Twenty animated features have been submitted for Academy Awards, which means that there will be five animation Oscar nominations instead of the more common three. The nominations will be announced on February 2nd.
The twenty animated features submitted for Academy Award consideration are:
Astro Boy
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mary and Max
They Missing Lynx
Monsters vs. Aliens
9
Planet 51
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Tinker
A Town Called Panic
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