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 the Los Angeles, alifornia!based professional organi"ation, the Academy of #otion
$icture Arts and %ciences&
The Academy Awards, or 'scars, which are the oldest awards given to achievements in
film, included the Best Animated Feature category for the first time for the ())* film
year& +t was introduced because, during the previous year, members of the Academy were
disappointed that the hugely successful Chicken Run had not been nominated for Best
Picture in ()))&
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The creators of Chicken Run later went on to win .est
Animated Feature in ())/ for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit& 0*11*2s
Beauty and the Beast remains the only animated film ever to be nominated for .est
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The award is only given if there are at least eight animated feature films 0with a theatrical
release in Los Angeles3& For the purposes of the award, only films over 4) minutes long
are considered to be 5feature films5& +f there are *6 or more films submitted for the
category, the winner will be voted from a shortlist of five films, otherwise there will only
be three films on the shortlist
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$eople in the animation industry and fans e7pressed hope that the prestige from this
award and the resulting boost to the bo7 office would encourage the increased production
of animated features& %ome members and fans however critici"e the award, saying it is
only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning .est $icture&
%uch critics often point out that the award was introduced when the hugely successful
hrek came to theaters, suggesting that it might have won .est $icture otherwise&
8owever this is incorrect, since official Academy Award regulations state that any movie
nominated for this category can still be nominated for .est $icture&
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[edit] List of winners and nominees
2001 (74th): Shrek
o !immy "eutron: Boy Genius
o #onsters$ %nc&
2002 (7th): Spirited Away
o %ce A'e
o (ilo & titch
o )irit: tallion of the Cimarron
o Treasure Planet
200! (7"th): Finding Nemo
o Brother Bear
o The Tri)lets of Belle*ille
2004 (77th): The Incredibles
o hark Tale
o hrek +
200 (7#th): Wallace & Gromit: The Crse o! the Were"#abbit
o ,o-l.s #o*in' Castle
o Cor)se Bride
200" (7$th): $appy Feet
o Cars
o #onster ,ouse