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:

Alvin and the Chipmunks:  The Squeakquel

Astro Boy

Battle for Terra

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

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Planet 51

Ponyo

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

A Town Called Panic

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