Academy To Screen Nominated Animated Shorts; Panel on Animated Features

Leading up to The Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is presenting several public events celebrating this year’s animated nominees.  On Tuesday February 25th, actor Kevin Pollak will host screening and panel (with live action and animation directors) of the Oscar nominated shorts. Later that week, on Friday February 28th, actor John C. Reilly will host a panel devoted to the Best Animated Feature nominees.

Events will take place at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Here are more details:
Animated and Live Action Shorts
Tuesday, February 25, 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by actor Kevin Pollak.  Pollak's film credits include The Whole 10 Yards, 3000 Miles to Graceland, The Usual Suspects, and Casino.
The program includes screenings of all of the 2013 Oscar-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, plus onstage discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).  For more information, click here.
Animated Features
Friday, February 28, 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by actor John C. Reilly.  Reilly's credits include Wreck-It Ralph, Carnage, Chicago and Boogie Nights.
The nominees in the Animated Feature Film category (schedules permitting) will discuss how their films were developed, reveal their creative processes and present clips illustrating their techniques. For more information click here.

Thanks to Animation Scoop

86th Oscars Nominations Announced

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and five nominees for Best Animated Feature were:

• The Croods Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson (Dreamworks/Fox)
• Despicable Me 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri (Illumination/Universal)
• Ernest & Celestine Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner (Les Amateurs/GKids)
• Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho (Disney)
• The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki (Studio Ghibli)

"Happy" from Despicable Me 2 and "Let It Go" from Frozen were nominated for Best Song.
Nominated for Best animated short film were:

2014 Critics' Choice Nominations Revealed !!!

The nominations for the 2014 Critics' Choice Awards are a lot more in line with what we were expecting. That is to say, Pixar's Monsters University and Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, notable omissions from the Globes, are both included in the animation line-up

(thanks to A113 Animation)

The same three films that were nominated for the Golden Globe (Frozen, Despicable Me 2 and The Croods) all got a nomination, alongside Pixar's Monsters University and Studio Ghibli's acclaimed The Wind Rises. Frozen and Despicable Me 2 also nabbed nominations for Best Original Song, for "Let It Go" and "Happy"

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Golden Globes 2014 Animation Nominees Announced

This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for its Golden Globes award. The 71st edition of the Golden Globes will be presented on Sunday, January 12.
The following three films were selected for the Best Animated Feature Film category:

• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Frozen

Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Rises also earned a nomination, however, its nod came in the Best Foreign Language Film category.