?) If only Yogi Bear had qualified…